Alan Gardner

I make more than Peter Parker, but less than Tony Stark. Guess I’m doing okay.Via 9Gag.com

Nice interview with Dave Kellett and Frederick Schroeder on MSNBC’s The Cycle.

Steve Breen posted the photo below on Facebook with the caption: “Renowned Irish singer and Bono.”In an email, he tells me that the Bono in the photo is an impersonator – a dead-ringer if you ask me.But Dan Piraro, creator of Bizarro, did meet a REAL celebrity. He writes on his blog that while touring […]

I missed this last Friday, but worth noting. You probably already know or have visited Mike Lynch blog – it’s a close cousin blog to The Daily Cartoonist as far as focus, but Mike has more emphasis on magazine cartoons and cartoon history than TDC. It’s on my daily read list. Mike’s been doing the […]

Our local CBS news station did a great profile interview with Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley.

This week’s sponsor is the talented Daniel Boris, creator of Hoxwinder Hall. Hoxwinder Hall was voted a top-5 finalist in Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Cartoonist” contest back in 2010 and is now in syndication through Ink Bottle Syndicate. Daniel is running a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for his children’s book Dozi the Alligator […]

Today, Dave Kellett and Fred Schroeder will be on MSNBC’s The Cycle to talk about their feature documentary Stripped (3:30ET/12:30PT). On his blog, Dave tells a bit about everything he’s doing to promote the launch of the film on April 1. I’m sure he’s got several goals/objectives, but one that we can all help with […]

Each month the fine folks over at GoComics line up first-rate talent for a live-tweeting session where you can ask them all kinds of questions about their comics and their craft. March starts out today with Will Wilson (remember, he’s the guy who recently proposed to his girlfriend in his strip) and continues on with […]

French animation director Sylvain Chomet has created a couch gag for The Simpsons. Sylvain is best known for the acclaimed feature animation Triplets of Belleville and The Illusionist. It’s fun to see what a French version of The Simpsons would be.

For those of you who follow this blog, you know I’ve promoted Smith Micro’s products before (Manga Studio, Anime Studio, etc.). I like their software. Much, much easier to learn and easier to make your static comics come alive. This week Smith Micro released Anime Studio® Pro 10 and Anime Studio Debut® 10. It’s a […]

From Yahoo NEWS: A Tunisian jailed for posting caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed online was freed Tuesday, his lawyer said, two weeks after securing a presidential pardon. … Mejri had been jailed for seven and half years in jail for posting the cartoons on his Facebook page. Bad reporting. Jabeur Mejri didn’t spend seven […]

From Michael Maslin’s blog: The brand new New Yorker (March 10, 2014) features what I believe to be an unprecedented single issue contribution by a cartoonist: a dozen pages, in color. The piece, by Roz Chast, ?Can?t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?? is also the title of her forthcoming graphic memoir (coming in May […]

Alternative weekly cartoonist Jen Sorensen has won the 2014 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning and with that honor she becomes the first female recipient of the award and the third “altie” in a row to win the honor.Regarding her work, the judges stated: Jen Sorensen?s strong portfolio addresses issues that were important to Herblock, such […]

Please head over to Indiegogo and donate to The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning campaign. Anne Morse Hambrock puts a ton of time, heart, expense and work into this festival. It’s worth a donation – no matter the size. We believe cartooning is a wicked cool artform and have dedicated this festival to providing opportunities for […]

New Yorker cartoonist Michael Maslin: I asked three of the most recent additions to the magazine?s stable of artists to tell us a little about themselves and how it was they ended up at The New Yorker. Here’s the interviews: Liana Finck Edward Steed Charlie Hankin