Michael Cavna talks to Axel Alonso, Marvel?s editor-in-chief about the new “Characters and Creators” initiative to put more emphasis on women (and not necessarily the skimpy suits and big breast kind) in their comics.From Comic Riffs blog: The proof is in the numbers, and in the case of the all-female X-Men series, the numbers are […]
Monday I wrote about Ecuadorian cartoonist Xavier Bonilla who was censored by a media watch dog group for a cartoon they said was “harmful to President Rafael Correa.” The Miami Herald reports that Bonilla has published a “correction” cartoon (see original and “correction” below). The underlining issue was that Ecuadorian security raided the house of […]
Legendary animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director Tex Avery will be honored in his hometown of Taylor Texas on February 22. That day will be Tex Avery Day and a varieties of festivities will be held. Taylor is only a half hour drive from Austin.From Cartoon Brew: In his own time, Avery inspired and motivated […]
Mark Fiore writes: I’m hearing this morning that Chevron filed court documents saying they were “injured” by this cartoon I did in conjunction with Amazon Watch. (I’ll post more info as soon as I get the court docs or other documentation.) Watch the cartoon for the more entertaining version, but the nutshell version is this: […]
Wacom interviews The Norm creator Michael Jantze about his process of animating The Norm and posting them on YouTube. What are the tools and software you use to create The Norm and edit it for YouTube? I’m still drawing on paper. I use a printer’s card stock similar to Bristol or Bristol (honestly, whatever is […]
I’m a bit behind on this, but no less excited that Mike Peterson is this week’s sponsor of the blog. If you’re a regular here, you know Mike is an active participant in the comments. What you may not know is that for the last four years he’s been maintaining his own daily blog called […]
From the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum:The family of the late Dick Tracy cartoonist Chester Gould has donated a substantial collection of original Dick Tracy comic strips and related materials to The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM). Gould wrote and drew Dick Tracy, one of the most popular and […]
“Well, hello everybody!”Great video of cartoonists back when they wore suits and were celebrities.
Political cartoonist and activist Aseem Trivedi says he’ll be the Aam Aadmi Party candidate for congress if the party offers him the ticket.From CNN-IBN: Riding high on its outstanding performance in Delhi elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to field cartoonist-turned-activist Aseem Trivedi from Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency against Congress’ Sriprakash Jaiswal and […]
Ordinary Bill creator Will Wilson recently proposed to his long-time girlfriend in his comic strip and got it all on video as well. Spoiler alert: congratulations to both of them!
Vermont will appoint Ed Koren as their cartoon laureate on Feb 27. Ed is a long-time New Yorker cartoonist. He will succeed James Kochalka who was appointed in 2011. From Vermont Public Radio: Vermont is the only state to regularly appoint a cartoonist laureate; Alaska appointed a cartoonist laureate in 2008 but has not kept […]
And speaking of the Angoulême comic festival, over 70 artists and illustrators have joined to protest one of the festival’s sponsors, SodaStream. SodaStream is a maker of a home carbonation product that makes soda, but the artists object to its “factory built in Israeli illegally occupied land in Maale Adumim” and alleged exploitation of Palestinian […]
A new Captain America Trailer aired yesterday during the Super Bowl. Looks more intense than the first.
Ecuadorian cartoonist Xavier Bonilla was censored by a media watch dog group for a cartoon he drew that the group called “harmful to President Rafael Correa”. From the Global Post: Xavier Bonilla, who produces cartoons for the El Universo newspaper, said he had been a victim an “abuse of power” following the move by the […]
Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson was awarded the grand prix de la ville d’Angoulême at this year’s Angoulême International Comics Festival in France. The festival is one of the largest in the world. The prize honors an individual who has influenced the evolution of comics. The win also would make Bill president of next […]