A friendly reminder – today at noon (Mountain standard time), I will be creating a perk for an original Jeff MacNelly Shoe for a donation of $1,000 to my Fund The Daily Cartoonist campaign. If $1000 is too steep for you, you can gamble and wait a day. If nobody claims it, I’ll repost it […]
Today kicks off the last week of the Fund The Daily Cartoonist campaign. I can’t say how thankful I am for the generosity of those who donated to the campaign and those who provided the perks/incentives to the donors. Thank you, thank you!I’m excited to announce that Mark Parisi is donating two of his Off […]
Conservative editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis has changed his position on same-sex marriage. The Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist ran a cartoon last week depicting Abraham Lincoln holding a rainbow colored flag in response to Illinois state lawmakers approving same-sex marriage for their state. He states that he had always been protective of the sanctity of marriage, […]
The Fox network has picked up a new show called Bordertown by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. MacFarlane has tapped comic strip creator La Cucaracha Lalo Alcaraz to be one of the writers. Lalo tweets that he’s already had his first day as a writer.From the Deadline Hollywood: Set in a fictitious desert town near […]
This year’s Fund The Daily Cartoonist has been amazing. The support from those donating money to the campaign for a better The Daily Cartoonist has been overwhelming. I’ve had terrific support from generous individuals and companies that have offered their original artwork, books, sketches and products to be given away as incentives and perks. It’s […]
Running my own crowd-funded campaign has made me more sensitive to the hard work that goes into a campaign. Here are a few that have come across my email that you might be interested in (after you support TDC???)Tundra creator Chad Carpenter is raising $50k for a live action comedy/suspense movie. With a few hours […]
The webcomic Penny Arcade turns 15 on the 18th of this month. We?ve done a lot in the last 15 years. We were among the first people to create webcomics. We?ve used the strip to tear down and applaud countless games. We accidentally sold the rights to the comic and then got them back. We […]
Last Monday, I posted an original Jeff MacNelly Shoe as a perk to a lucky (and quick!) donor to the Fund The Daily Cartoonist campaign. It was claimed in less than an hour.Susie MacNelly, who has always been a generous supporter of the blog, has offered to provide an original so we can do this […]
Time Magazine looks at the success of Matt Bors in the comic world.“I’m a lot more interested in breaking out from this little rectangle,” Bors said in a recent interview. His style demonstrates this well: Bors uses rich colors and strays from the standard white background that has become so ubiquitous in his craft. He […]
The Fund The Daily Cartoonist campaign has 10 days left to meet the goal of $5,000. In my mind, this is the toughest stretch. Those who are regular readers or friends of the blog have already donated. This last stretch is convincing those who haven’t yet contributed that it’s worth it.Let me recap what I’m […]
Rachel Maddow dedicated 10-minutes to the comic book (and the recreation of the original) Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story. The recreated comic book is being done by Congressman Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and cartoonist Nate Powell. The comic book is not only a history of the March, but has been used as […]
Starting next Monday, the JUMBLE puzzle will feature Guest Jumblers: Bizarro (Dan Piraro), FoxTrot (Bill Amend), Family Circus (Jeff Keane), Garfield (Jim Davis), , Rhymes with Orange (Hilary Price), and Speedbump (Dave Coverly). When Jumble artist Jeff Knurek invited some of his cartoon heroes to the Jumble space, Davis was happy to oblige. “Incorporating Garfield […]
Swedish painter Andreas Englund is mostly known for his humorous photo-realistic paintings. His latest paintings are a candid look at an aged superhero. The old superhero in the mix ? by artist Andreas Englund from Andreas Englund on Vimeo.
The Republican (Springfield MA) is with out an art department after their illustrator, Bob Rich took a buy-out. From Bob: It was my choice, probably long over due. For a while now I have wanted to dive into the world of freelancing and, when the paper announced the buyout, I figured this was the time. […]
Jabbeur Mejri was sentenced to seven and a half years in jail for posting caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed on his Facebook page. He’s been in jail since March of 2012. Tunisia’s President Moncef Marzouki says he will free him.Maybe it’s just me, but he doesn’t sound very convincing. Here’s the quotes from IOL: “I […]