Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists, already on a voluntary byline strike, are said to be contemplating walking out and starting their own newspaper.From Jekko:According to a source, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette union members secretly plan to walk off their jobs and start their own paper. This news comes days after PG Newsroom voted “No Confidence“ in their publisher Block […]
In recent comments about the influence of The Simpsons, Elfman caused quite a stir. Speaking with website Joe.ie, Elfman surprised many by saying “Well, from what I’ve heard, it is coming to end.” Elfman went on to qualify his statement, saying “I don’t know for a fact, but I’ve heard that it will be in its last […]
Charles Schulz writing to Walt Kelly (late 1954):My book is filled with so much bad work, that I would consider it presumptuous on my part to send you one. After the first book came out, I wished that they would put out another so that my more recent work would show up. Now that the […]
Animation background artist Art Lozzi has passed away. Arminio Guido (Art) Lozzi October 22, 1929 – November 4, 2019A career outline and a description of Art’s style from Animation Resources:Worked as an inbetweener at MGM and Disney, submitted humorous cartoons to magazines such as the New Yorker, designed holiday cards, worked on Tom Jerry mostly; […]
Webcomics.Far too many webcomics for me to follow, but there are a few I really enjoy. Among the webcomic creators whose work have touched me is Tauhid Bondia. I got started with his A Problem Like Jamal, and followed him over, laughing all the way, to his current Crabgrass.A recent, relatively speaking, find for me; […]
As long as I’m going off-topic of my self-imposed rules…The Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized LibraryFor the first time, the Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library presents the complete literary works of the Master of Adventure in uniform hardcover editions. Published by the company founded by Mr. Burroughs in 1923, each volume of the Authorized Library is […]
A bit out of my wheelhouse, but…Though there was no intention to offend, DC Comics has decided that the better part of valor is submission to the vagaries of Mainland China’s whims.From Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post: A new Batman comic book series has landed the Caped Crusader in the middle of a social […]
I am thankful to Bruce Rosenberger for the 1953 black and white comic strips, and to Comics Kingdom and GoComics for today’s color comic strips. (More of today’s Thanksgiving strips can be read at both those sites.)
A collection of news stories and tributes on the death of Gahan Wilson. above: Michael Cavna-WarpedNewsThe Washington PostThe New York TimesThe Associated Press (via The Los Angeles Times)27East – The South Hampton PressCNN Comics SitesThe Comics JournalMultiversity ComicsComic Book ResourcesFour RealitiesGrand Comics Database – bibliography above: Roz Chast-New YorkerClientsPlayboyThe New YorkerMark’s Very Large National Lampoon SiteFantasy […]
The Washington City Paper has a new panel cartoon.Welcome a new cartoon series—here for the next eight weeks.Liz at Large by Elizabeth Montague November 29*, 2019 – weekly panel Washington City Paper [began 2019(?) as webcomic] * The news was posted at the City Paper’s online site on Wednesday November 27; Wikipedia says the paper […]
The American Association of Editorial Cartoonists notes:We got an email the other day from cartoonist Jimmy Margulies, who wanted everyone to know yet another paper has dropped editorial cartoons. Margulies writes, “My first day back at work upon returning from the convention in Columbus [in October], I was told that my newspaper amNEW YORK was […]
Lectures, Conversations, and Exhibits.Mark Dery on Nursery Crimes: Edward Gorey’s Morbid Nonsense.In [an] illustrated lecture, cultural critic Mark Dery, author of Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey, reveals the surprisingly serious themes woven through his oeuvre: death, sexuality, the human condition, the meaning (or meaninglessness?) of life, the ghastliness of […]
Cartoonist Howard Cruse has passed away.Howard Russell Cruse May 2, 1944 – November 26, 2019 Howard’s daughter shared on Facebook earlier today:With sadness I share that my birth father passed this afternoon after a too short battle with cancer, with his dear friend Pam and loving husband Eddie by his side, among other friends. He is […]
Sez Jeff Karnicky:Readers of Nancy will know that Olivia Jaimes does not use many Ernie Bushmiller legacy characters besides the obvious big three of Nancy, Sluggo, and Aunt Fritzi. Peewee, a toddler who Nancy sometimes babysat, is now a small child who takes things way too literally… But we haven’t seen any of Bushmiller’s adults such as […]
Cartoonist Bil Keane, creator of “The Family Circus,” used his talents and cartoon characters to promote the annual Charity & Development Appeal, such as this cartoon from 1987 — the year St. John Paul II visited the Diocese of Phoenix — featuring Dolly and Jeffy. (Diocese of Phoenix Archives)The Diocese of Phoenix is celebrating 50 […]