King Features Licensing has signed on to be the North America representative of the Scandinavian Moomin characters and the Icelandic Tulipop. King Features Syndicate, a unit of Hearst, has reached an agreement with Bulls Licensing to represent classic literary and art-based brand Moomin for merchandise, advertising, and promotions in the U.S. and Canada. Moomin is the latest addition […]
The April cartoon that appeared in the New York Times International Edition continues to elicit response and conversation.What makes more sense is the possibility that the cartoon made it into print because the paper’s staff—whether singular or plural—saw it as “a political issue and not religious,”… Yet the conventional wisdom on the left that anti-Zionism […]
“We had a thing, where there were four of us, I don’t know if we ever mentioned this, I would get together with Sam Gross, Bill Woodman… once a month we’d all meet at Sam’s apartment, and we would sit down and we would open the phone book— we’d get the yellow pages, and then […]
Matthew Inman is suspending The Oatmeal production for the nonceMatthew lets fans know of the coming hiatus and why (scroll to the bottom):I am happy to announce that I am in development on my own animated feature for Illumination. In short: I got a movie deal. The good news: I’m making a movie and it’s […]
In the early 1940s Dr. Seuss, as an editorial cartoonist, was advocating for U.S. intervention in Europe, opposing the isolationists.A two year old article, showcasing Dr. Seuss’s cartoons against the America First crowd. hat tip to Matt Wuerker for bringing this back.(updated)
Epic, the digital reading platform and library for kids, is teaming up with Andrews McMeel Publishing, home to Big Nate and Calvin & Hobbes, to produce a line of children’s books. Under the new arrangement, AMP will publish print editions of Epic Originals digital books, a content line that Epic debuted in March. Epic! began its […]
Charles Schulz, creator of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy van Pelt and the other “Peanuts” characters, entered the 1990s as an elder statesman in American popular culture… On June 6, 1993, Schulz drew a comic strip that had little visual relationship to anything that had previously appeared in “Peanuts.” In three grim panels, the cartoonist depicted […]
Editorial cartoonist and illustrator John Latham has passed away.John David Gavin Latham May(?), 1959 – May 25, 2019 John was a political cartoonist for the Stratford (Ontario) Beacon Herald during the 1980s.From the Beacon Herald notice:For a period of time in the ‘80s, long before the advent of social media and residents’ ability to regularly comment […]
With a new United States Presidential election round coming up, artist and illustrator Peter Noonan has decided to return to editorial cartooning for Manchester Ink Link after a three year hiatus.Here at the Manchester Ink Link, we’ll make certain to promote political art in American life and the celebration of free speech and a free […]
Chris Waldron became Andrews McMeel Universal‘s new Chief Digital Officer. Among AMU’s operations is comics newspaper syndication and book publishing. Atlanta-based digital executive Chris Waldron joins Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU) as Chief Digital Officer beginning May 22, announced Chief Executive Officer Andy Sareyan. Waldron joins AMU after almost 20 years at Cartoon Network, where he worked […]
Unbeknownst to him, the frantic graphics job would lead to his future calling. “I had a lot of downtime waiting for the graphics lists from the news department. So the guy who worked next to me said, ‘You’re always doing these stupid little drawings. Why don’t you try sending some to magazines?’ I did that […]
John Rose has kicked off the 100th anniversary story of Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. The celebratory story starts today and, according to John, it will run “a little over two weeks.” That puts it at least until the June 17, 2019 centennial. above: the first two Barney Google strips (June 17 and June 18, […]
Stephan Pastis offered up the originals of two Pearls Before Swine signed Sunday strips to help benefit STEM Preparatory Schools.Founded in 2015 through the merger of several highly successful schools, STEM Preparatory Schools operates public charter schools in the West Adams and Jefferson Park neighborhoods of South Los Angeles. We are committed to disrupting the […]
Early in his career Harvey Kurtzman displayed his comic sensibilities with a regular page that appeared in various Marvel (Timely) comic books for editor Stan Lee. Kurtzman was basically let loose to create his Hey Look! page for three years, from 1946 to 1949. It was an early indication of Harvey’s comic genius. During those three […]
Some recent letters to editors about comic strips and editorial cartoons. Sometimes it takes the simplicity and purity of a newspaper comic strip to bring tears to your eyes… Brian Basset, creator of Red and Rover, hit the sentiment of Memorial Day out of the ball park.Sue in Idaho thanks Brian and to the soldiers that […]