The Eisner Awards were presented Friday June20th at the San Diego Comic Con. Yes, they are mostly about comic books, which I don’t cover much here, but there are some comic strip and cartooning categories that caught my eye. (Winners listed in bold type) BEST PUBLICATION FOR EARLY READERS (UP TO AGE 8) Adele in Sand […]
On the occasion of a new exhibition of Saul Steinberg’s drawings, Patterson Sims, the managing director of the Saul Steinberg Foundation, spoke with The New Yorker’s art editor, Françoise Mouly, and her husband, the graphic artist and writer Art Spiegelman. “The View of the World from 9th Avenue” image via Conde Nast Françoise:I was somewhat […]
Alex Deuben interviews Dana Simpson.This spring saw the publication of a new collection of strips, Unicorn of Many Hats, and Today I’ll Be a Unicorn, Simpson’s first board book. In August Andrews McMeel is publishing a collection of some of Simpson’s Ozy and Millie comics, and this fall will see the publication of a second […]
Shocking. Offensive. Truthful. These are all words that have been used to describe the work of controversial cartoonist Mr. Fish – aka Dwayne Booth.I think outrageous is also applicable, because Fish seems to be outraged at the state of our country. And he explains why in this July 19, 2018 Yahoo Unfiltered article and video.A […]
First I need to add to that San Diego Comic Con list of the other day.I overlooked the Spotlight on Macanuda: Introducing the World of Liniers for Sunday July 22. One of Latin America’s most acclaimed cartoonists, Liniers (Eisner Award nominee and Comic-Con special guest), talks about his popular Argentinian daily strip Macanudo, which begins […]
Earlier this month HBO’s Vice News did a segment with Rob Rogers.“I think there’s a bigger story in terms of the administration’s attacks on the media and how certain media outlets, including Fox News and Sinclair media, how they’ve sort of gotten in line,” Rogers told VICE News. “You know that’s what was happening at […]
It’s official – the National Cartoonists Society‘s Reuben Awards Weekend will become, at least for one year, The NCSFest. A much more public fan-friendly event than the Reuben weekends have been.The National Cartoonists Society is delighted to announce that it has chosen the city of Huntington Beach, California, to host the inaugural NCSFest, a celebration […]
Not often anymore, but today Bill Bramhall‘s editorial cartoon made the front page of his newspaper.Bill’s cartoon is gaining fame for it’s depiction of the Trump-Putin news conference.From The Hill: Tuesday’s cover of The New York Daily News depicts President Trump shooting Uncle Sam in the head after his jaw-dropping summit with Russian President Vladimir […]
Fantastic news for fans of comics and cartooning – Rick Marschall is announcing the return of the highly revered comic strip and cartoonist history magazine of the 1980s. nemo: the classic comics library is returning with Rick Marschall as editor!Rick’s full announcement as posted July 16, 2018 on the Yahoo Platinum Age Comics Group (with […]
The 2018 San Diego Comic Con (officially Comic-Con International: San Diego) begins later this week and today a few comic strips celebrated the annual event.Funky Winkerbean (the comic strip, if not the character) is there hoping to win an Eisner Award.While Sally Forth and family remain at the Trystero Con instead of THE Comic-Con.La Cucaracha […]
Noted comics and cartoon news reporter and historian Robert C. Harvey has opened up his site for all.Usually behind a (minimal) paywall, once a year Bob opens up the current and archived offerings for all to view, and for the next month that time is now!All of the Rants & Raves postings (through August) and […]
Block Island Times publisher and editorial cartoonist Bruce Montgomery has passed away.Royal Bruce Montgomery, publisher of The Block Island Times from1999 to 2006, and editorial cartoonist since 1998, died on Thursday, July 5, at the age of 78. His obituary appears on page 22. ROYAL BRUCE MONTGOMERY August 5, 1939 – July 5, 2018 [Bruce] began […]
Sally Forth writer Francesco Marciuliano has been posting a running commentary about the Sally Forth (Trystero) Comic Con at his Medium Large blog. Since Ces doesn’t tag his posts I’m just going to link to the July 2018 archives, though the comic con commentary begins in June. I recommend reading them, they’re as entertaining as […]
This week Ted Rall updated the status of his two year old lawsuit against the Los Angeles Times:I sued the LA Times for wrongful termination and defamation in 2016. The Times responded with an anti-SLAPP motion asking the court to order me to pay them hundreds of thousands of dollars in their legal fees. They […]
Lynn Johnston has “produced one of the best comic strips ever,” gushed Evan Panton, the Cleveland Elementary kid with a penchant for the classic funnies, including For Better or For Worse. Well, that flattery was enough to prompt Johnston to pay it forward by offering Panton private cartooning lessons. To say the budding artist was […]