Newsarama is reporting that The Dick Tracy Signal Watch crowdfunding project has blown past its minimum goal.From the story:Designers the Mathis brothers and watchmakers Longio have partnered to create an officially licensed – and fully functional – replica of Dick Tracy’s iconic signal watch.The Mathis’ IndieGoGo campaign is quick to point out that the Signal Watch is not a […]
Rob has confirmed that he will continue to draw editorial cartoons for syndication and GoComics.Rob reports from Twitter:@Rob_Rogers Sad to report this update: Today, after 25 years as the editorial cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, I was fired. The Daily Cartoonist and GoComics are owned by Andrews McMeel Universal.
The art and design magazine Creative Boom is reporting on a Fall 2018 exhibit entitled “Good Grief, Charlie Brown” at Somerset House in London.From Creative Boom:Expect over 100 comic strips and personal artefacts from the Schulz Museum and contemporary works from contributors including Andy Holden, David Musgrave, Fiona Banner, Franc?ois Curlet, KAWS, Ken Kagami, Lucas […]
Inspector Ishida from Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo turns in a hard-hitting performance on today’s Dick Tracy. We’re overhearing critics discussing a possible “best supporting” award. Stay tuned.
From Mental Floss:After honing his skills, Pastis’s Pearls drew the attention of several syndicates. One of them, United, offered a “trial” run where they would verify he could turn in strips on a consistent basis before going out to newspapers. After that phase, Pastis expected to start appearing in print. But one salesman at the syndicate changed that with […]
Over at Hogan’s Alley, Tom Heintjes does an interview with “Cathy” cartoonist Cathy Guisewite.From the interview, Guisewite says:“It never would have occurred to me to put my thoughts into a comic strip if it weren’t for Peanuts. That strip was absolutely, 100 percent the guiding influence on my comic strip. I grew up reading Sparky’s strip […]
The New York Daily News has replaced the recently ended “Soup to Nutz” with Hector Cantu’s and Carlos Castellanos’ “Baldo.”
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Innovation and Tech Today has a short Q&A with Jim Davis on how he got his start in the business and how he’s created the comic for almost 40 years.Jim Davis from the Q&A:In college, I majored in art and business (I took the business classes to appease my parents), and shortly after college, I got […]
Depending on your perspective, these letters to the editor of The Washington Post are either hurtful, absurd and/or funny.W. Luther Jett takes issue with Hagar the Horrible using books for kindling.Read Luther’s letter here.While Asher Roth addresses what he thinks is a drop in quality in Mark Trail and Judge Parker.Read Asher’s letter here.
From The Nib: Censored: Ten Anti-Trump Cartoons the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Refuses To Publish. The paper suddenly won’t run the work of veteran cartoonist and former Pulitzer finalist Rob Rogers’ work for being too critical of Trump. But we will.https://thenib.com/pittsburgh-post-gazette-anti-trump-cartoons-rob-rogers?t=recent
More coverage (with photos) of Lynn Johnston’s NCS Medal of Honor Award from GoComics.https://www.gocomics.com/blog/4546/lynn-johnston-receives-honor-from-national-cartoonists-societyHere’s a quote (possibly overheard in Philadelphia) from Lynn on the Reubens that didn’t make the GoComics story:Did you ever see Bil Keane when he was MC? Wow. What a skill he had for comedy. He worked hard on his “roast” and […]
Instagram phenom Lord Birthday was featured a year ago on NPR’s “Invisibilia” and it’s still well worth a listen for all introverted creative types. It starts around the 20:00 minute mark.Check out his book here.Lord Birthday Instagram here.Dumbwich Castle at GoComics here. The Daily Cartoonist is owned by Andrews McMeel Universal.
Is that right Bruce Haight?
CNN interviewed Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoonist Rob Rogers to discuss the paper’s recent decisions not to run Rob’s work.https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/06/06/cartoonist-anti-trump-sketches-cut-from-paper-tapper-lead.cnn