Over at The Comics Journal, R.C. Harvey writes at length about pioneering African-American cartoonist Ted Shearer and his syndicated comic “Quincy.”Ted Shearer from the article:“When I gave my name over the phone in arranging for an appointment, I suppose they figured that ‘Shearer’ was Irish. But when I showed up for the meeting and the […]
Garfield’s 40th Anniversary book “Age Happens” is being released on his 40th Birthday, June 19th.The book features a foreword from longtime fan and Pulitizer Prize-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda of Broadway’s “Hamilton.”Buy it here.Twitter: @garfield@Lin_Manuel
In case you missed it the first time it published, this is a worthy read and/or re-read. It’s especially poignant because of what’s happened with the cartoonist change on the feature in the last few months.My failed attempt to draw the Nancy comic stripwww.gocomics.com/nancyTwitter: @BoingBoinghttp://www.fantagraphics.com/artists/ivan-brunetti/
Tom Hentjes and Jason Chatfield have both tweeted that MAD Magazine legend Nick Meglin has passed away. Nick was present at last week’s Reuben Awards in Philadelphia.
The National Cartoonists Society has discovered that two awards were given out erroneously last Saturday at the Reubens banquet in Philadelphia.From NCS President Bill Morrison’s note to the membership:When compiling the names of the winners to send to our award manufacturer, I accidentally took the names for the four online voting categories (Newspaper Panel, Newspaper Strip, Editorial […]
Mental Floss has a story on an upcoming auction at Swann Auction Galleries of Charles Schulz’s original “Peanuts” art. One Sunday from 1970 is estimated expected to reach $30,000.http://mentalfloss.com/article/545662/original-peanuts-comic-strip-auction-block-estimated-sell-30000(photo Swannn Auction Galleries)
It’s an article from last year, but as his new album releases today, a reminder that Calvin & Hobbes had an important influence on Josh Tillman.From the Exclaim.ca article:“I was so much like Calvin when I was a kid. Down to, like, really intense anthropomorphizing toys and stuff. I was sort of depressed in the […]
Ryan Pagelow’s first collection of “Buni” from Andrews McMeel will be available for sale on June 5th.From the Buni “About” section on GoComics:Buni is a dark comic about an optimistic bunny with terrible luck. Always positive, Buni doesn’t understand that the cute world he lives in is really out to get him, whether it’s at the […]
Lucas Turnbloom, Terri Libenson and Dana Simpson have been nominated for the Kids’ Comics Awards being held by the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Comics Arts Festival over June 16-17 at the Ann Arbor District Library.Dream Jumper by Lucas Turnbloom and Greg GrunbergInvisible Emmie by Terri LibensonPhoebe and Her Unicorn: The Magic Storm by Dana SimpsonSee the rest […]
Or is it? From the Lubbock Avalance-Journal:My wife and I continue to wonder why Lubbock Avalanche-Journal continues to run the “Dilbert” cartoon on the “Comics” page?This cartoon is dump and stupid.See the whole letter here:http://www.lubbockonline.com/opinion/20180530/letter-aj-needs-to-consider-dropping-dilbert-cartoon-from-comics-page
Did you know King Features co-produced The Beatles 1968 film “Yellow Submarine”? Well, they did. And this summer they’ll be celebrating its 50-year anniversary.The film will be re-released this summer in theaters.From a Rolling Stone story:For the 50th anniversary screening, Yellow Submarine was restored in 4K digital resolution, though no automated software was used in order to […]
The Library of Congress has announced a multi-million dollar donation of comics and memorabilia from Diamond Comics owner and CEO Stephen Geppi. The collection includes original work from Walt Disney and Richard Outcault.From the Library of Congress release:The Library of Congress announced today that collector and entrepreneur Stephen A. Geppi has donated to the nation’s […]
The Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) is reporting that jailed cartoonist Ramón Nsé Esono Ebalé (aka Jamón y Queso) has been released from prison in Equatorial Guinea and is now safe and free in Spain.From their site:Esono Ebalé, a prominent artist and cartoonist often critical of the government, who traveled to Equatorial Guinea to request […]
Arnold Roth joined Rube Goldberg and Mort Walker as the only recipients of the Golden T-Square (for 50 years as a professional cartoonist). Who’s next on this august list? Is a Huntington Beach California fest-type-Reubens a done deal for next year’s? Sounded like it. Kudos to the NCS Voting Base for once again not forgetting […]
The A/V Club has a story on a person who’s set Rush’s 2112 album to Peanuts animations:From the story:If you had to describe the internet to somebody, you might say, “It’s a place where people waste an inordinate amount of time when they could be doing productive things in the real world.” Or, you could […]