https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2018-05-21/ampCuneo on drawing nature:Nothing comes easily. My address is in the Catskills, but I live in a small room with a drawing table. There is a window, and I will occasionally look outside. It does look nice out there. But I am not the type to hike out, set up an easel, and paint waterfalls on the […]
DHX sells portion of Peanuts equity to Japanese corporation.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sony-take-185-million-stake-snoopy-ip-holder-1111503
With input from such notable folks as “Better Call Saul’s” Michael McKean and “Conan’s” Andy Richter.https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/with_replies
According to Glenn’s Facebook his last day as editorial cartoonist at the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat was yesterday.We’ll update as we know more.
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The ridiculously prolific Bill Holbrook has announced two new book collections of his King Features syndicated comics On the Fastrack and Safe Havens.Safe Havens: http://www.lulu.com/shop/bill-holbrook/safe-havens-dodos/paperback/product-23607554.html On the Fastrack: http://www.lulu.com/shop/bill-holbrook/invasion-of-the-goth/paperback/product-23578311.htmlYou can read his third comic “Kevin and Kell” here.
Georgia “Breaking Cat News” Dunn posted this response to an 11-year-old fan on her social media platforms. You can find her on Twitter here @GeorgiaDunnBCN .From Georgia: An 11 year old long time reader wrote to me asking for tips to begin cartooning. I wrote this up for them, and thought that I might share it here […]
From Today’s New York Times: This crumbling, beer-splotched wall in the back of a sports bar on East 44th Street is one of New York’s more neglected cultural treasures. Created in the 1970s, it is a veritable Sistine Chapel of American comic-strip art: the 30-some drawings across its face were left by a who’s who of cartooning […]
The Comics Beat is reporting that King Features will launch the comic “Macanudo” by Argentinian cartoonist Liniers in September.Here’s the link to The Comics Beat story and another link to a 2014 interview with the cartoonist.
The Boston Globe and The Nib cartoonist Ward Sutton will be honored by the Herb Block Foundation tonight as the 2018 winner of their eponymous prize.According to the Herb Block Foundation site: “We were greatly impressed by the quality and breadth of submissions, with so much outstanding work being done in all types of political cartooning. But […]
Welcome, cartoon friends! We’re “soft launching” the “new” Daily Cartoonist this week. The site is now owned and operated by my colleagues here in Kansas City (Mo.) at Andrews McMeel.Our plan is to restart/continue the great cartoon news site that Alan Gardner built. Alan has been a great help in the transition and we’re thankful […]
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Joe Murray( Rocko’s Modern Life/Camp Lazlo) with the help of Kickstarter, has launched an all animated web channel called KaboingTV .The mission of KaboingTV is to provide an alternative channel for quality animation that serves both the cartoon fan, and the animation community of artists and writers.The first series to premiere on KaboingTV “Frog in […]
Writer Mark Evanier reports that Howard Post, who worked primarily as a comic book cartoonist, has passed away from Alzheimer’s.Howard “Howie” Post, a mainstay of animation, comic books and strips since the mid-forties, passed away some time in the last week, reportedly due to Alzheimer’s. Howie was born November 2, 1926 and while no one […]
Starting May 10, the Washington Post’s “Comic Riffs” will begin what the blog’s author Michael Cavna calls “a better way” to aid aspiring cartoonists.Sharpen your pencils, sharpen your comic minds — and check back here in this space come Monday, May 10.UPDATE: I asked Mr. Cavna if he could elaborate at all on the nature […]