Pat Bagley of the Salt Lake Tribune has been selected the winner of the 2009 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning.The prize is awarded each year by the Foundation for “distinguished examples of original editorial cartooning that exemplify the courageous standard set by Herblock .” Bagley will receive the Prize April 2 in a ceremony at […]
The Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con are proud to present the official Nomination Ballot for this year’s Harvey Awards. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry’s most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. Ballots can be downloaded from […]
» After 20 years, The Simpson’s has a new intro. I’m glad to see the inclusion of more characters, but I still prefer the classic intro.» uClick (the tech company behind Universal Press Syndicate) is the number #1 mobile comic distributed for iPhone and iPod Touch. uClick CEO was on CNNMoney touting his iPhone funny […]
The 2009 Glyph Award nominees have been announced. The nominees for 2009 are:Story of the YearBayou, Jeremy Love, writer and artistIncognegro; Mat Johnson, writer, Warren Pleece, artistJustice League of America: The Second Coming; Dwayne McDuffie, writer, Ed Benes, artistPilot Season: Genius, Marc Bernardin & Adam Freeman, writers, Afua Richardson, artistPresidential Material: Barack Obama; Jeff Mariotte, […]
» Ed Hall lost four clients in December during the newspaper turmoil. He reports he’s picked up a new paper. » Animated News reports that Kung Fu Panda swept the Annie Awards in 10 categories. The Annie is the animation industry equivalent of an Oscar. Charles Brubaker wonders if Dreamworks rigged the voting (Dreamworks is […]
This year’s Jay Kennedy Scholarship deadline for college students is February 6th. Applicants must be students in the US, Canada or Mexico that will be in their Junior or Senior year of college during the 2009-2010 academic year. Applicants DO NOT have to be art majors to be eligible for this scholarship. Those wishing to […]
The 2008 Weblog Award finalists have been announced. In the category of best comic strip, the final 10 include: Day By Day, Calamities of Nature, Town Called Dobson, Garfield Minus Garfield, What The Duck, The Book of Biff, Medium Large, Dilbert, Jesus and Mo and xkcd.Voting begins sometime today through the 12th. On a related […]
2008 might well be described in a word as a roller coaster or to many a third and fourth quarter stock market ride. Clearly many cartoonist achieved career highs and milestones, but for many cartoonist who live and die in the newspaper, there was a lot of dying. In writing this review, I can’t help […]
Nickelodeon Magazine is recognizing their readers favorite comics by creating a Comics award to honor the best comic book, strips and graphic novels. The categories related to comic strips include: Cutest Comic Character: Snoopy (from Peanuts), Bartleby (from Bone), Super Diaper Baby (from Super Diaper Baby) and Manny (from Diary of a Wimpy Kid); Favorite […]
Washington Examiner editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler has won the 2008 Clifford K. Berryman and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning. The annual award is sponsored by the National Press Foundation. The Berryman award will be presented to Nate during their Annual Awards Dinner in February. The judges, which included Ann Telnaes, said they were, […]
Atlanta Constitution Journal editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich has been awarded the Brooke Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement by The Dunwoody Friends of the Library in Dunwoody GA. The award is given to authors who are residents of Georgia. Mike has two book collections of his cartoons: “Lotsa Luckovich” and “Four More Wars.” The award was […]
The Herb Block Foundation that awards the yearly Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning has announced they are increasing the cash prize amount from $10,000 to $15,000 according to E&P. They’ve also announced that this year’s judges will include Garry Trudeau, Jules Feiffer and last year’s winner John Sherffius. Additionally, they’ve increased the number of cartoons […]
» Comic Book Resources looks at the career of Oliver Harrington.» Greeting card cartoonist Mike Scovel was named 2008 Cartoonist of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists.» Frazz creator Jef Mallett is profiled in the San Antonio Express News.» Berkeley Breathed is scheduled to be at the Charles M. Schulz museum to talk […]
With the Baltimore Comic-Con has drawn to a close and the Harvey Award winners were announced at their Saturday Gala. Among the winners included Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau who won the award for Best Syndicated Strip or Panel. Fantagraphics Books received the Best Domestic Reprint Project award for I and Nicholas Gurewitch for Best On-line […]
Last February I reported that one Alaska legislator was hoping to name Tundra creator Chad Carpenter Alaska’s Cartoon Laureate (“like a poet laureate, but funny and easy to understand”). Today, Chad was officially recognized Alaska’s Cartoon Laureate for 2008. Representative Wes Keller pushed for the citation saying, “Chad is one of my most famous constituents. […]