With a five million copy print run, the newest Dav Pilkey book Dog Man: Grime and Punishment debuted as the #1 best seller across all genres. NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Dog Man is the top dog! The global bestselling series by author and illustrator Dav Pilkey makes a triumphant return to the #1 […]
hat tip to Adrienne Hedger for the above book comicBelow are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2020 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Drawing Fire: The Editorial Cartoons of Bill Mauldin Be More Snoopy Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novela review gushing with […]
The National Cartoonist Society has released its schedule for the September 12, 2020 NCSFest and Reuben Awards. Streaming broadcast begins at10am Saturday, September 12 at NCSFest.com Official Welcome to NCSFest 2020 from NCS President & thank you’s. From Panels to Publishing (90 mins)Guests: Mark Tatulli, Terri Libenson, Maria Scrivan, and Rob HarrellHosted by: Jason Chatfield 74th Annual Reuben AwardsJoin […]
An established provocateur from an early age, John “Derf” Backderf is a renowned comics creator residing in Cleveland, Ohio. His work has garnered much critical acclaim and has earned such accolades as an Eisner Award (Trashed) and an Angoulême Prize (My Friend Dahmer). His latest work, Kent State (Abrams Comicarts) is an in-depth and critical […]
above: Mutts by Patrick McDonnell Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for August 2020 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. The Flapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age a short review of Trina’s new comic history book […]
Classics Illustrated adapted famous books to the comic book format,R. Sikoryak has done the same with one of the world’s most famous documents.Utilizing comic characters and their creators’ styles Sikoryak has adapted The United States Constitution word for word into comic book format. As Boing Boing says: Cartoonist R. Sikoryak’s talent for mimicking other cartoonists, […]
The San Diego Comic-Con (Comic-Con International) announced this years winners of the Eisner Awards in a virtual ceremony. There were no series or creators that dominated the awards though Raina Telgemeier (Guts), Lynda Barry (Making Comics), and Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo) were among those winning two awards. Stan Sakai was also inducted into the Hall […]
“In response to the Beinecke Library’s invitation to describe the work he is currently pursuing, Garry Trudeau—cartoonist, writer, and creator of ‘Doonesbury’—described the challenges of creating a ‘Complete Digital Doonesbury’ featuring some 15,000 comic strips in honor of the 50th anniversary of the beloved strip. In the process, Garry’s editor David Stanford identified what he […]
While I have personal reasons for caring about Joe Sacco’s “Paying the Land”, I don’t think they interfere with my saying that this is a stunning, important piece of work.In it, he travels to Canada’s NWT to report on the Dene people and the impact on them of the modern world and, specifically, the fracking […]
The Associated Press is reporting that Darrin Bell and Henry Holt & Company have signed an agreement for two books by the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist.The first book, “The Talk,” will be published next year. Holt is calling it “a graphic memoir written as a deeply personal meditation on “the talk” Black parents must have with […]
above from Half Full by Maria ScrivanBelow are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2020 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. BREAKING LINES $5.00 plus $1.50 p&h. Canada $2.00 p&h to Ken Alvine, 1608 S. Dakota Ave., […]
50 pages of fun from NCS Cartoonists!Download and print out this activity book featuring 50 pages of fun from NCS artists. Pay what you can – all proceeds go to the National Cartoonists Society Foundation, a registered 501(c)3 charity and support programs such as our Cartooning for Kids initiative! Donate What You Can Hat tip […]
From Writer’s Digest:Much like names, slogans and ideas, titles are not protected by U.S. copyright laws (which is why so many books have the same titles). To qualify for copyright protection, a work needs to possess “a significant amount of original expression”—and while “a significant amount of original expression” isn’t fully defined by hard-and-fast rules, […]
Last week you heard, and maybe saw, the fireworks going off, but you were probably mistaken about the cause. It is my theory that those illuminating the sky with rockets were celebrating the release of the 2020 updating of Bottorff’s ComicBacks Price Guide & Checklist (in PDF).Some of you may have noted that I have […]
Cartoon editor and humor and gag writer Phil Hirsch has passed away. Philip (Phil) Hirsch August 18, 1926 – January 20, 2020Pyramid Books vice president/editor/writerFrom the Jewish Exponent notice of death:Philip Hirsch, 93 of Voorhees, NJ, passed away on 1/2/20 in Voorhees. Philip was born in Bronx, NY to Clara and Leo Hirsch on 8/18/26. […]