Lincoln Peirce‘s multimedia success (popular comic strip, best selling comic collections and illustrated novels, musical theatre) is now getting a Nickolodeon animated series.Animation Magazine reports:On Wednesday, Nickelodeon detailed its new, wide-ranging content slate for 2020-21, with a brand-new book-inspired animated series amid several live-action originals… Greenlit for 26 episodes, Big Nate is an all-new animated […]
Seems Dennis is right:I love books. The problem is that my book-buying habit outpaces my ability to read them. This leads to FOMO and occasional pangs of guilt over the unread volumes spilling across my shelves. Sound familiar? But it’s possible this guilt is entirely misplaced. According to statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb, these unread volumes […]
Famed French cartoonist Claire Bretécher has passed away.Claire Bretécher April 7, 1940 – February 10*, 2020 * A number of early reports gave February 11 as the date of passing.“Women in comic strips are usually portrayed either as shrews or movie stars. But in real life, women, like men, are neither of these extremes, so […]
Awwww.Avery’s Pikmin Adventure is a comic by cartoonist Chris Furniss. The Pikmin story is a “daily procedural comic, written and drawn on the fly”, with Chris’ son starring as the main character in the Pikmin universe. It’s actually made up of little note cards which are left for his [seven-year-old] son to read over lunchtime, […]
Not long after Rich Sparks moved to Chicago in 1982, he started a job at Carnival Foods, a grocery store in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. Working in the produce department, Sparks was tasked with updating a sign advising customers to “Ring Bell for Service,” and in short order he’d transformed it into a sort […]
Roz Chast has advice for young cartoonists:Chast said aspiring artists should not be deterred from their passion. “Listen to the people who understand what you’re trying to do, who could offer you good advice,” she said. “There are people not understanding what you’re trying to do and put you down and think you’re going in […]
The Minnesota State Fair has named Kevin Cannon as 2020 Commemorative Artist.Twin Cities Pioneer Press is reporting:Twin Cities cartoonist and illustrator Kevin Cannon has been selected to create the official 2020 Minnesota State Fair commemorative art. His original interpretation of the Great Minnesota Get-Together will be unveiled at the State Fairgrounds in June. above: a […]
Jerry Craft and his New Kid graphic novel make history.The School Library Journal reports:History was made at the 2020 Youth Media Awards in Philadelphia. A graphic novel has won the John Newbery Medal for the first time in its nearly 100-year history [emphasis added] as Jerry Craft earned the honor for New Kid.The Caldecott Medal […]
Illustrator Barbara Remington has passed away.Barbara Remington June 23, 1929 – January 23, 2020 Artist and illustrator Barbara Remington may be a little off-topic here but she was the cover artist for my copies of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.Remington illustrated the original American paperback editions of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of […]
Lynn Johnston has a new outlet for her licensed products. What Would Mary Do? Washington Post on the current Library of Congress comics exihibit. Perks of Being Short – A Brisa Cartoon and Commentary Gallery. Who’s the caricaturist? Kevin Cooley Wins 2020 Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award. Hollywood’s Lalo Alcaraz talks #OscarsSoWhite (scroll down) The […]
After a sheltered childhood in Midland, Mich., Guisewite yearned to attend a college where her world could be expanded. So she packed her neatly ironed blouses, short skirts, and knee sox in her suitcase and headed to Ann Arbor. “At Michigan, I was introduced to different cultures, races, and ideas,” recalls Guisewite, who soon ditched […]
Only What’s Necessary, Chip Kidd’s second look at Peanuts materials is now at two-thirds off its $40 cover price over at bn.com. Don’t know how long it will last. but as of this writing it is only $12.95 for the hardcover.For Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, renowned designer Chip […]
Your submissions must be delivered to their respective locations by January 23, 2020 for consideration The National Cartoonists Society website has the entry forms and details.You DO NOT have to be a member of the NCS to have your work considered for a divisional award.
Comics author, historian, and translator Wolfgang J. Fuchs has passed away.Wolfgang J. Fuchs September 16, 1945 – January 20, 2020author, journalist, film historian comics author, historian, translator From Karen Green, Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University Libraries:Just seeing the news, posted by his daughter Anna, that Wolfgang Fuchs passed away this morning. Wolfgang was […]
“It’s déjà vu all over again.” – Yogi BerraSo Michael Tisserand took 1974’s Feiffer On Nixon down from the shelf…Recently, I re-read Feiffer on Nixon while, in the background, live impeachment proceedings played over my computer. It produced a feeling that, at least for a short time, mimicked a sense of calm. While the faint […]