What can be done as far as comics history books? Who’s going to improve on Brian Walker’s The Comics? Who’s going to out-reference Holtz’s American Newspaper Comics?The answer is to get specialized. Take a subdivision of the genre and go in-depth. That’s what Ron Goulart did with his The Adventurous Decade years ago, and that’s what Eddie Campbell does […]
Children’s book illustrator Will Terry reviews Apple’s iPad Pro as a professional illustration device.
I’ve always admired Bob Scott work on his comic Molly and the Bear, so I’m happy to see the comic being printed in book form. The book will hit shelves in March of next year. You can pre-order from Amazon.
Eddie Pittman’s webcomic Red’s Planet will be collected, published through Amulet Books and hitting your neighborhood bookstore next spring. The online story will no longer update. Future stories will be in print.Congratulations, Eddie!
Publishers Weekly mentions that Off the Mark creator Mark Parisi has signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins for a series of illustrated middle-grade series called Marty Pants. The first book is due out in winter of 2017.Congratulations, Mark.
From The New York Times:The government?s plan was simple enough: Rid Moscow of swastikas or any other symbol of Nazism before Victory Day, the celebration of the Soviet Union?s defeat of Germany and the most important political holiday in Russia. But in the frenzy to comply, bookstores aiming to please the censor found an unlikely […]
The 2015-16 Kenosha Festival Of Cartooning fundraising has started. Anne Morse Hambrock, the festival founder, has a great event lined up. Mark Tatulli of Lio, Heart of the City, Desmond Puckett Bill Morrison ? Art Director: Futurama, Co-Founder of Bongo Comics, Simpsons and Disney Illustrator, Roswell Little Green Man Jan Eliot – Stone Soup Darrin […]
This year’s Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Looking though the list (below), I’m seeing several familiar names. Glad to see Richard Thompson nominated for The Complete Cul de Sac in the Best Humor Publication category. Brian Fies has been nominated in the Best Digital/Web Comic category for his comic “The Last Mechanical Monster”. I’m […]
Tom the Dancing Bug creator Ruben Bolling has published a new book for children called Alien Invasion in My Backyard. It’s getting strong reviews and publicity. It seems like if you’re a cartoonist and want to get paid for it, a children or middle-grade book is the way to go. Hmmmm. Cartoons in print form. […]
The National Cartoonist Society has announced the 2014 Division Awards aka Silver Reubens (or tongue in cheek the “Steckleys”).The winners will be announced during the annual NCS Reuben Awards dinner on May 23rd. This year’s Reuben Awards will be held in Washington D.C.Congratulations to the nominees.EDITORIAL CARTOONS Clay Bennett Michael Ramirez Jen Sorensen NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION […]
Speed Bump creator Dave Coverly has a new book out called “Dogs Are People, Too: A Collection of Cartoons to Make Your Tail Wag“.From The Ann Arbor NewsThough Coverly found plenty of material, he assumed that he’d need to find a “small, boutique-y publisher” for the book. But then an editor at Macmillen threw him […]
Universal Uclick has launched a new website to commemorate the 30 year anniversary of the launch of Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes. On the site you can buy Calvin and Hobbes books, reprints and the book, Exploring Calvin and Hobbes An Exhibition Catalogue. The new book is the catalogue for Bill’s exhibition at the Billy […]
Bob Weber’s Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids is hitting Amazon. Andrews McMeel Publishing is publishing two Slylock Fox books: Go Fun! Slylock Fox Mystery Puzzles and Go Fun! Spot Six Differences . The books are due out in June.
Heritage Builders Publishing has announced that it will publish the ?Dozi the Alligator? children?s series by award-winning cartoonist Daniel Boris. The first book in the series, ?Dozi the Alligator Finds a Family,? will be released on May 15, 2015.Congratulations to Daniel Boris. It’s great to see this come to fruition.
Last week, the editors of The Art of Richard Thompson gathered for an evening to talk about Richard Thompson. Below is the audio to that discussion. I’ll post video if I see that someone captured it.