Animation» Wallace & Gromit fans have something to look forward to in September. Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection will be released September 22 on DVD and Blu-RayBooks» The Cleveland Scene interviews Nevin Martell, the author of the upcoming book on Bill Watterson. Not a lot of new information. My understanding was that Nevin never […]
Books» Fantagraphics to publish the complete run of Ernie Bushmillerâ??s comic strip Nancy.Comic-Con» Michael Cavna was sent to cover the big Con. He’s taking questions during a live chat.» Rolling Stone reviews what was notable about the event. Comic Strips» A Charlie Brown Christmas will be released in Blu-Ray on October 6.Editorial Cartooning» Andy Donato […]
Animation» Ted Rall and David Essman team up for another editorial animation. Books» Moonbase Press has announced that it has the fourteenth collection of cartoonist Bill Holbrook’s groundbreaking webcomic Kevin & Kell is now available. They’ve also released a treasury edition collection of the early years of cartoonist Bill’s webcomic Kevin & Kell.Comic Strips» Stephan […]
Editorial Cartooning» TheDartmouth.com has a write up of Jules Feiffer’s presentation that he did about his cartooning career. This summer, Jules is doing a Summer term Montgomery Fellow where he is teaching a comparative literature course titled “Graphic Humor and 20th Century America.” He will also participate in a panel discussion with fellow cartoonists Edward […]
BlogsMichael Cavna’s Comic Riffs hits 1 years old today. Congrats!Books» Lindsay Perna writing for the Religion News Service reviews Johnny Hart’s “I Did It His Way” – a collection of Johnny’s religiously themed B.C. strips.Comic Books» Daniel Ford of the Wilmington Comic Books Examiner writes his review of DC Comics’ new Wednesday Comics.» The childhood […]
Alternative ComicsRuben Bolling, creator of Tom the Dancing Bug, was named Association of Alternative Newsweekliesâ?? 2009 award for Best Cartoon. Books» IDW Publishing is announcing a partnership with Archie Comics to reprint some of the propertyâ??s most iconic stories in deluxe hardcover and trade paperback editions. The newspaper strip collections will be incorporated into the […]
While I try to keep up with this stuff, a few audio interviews have passed me by unnoticed. Bob Andelman, AKA “Mr. Media” has interviewed Gary Groth and Kim Thompson, Editors of The Comics Journal, Fantagraphics, Paul Fitzgerald, Will Eisner and PS Magazine author, Brendan Burford, Editor of Syncopated comics and King Features Syndicate, Jonathan […]
Bob Andelman’s 2005 biography on Will Eisner (“Will Eisner: A Spirit Life”) is now available for download through Audible.com narrated by Bob as well. Bob spent nearly three years interviewing Eisner, his contemporaries, family and friends to create this definitive book on the legendary career.With the release of the book through Audible, it will also […]
I received an email from Nevin Martell the author of the upcoming book, “Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and his Revolutionary Comic Strip”. He is offering Daily Cartoonist readers a free sample chapter from the book if they email a request to lookingforcalvinandhobbes@gmail.com. The book comes out October 1 […]
Books» Newsarama reviews Fantagraphics’ collection of Sam’s Strip, a short run comic strip by Mort Walker and Jerry Dumas from 1961-1963. Comic Books» Richard Comely is profiled in The Record. Richard has drawn Captain Canuck for 35 years and is now featured in its own hardcover compilation that has been released in time for Canada […]
Character designer, illustrator Stephen Silver will present a three-hour seminar on the topic of self-publishing for children’s books, art books and graphic novels. The presentation is on August 12th in Burbank, CA. See his site for details.
Mike Cope, cartoonist, illustrator and author of “Last of the Funnies” is making a generous pledge to support the Schulz Challenge that is raising money for the Ohio State’s Cartoon Library & Museum. Mike is donating $2 for every copy his timely science fiction, which explores the future of the funnies in a virtually paperless […]
Books» I believe I mentioned this. There will be a collection of Johnny Hart’s religiously themed B.C. comic strips.» Barnes and Noble have once again steeply discounted Bill Mauldin’s collection “Willie & Joe: The WWII Years.” The books are listed at $65 but are on sale for $17.98 (no free shipping). Books are bargain books […]
Character designer Stephen Silver will release his fifth book, Passion for Life, July 1, 2009, which gives insights into his philosophies of life drawing and life itself. “The title ‘Passion for Life’ came to me on the day that my fifty-year-old cousin Ellen Wahl passed away,” he writes in the book. “It is not only […]
AnimationThe Animation blog reports that Nickelodeon’s “The Penguins of Madagascar” averaged 3.7 million total viewers and ranked as the weekâ??s top kidsâ?? show. Books» Richard Thompson has a second collection of Cul de Sac due out in September. See the cover on his blog.Comic Strips» Tom Gammill’s latest “Learn to Draw” series (See embedded video […]