When are you officially too old to make a bad drawing? As kids, we would frequently scribble the wildest things across the page with zero inhibitions, but as we grow up, we often start judging the things we make. That’s where Lynda Barry comes in.Lynda Barry sits down for a twenty minute video interview.Discussing heroes […]
The Improbable RemainsOn his How To book tour Randall Munroe goes north to Alaska. The Juneau Empire reports on Randall’s lecture there. The Spurns that Patient Merit of th’ Unworthy TakesAt the time of this writing, the two most influential politicians in the United States are a real estate developer who became president and a bartender […]
The Comics Kingdom @YouTube channel is now live! Catch classic like Flash Gordon, Krazy Kat, Beetle Bailey and more every week! Find some exclusive behind the scene clips from some Comics Kingdom cartoonists too!Forget Disney+, the Comics Kingdom Video Channel is here!From the “About” page:Welcome to the official Comics Kingdom video channel, the channel that […]
So what’s a freelancer to do when a gig dries up?Tom Richmond says you suck it up and look for new clients, like always. How do YOU keep yourself occupied for 7 hours while running a marathon?Liza Donnelly draws what she sees. What was the first comic strip robot?Steve Carper, who literally wrote the book on robots, […]
Liza Donnelly, a cartoonist and writer for The New Yorker Magazine and CBS, visited the Education Building Room 115 [at The College of New Jersey] on Oct. 24 to discuss the importance of cartoons in society, and described her own use of humor to portray political and cultural themes in cartoons through her career and […]
There’s a reason Lynda Barry is the first comics artist to win a MacArthur “Genius” Award.She loves children. Making Comics is a love letter to every child who ever picked up a crayon and started making marks with unselfconscious intensity. Those children include her college students. Like her readers, some arrive at class with artistic […]
“Give me a single panel cartoon any day.” So said Bob Mankoff, this year’s keynote speaker Nov. 7 at the Mandel JCC Cleveland Jewish Book Festival in response to being asked how how his absurdist, pointillist illustrations in The New Yorker and other major publications stack up against other forms of humorous social commentary like […]
Cartoonist Steve DuQuette has passed away. Steven Aldrich (Steve) DuQuette May 13, 1927 – October 26, 2019 Saying Steve was a cartoonist seems a bit of understating. He was a gag/magazine cartoonist, a caricaturist, an editorial cartoonist, a spot illustrator, he did comic features, and on and on.From Mike Lynch:He was one of the kindest, most […]
Bob Eckstein, cartoon editor of a new book, sits down with cartoonist Michael Maslin.Fittingly, when Michael Maslin sat down and interviewed Bob Eckstein it began with criticism of the current gag cartooning market.There are more cartoonists and cartoons than ever, and quite frankly too many to support in shrinking real estate for the work, in […]
In Western Pennsylvania, Yinzer and Jagoff are terms of endearment. Saying “dahntahn” is as much a beloved tradition as putting fries on your sammich or waving a yellow towel! That’s why Pittsburgh radio personalities Jim Krenn and Larry Richert have teamed up with cartoonist Rob Rogers to create Yinzer Cards as a way of celebrating […]
Kevin Necessary has resigned his staff position as WCPO-TV Cincinnati cartoonist.Kevin sez:Ok, no more vaguebook posts (and apologies in advance for the novel): Today was my last day at WCPO. I wasn’t fired or railroaded out. I left on my own terms, in good standing, and I’m honored to have spent so many great years […]
Liza Donnelly:The year was 1979 and I was lost. Not completely so, but, on balance, I was a bit of a mess. If my life were a pie chart, there would be a slice of about one-eighth that would represent the part of my life that was percolating along fairly well. That part was my […]
Christian cartoonist Doug Dillard has passed away.Samuel Douglas (Doug) Dillard July 11, 1929 – October 5, 2019 Doug’s career, outside of cartooning, consisted of serving “churches as a pastor, youth evangelist and minister of education before launching a career in public relations.”From the Baptist Standard obituary:[Doug] Dillard was widely known as a cartoonist and banquet speaker. […]
In cartoonist lingo, a “baby” is a cartoon. Cartoonists often speak of finding homes for their babies, or places of publication. However, the term “babies” in this exhibition has other meanings as well. They refer to the artists themselves, young in age or their careers.In its nearly 100-year history, the [New Yorker] magazine has published […]
Sports reporter, writer, and cartoonist Hype Igoe is among those on the ballot for the 2020 International Boxing Hall of Fame in the Observers category.ESPN reports:The International Boxing Hall of Fame, which in July reduced the wait for eligibility to three years, released the ballot for the 2020 election cycle and it is loaded with […]