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Illustrator Terry Colon Retires
Reason has announced the retirement of Terry Colon. Terry Colon rose to indie comics prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was a prolific contributor to the pioneering web magazine Suck, where he shared a masthead with Reason Editor at Large Nick Gillespie and drew the illustration for the iconic tagline, “A fish, a barrel, and […]
Posted on: Jul 5, 2019, Section: Cartoonist, Illustration, Interviews, Magazine cartoons, Magazines, web comics, Comments: 0 Comments
William F. Brown – RIP
Playwright, author, illustrator, cartoonist Wm. F. Brown has passed away. WILLIAM FERDINAND (BILL) BROWN April 16, 1928 – June 23, 2019 From the Broadway World obituary: After attending Princeton University, he moved to New York City and landed a job writing for Look Magazine in 1950. After a year in the U.S. Army, […]
Posted on: Jun 24, 2019, Section: Cartoonist, Children's Books, Comic strips, Obituary, Comments: Comments Off on William F. Brown – RIP
Senior Strippers (2019 edition)
Happy Birthday Vic Carrabotta, born June 24, 1929! Vic becomes the latest creator to join the Senior Strippers list. A list of cartoonists who for 90+ years continue to survive “the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to.” Below is, as best as I can determine, a list of cartoonists who continue to carry […]
Posted on: Jun 24, 2019, Section: AAEC-feed, Cartoonist, Cartoons, Comic Books, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Magazine cartoons, sports cartoons, Comments: 4 Comments
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Darrin Bell Interviewed
Your life is extremely busy these days, with the production of both editorial cartoons and two daily comic strips. Which is more difficult—the editorial work or the strips? I’d have to say the editorial cartoons. It’s almost performance art—something breaks on the news, and you only have a few hours to respond, to make deadline. […]
Posted on: Jun 20, 2019, Section: AAEC-feed, Cartoonist, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Comments: Comments Off on Pulitzer Prize-Winning Darrin Bell Interviewed
Marian Del Vecchio – RIP
Cartoonist and community activist Marian Del Vecchio has passed away. Marian Del Vecchio February 24, 1935 – June 15, 2019 From the obituary: Her memoir, “Hunger,” traces her family’s 1938 escape from Hitler, the excitement of New York, and the Freudian labyrinth of the 1960s. In 1964 Marian married former fighter pilot, […]
Posted on: Jun 17, 2019, Section: AAEC-feed, Cartoonist, Obituary, Comments: Comments Off on Marian Del Vecchio – RIP
Skip Morrow – RIP
Cartoonist and musician Skip Morrow has passed away. Dennis B. (Skip) Morrow circa 1951 – May 28, 2019 cartoonist, illustrator, musician From the obituary: All the while, he loved to sketch. His art mostly consisted of cartoons, although he was talented in several mediums. In 1974, while still playing music on the […]
Posted on: Jun 10, 2019, Section: Cartooning, Cartoonist, Obituary, Comments: Comments Off on Skip Morrow – RIP
Joe Lanier – RIP
Cartoonist Joe Lanier has passed away. Joseph Phillip (Joe) Lanier November 19, 1937 – May 26, 2019 From the obituary: After finishing time in law enforcement, Lanier’s security industry career began in 1968 as an installing dealer and then progressed in 1973 with the formation of Texas-based Defensive Security Southwest, a wholesale distributor […]
Posted on: Jun 7, 2019, Section: Cartoonist, Magazine cartoons, Obituary, Comments: Comments Off on Joe Lanier – RIP
Arnie Levin Interview
“We had a thing, where there were four of us, I don’t know if we ever mentioned this, I would get together with Sam Gross, Bill Woodman… once a month we’d all meet at Sam’s apartment, and we would sit down and we would open the phone book— we’d get the yellow pages, and […]
Posted on: Jun 6, 2019, Section: Cartoonist, Interviews, Magazine cartoons, Comments: Comments Off on Arnie Levin Interview
Then, in 1979, Frank Cotham Sold His First Cartoon
Unbeknownst to him, the frantic graphics job would lead to his future calling. “I had a lot of downtime waiting for the graphics lists from the news department. So the guy who worked next to me said, ‘You’re always doing these stupid little drawings. Why don’t you try sending some to magazines?’ I did that […]
Posted on: Jun 3, 2019, Section: Cartoonist, Magazine cartoons, Comments: Comments Off on Then, in 1979, Frank Cotham Sold His First Cartoon
Animator vs. Cartoonist – Drawing from Memory
Animator vs. Cartoonist: Drawing Looney Tunes Characters From Memory. The gang tries to draw Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, and Marvin The Martian from memory. How well would -you- do? A BuzzFeed Video.
Posted on: May 14, 2019, Section: Animation, Cartooning, Cartoonist, Contests, Comments: Comments Off on Animator vs. Cartoonist – Drawing from Memory
Mark Fiore Wins Robert F. Kennedy Award
The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization has announced the winners of its annual awards. Cartoon “Family Separation in Cartoons” KQED News and online news outlets Mark Fiore Mark Fiore won the cartoon category for his series of child separation animations. Mark will receive the award at a ceremony on Thursday, May 23 […]
Posted on: May 8, 2019, Section: AAEC-feed, Animation, Awards, Cartooning, Cartoonist, Editorial cartooning, Comments: Comments Off on Mark Fiore Wins Robert F. Kennedy Award
Happy National Cartoonists Day!
above: the famous B. Kliban cartoon, below: W. C. Morris from circa 1908 Both the above and many more cartoonist related cartoons at Larry Rippee and Molly Rea‘s site. Here is a Cartoonists Day celebration from Richard Thompson. A couple cartoonist self-portraits: Unbelievably, not everyone loves cartoonists. Of course, when […]
Posted on: May 5, 2019, Section: Cartooning, Cartoonist, Comic history, Comic strips, Comments: Comments Off on Happy National Cartoonists Day!
Gary Price Leaves Jazz Birthday Feature
For over three years Gary Price has supplied the illustration for The Syncopated Times Jazz Birthday of the Month feature. With the May 2019 issue Gary’s contributions to “the only monthly newspaper focused on hot jazz, ragtime, and swing” comes to an end. This month I’m bidding farewell to one of the elements that […]
Posted on: May 1, 2019, Section: Cartooning, Cartoonist, Comments: Comments Off on Gary Price Leaves Jazz Birthday Feature
Jason Chatfield – Cartoonist and Job Advisor
About a week ago, after having the violent realization that I’ve been doing everything wrong, I came across a blog written by a guy named Jason Chatfield. As it turns out, Chatfield, comedian/vice president of The National Cartoonists Society/cartoonist for The New Yorker and Mad Magazine, is a productivity machine that knows the failure […]
Posted on: Apr 30, 2019, Section: Cartoonist, Comic strips, NCSFest, Comments: 1 Comment
CSotD: Friday Funnies Come On A Tuesday This Week
I could use a nice, non-political fun day today. Not that fun can’t be thought-provoking, of course, which makes Joy of Tech ironically named. Stupid pop-ups have taken a lot of the joy out of tech, or, at least, out of the Internet part. I’ve long resisted pop-up blockers because I understand that content needs […]
Posted on: Apr 30, 2019, Section: Cartoonist, Comic strips, Controversies, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 1 Comment
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