Sad news from Allan Holtz regarding the passing of Cole Johnson, a comic scholar with a vast expertise in newspaper comic strip history.One of the most endearing things about Cole was that he realized, and reveled in, the idea that being a newspaper comics expert is mystifying pointless and utterly ridiculous to 99.9% of humanity. […]
National Cartoonist Society President Tom Richmond has posted the cover art for this upcoming year’s NCS Reuben Awards weekend with caricatures of the line-up of speakers and special award winners. Family Circus cartoonist and former NCS President Jeff Keane will be the recipient of this year’s NCS ?Silver T-Square? for outstanding dedication to the organization. […]
Interesting report by NPR about New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro who submitted 610 cartoons to the New Yorker before he made his first sale.From NPR: “I went in, he looked at my stuff, I was just nervously sitting there waiting for him to say something,” Toro says. “And I remember he looked up and said, […]
The National Cartoonists Society has compiled a large gallery of cartoons drawn by their members and other professionals in response to the Charlie Hebdo attack last week. By my count – it’s over 130 cartoons. Worth checking out.
My feed is overflowing with so many articles about the Charlie Hebdo tragedy that I’m combining several of interest in one post.World Cartoonists DayMylasian cartoonist Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque (AKA Zunar) has called for a World Cartoonists Day every January 7 as a day of remembrance. Michael Cavna has the story.Take your Je Suis Charlie and […]
The National Cartoonist Society has announced it’s annual call for submissions for the 2014 Reuben Award and division awards. This year most of the division awards will be voted on by the entire membership body electronically. In years past, division awards were juried by regional chapters.As always, you do not have to be a member […]
I caught wind of this last year, but it’s now official. Jeff MacNelly’s widow, Susie, has donated Jeff’s original art and papers to the Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. The collection includes his editorial cartoons and his comic strips Shoe, Pluggers, and cartoons created for Dave Barry’s humor column. Jeff was […]
Last week Wired reported the the legendary cartoonist Jack Davis was retiring. Bleeding Cool now reports that people close to Davis say that isn’t so. From Bleeding Cool: Only problem is, according to sources close to Davis, it’s not true. He’s not retiring at all. He was called up and gave some quotes but apparently, […]
From Wired magazine:It?s not that the iconic 90-year-old cartoonist can?t draw anymore?he just can?t meet his own standards. ?I?m not satisfied with the work,? Davis says by phone from his rural Georgia home. ?I can still draw, but I just can?t draw like I used to.?Fantastic career.H/T: Tom Richmond
Lucy Caswell, Founder, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Vijaya Iyer, President and Co-Publisher, Cartoon Books, Jeff Smith, Award-Winning Cartoonist and Co-Publisher, Cartoon Books and Tom Spurgeon, Editor and Co-Publisher, The Comics Reporter have announced the creation of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) – a four day comic festival to be held each year in Columbus […]
This Tuesday “The Art of Richard Thompson” will hit book shelves everywhere. In one word, let me sum up the experience of reading this book: craft. Richard Thompson is a master of his craft – whether it is illustration, caricature or cartooning, his work stands out as something extraordinary. Those of us who have seen […]
New Yorker Cartoonist Roz Chast is having an excellent year after her graphic memoir Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir has been winner multiple awards including being named a National Book Awards finalist. Yesterday it was announced that she was one of three winners of the new Kirkus Prize and with it […]
For a time today, the world had thought the famously anonymous graffiti artist “Banksy” had been arrested and his identity finally revealed. The National Report posted a story (sans by line) saying as much, but it turned out to be a farce. The prank did elevate Banksy as a trending topic on Twitter.From the Independent: […]
New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff discusses the New Yorker cartoon caption contest during a presentation at the 2014 Strata Conference + Hadoop World.Via: Michael Maslin