Lamar Sparkman, who drew cartoons for over 40 years for the Tampa Times and Tampa Tribune passed away yesterday morning at the age of 88 after complications with pneumonia. Lamar is also remembered for designing the Bucco Bruce logo for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team. He was known for regular football cartoons about the […]
Editor’s note: Some of the items below were set to publish on Dec. 2, but didn’t. They might be old news now, but for archive purposes, I’ve included them.Animation» USA Today reports that a fourth (and final) Shrek feature film is in the works for a May 21 release next year. The movie will be […]
TDC regular Rich Diesslin launched his 7th annual Cartoon Days of Christmas earlier this week. The annual feature features Christmas themed cartoons and will be posted through January 5th. Each cartoonist will have a page featuring cartoons on the theme of humor in the Christmas season. It will be G-rated fun for the whole family […]
Each year Hogan’s Alley posts Christmas cards from notable cartoonists. This year the focus is on Arnold Roth. This year it’s our privilege to present a treasure trove of Christmas cards from the archives of the legendary Arnold Roth. Each of his cards is a masterpiece of design, composition and humor, and we talked to […]
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that next Tuesday McSweeney, an independent publishing house will print a one-time run of the “San Francisco Panorama” that will feature 16 pages of full-color comics by nearly 20 artists including Dan Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware, Alison Bechdel, and Jessica Abel. In all, there will be […]
Voltaire Press at Duke University has published a book “Muhammad: The “Banned” Images” by Dr. Gary Hull that includes reprinting the 12 cartoons that originally ran in the Jyllands-Posten that ignited an international violent reaction in the Muslim world. The book also includes several other images from William Blake, Gustave Dore, Salvador Dali, and several […]
Rob Tornoe reports that Iranian cartoonist Hadi Heidari has been released from prison. Hadi was arrested October 22 while attending a religious ceremony honoring political prisoners.
The Comics Journal will be expanding its online offerings and consolidating its print publication to expanded semi-annual editions. From their press release: The expanded, full-service TCJ.com will deliver everything readers love â?? in-depth interviews, smart columns, sharp criticism, real journalism â?? on a daily basis. And not only will readers get the traditional Comics Journal […]
British cartoonist Terry Challis who drew for the Watford Observer for more than 30 years, has passed away. Former Watford Observer sports editor and Watford FC communications manager Andrew French has been among those to pay tribute to his former colleague, describing him as a “wonderful bloke”. “Some people are lucky enough to be born […]
I’m a day late on this one: To mark the fourth anniversary of the first printing of the Danish Mohammad cartoons, the International Free Press Society has named September 30th as International Free Press day. In an era in which the act of speaking out in the Western world has become increasingly subject to the […]
Cam Millward was the final speaker on the first day of the Success in Comics seminar in Las Vegas. Cam founded Canwest Editorial Services, one of the first pagination services for newspapers. Cam gave the audience a peak into the some of the layers of production that goes into getting comics from the cartoonist to […]
This weekend is the long anticipated Comic Seminar hosted by the Tundra folks, Chad Carpenter and Bill Kellogg in Las Vegas. As an invited guest I will be blogging some of the things that are discussed over the weekend. Those that follow me on Twitter will probably get the most play by play action, with […]
Comic Strips» Rudy Park has been brought back to The San Jose Mercury News. Comics» Tom Spurgeon opines about “Five Basic Ways Comics May Have Changed Over The Last Five Years”Editorial Cartooning» RJ Matson took some heat for including a cross emblem on a KKK logo. The editor responded that the cross was indeed part […]
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is teaching a course on Faith and Globalization at Yale University, has stated that he thinks Yale Press made the right decision to not include the infamous Muhammad cartoons in a book about the cartoons. When asked how he would have approached the matter, he replied: It’s certainly […]
A group of prominent conservative Yale alumni, led by former United Nations John Bolton, is circulating a letter to the editor urging other Yale graduates “to sign the letter and to call on the University to publish ‘The Cartoons that Shook the World’ with the cartoons that shook the world intact,” according to the Yale […]