The Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon has selected Ellen Berg and Prudence Peiffer to receive their foundation’s fellows for 2007-2008. The foundation noted that there was an unusual number of strong candidates and the fellowship grant money of $15,000 was split to support the two students.Berg is a postdoctoral fellow at […]
San Diego cartoonist Lucas Turnbloom took home a few awards at this year’s San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists awards banquette this last week. Lucas was awarded 1st place in magazine illustration and honorable mention, 2nd and 1st place in the Original Drawing or Illustration category. Judges remarked his entries had a […]
Larry Feign, who gained international fame for his comic feature Lily Wong, was asked by CNN on his opinion of how Hong Kong is fairing 10 years after Britain handed over control of the city to China. “Everyone always thought Hong Kong would influence China,” Feign said. “What really surprises me and a lot of […]
For reasons I’m still trying to uncover, the Miami Herald is holding contest called the “Great Cartoonist Search” contest. The contest is open to any individual cartoonist or teams of two (must be U.S. resident and 18+ years old). To enter, submit three cartoons to the paper by July 24th. There will be three rounds […]
Jerry Robinson, co-author of Manga comic Astra, has a musical play based on the comic that will be performed at the Warehouse Theatre from July 7-14 in Washington D.C. The feature is a tongue-in-cheek parody about Astra who is “a fearless, no-fuss woman who visits Earth for the first time, attempting to save her all-female […]
Jamie Smith writes in to alert me to a month long exhibit called “Cartoon North: Sequential Art in Alaska ” in Fairbanks Alaska that includes over 70 Alaska native artists (animators, cartoonists, inkers, pencilists, letterers, graphic artists, writers, and painters) including Chad Carpenter (Tundra), editorial cartoonists Dan Darrow and Peter Dunlap-Shohl. The opening was on […]
From ComicsDC blog comes news that four nationally known cartoonists’ work has been included in the Smithsonian’s American Presidents exhibit. Pat Oliphant’s work includes some of his sculptures of various presidents. Edward Sorels has a caricature/painting of Jimmy Carter depicted as Daniel in the Lion’s Den, Jack Davis has a caricature of President Nixon shaking […]
Stan Goldberg (Archie Comics), Bunny Hoest (The Lockhorns), and Mike Lynch (magazine cartoonist) will be paneling a discussion on 1940s and 1950s comics and the post-war Long Island life this Sunday at the Long Island Museum. The event is free and runs from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Received an email from Dan Thompson announcing that Humorous Maximus is back up and serving out comics again. Participating cartoonists are getting their cartoons back onto the site, and Steve Canyon and Latigo are up and running as well.
The 2007 Harvey Award Nominees have been announced and several newspaper cartoonists are among the nominees. Bizarro creator, Dan Piraro, is up for two awards: Best Cartoonist and a Special Award for Humor in comics. Competing in the category of Best Syndicated Strip or Panel includes Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau, Mutts by Patrick McDonnell, The […]
The Winston-Salem Journal has a write-up on Leigh Rubin and how he comes up with his material for Rubes. A typical day for Rubin starts when he gets up and takes his dog – part Akita, part-mutt – for a walk. “That’s my good excuse to get going in the morning. Then breakfast, then shower, […]
Straight from the NCS are the results for this year’s Reuben Awards held last Saturday night. Bill Amend, creator of Foxtrot was honored with Cartoonist of the Year – the highest honor. The Golden Key Award went to Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey and the Silver T-Square was given to Joe and Luke McGarry.The […]
From the Sequential blog comes news that the legal suit to have Ben Wicks abandoned cartoons returned to the family has come to a close. The Toronto Star sits down with Ben’s daughter and from the Sudbury Star comes news that the judge’s decision probably won’t be made for a few weeks.A snippet from the […]
The first graduating class of the Center for Cartoon Studies have been issued their diplomas and are out drumming up work to pay off their $30,000 tuition for the two year institution. More than 150 people crammed into the downtown opera house Saturday afternoon to watch the 18 cartoonists graduate. Commencement speaker Patrick McDonnell, the […]
Canadian cartoonist Ben Wicks, who died in 2000, was one of Canada’s great cartoonists, but was perhaps not the best at archiving and filing his artwork. Recently, two brothers found three bags full of Ben’s cartoons in the garage of a home they had purchased from the Wicks in 1992. The collection of cartoons are […]