I’ve posted news about Dan Piraro’s live comedy act here before (listen to interview, here are tour dates and more tour dates). The L.A. Times wrote up a good review for the show which begins tonight in LA. In a bit of turnabout, Piraro reads and comments on the best of his hate mail as […]
E&P reports that a new book, edited by Ted Rall, featuring 21 online cartoonists will be published in June. The book is entitled: “Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists.”
Here’s a bizarre, jaw dropping story out of the New York Times (free registration) about Don Trachte – a cartoonist for the Saturday Evening Post back in the 1940’s – bought an original Norman Rockwell painting (Trachte knew Rockwell), but to keep his beloved Rockwell painting away from his wife during their divorce – he […]
The National Cartoonist Society has posted the last remaining nominees for the Reubens. I’ve updated my previous posting that listed the nominees, but here are the last two categories that were not available earlier:Animation Television: GLEN MURAKAMI, Teen TitansDAVID SILVERMAN, The SimpsonsDAVE WASSON, The Buzz on Maggie Comic Books PAUL CHADWICK, “Concrete, The Human Dilemma”ERIK […]
From the AAEC comes word that The Chicago Defender newspaper will begin an “All Black Cartoons” comics page featuring comics created by African Americans.The new page started Monday.
If you often scratch your head and wonder what the fuss is about about Manga, the Ledger (FL) has an interesting story about how teens are not only devouring these japanese comics, but also creating their own.Knight said the manga on which she bases most of her drawings is her favorite, “Host Club.” In it, […]
A group of rabid Bush haters have put together an April fools joke site in which they praise the president. Artists include: Mikhaela Reid, Ted Rall, Jim Siergey, Elena Steier, Kirk Anderson, m.e. cohen, Scott Bateman and Ed Hall.The funny thing is… even when they try, they can’t do a positive cartoon on Bush – […]
In a cost cutting move, the ‘Sacramento Bee is reducing the number of pages in it’s Sunday funnies from 8 to 6 pages. Four of the comics dropped from the smaller section will still run in the Bee on weekdays. They include “Bizarro,” “Garfield,” “Hi and Lois,” and “Rubes.” Strips being dropped entirely by the […]
The National Cartoonists Society has posted the nominees for each of the Reuben award categories. Here is what has been announced so far: Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year “Foxtrot” creator BILL AMEND “Speed Bump” creator DAVE COVERLY “Pickles” creator BRIAN CRANE editorial cartoonist MIKE LUCKOVICH “Bizarro” creator DAN PIRARO Other categories: Advertising Illustration: ROY DOTY […]
Greg Cravens (artist for “Buckets“) and current Reuben Award nominee for Best Newspaper Illustration division has a glowing write up in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.Advertisers target the entire spectrum of ages and social groups. And for ads that need to be fun or that target children, there’s no one better than Cravens, said Blaine Loyd, […]
I know I’ve mentioned in passing before, but this story reminds me post something new. The Masters of American Comics exhibit that is wrapping up in Los Angeles will be hitting the road to other select cities in the U.S. Next up is Milwaukee (April 27-Aug 13) then on to New York and New Jersey.The […]
Full Tilt Features has announced goGags a service that allows cartoonists to put their cartoons on mobile phones – a growing market. Any cartoonist can join. There is a registration fee of $50/year (only $25 until end of March), but the cartoonist keeps 50% of revenue. If you want a piece of the pie, this […]
Slightly off topic – but Marvel and DC comics are demanding that they joint-own the word “super-hero.”Marvel Comics is continuing in its bid to steal the word “super-hero” from the public domain and put it in a lock-box to which it will control the key. Marvel and DC comics jointly filed a trademark on the […]
The Oklahoma Cartoonists Collection recently received a gift of over 2,000 comic books, magazines and comic strips. The OCC can be seen at the Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley. They have an impressive number of work from very influential cartoonists.Those Oklahoma cartoonists with work in the collection now include Chester Gould (Dick […]
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon art is presenting an exhibit called “She Draws Comics: 100 Years of America’s Women Cartoonists.” As you might deduce from theh title – it’s an exhibit featuring the art of women cartoonists.Celebrate a century of the greatest female practitioners of comic and cartoon art that America has ever seen, […]