Speaking of cartoonists and their motivations, the Advocate is running a lengthy story on Ranan Lurie, his political cartoons and what he hopes to accomplish with a soon to be unveiled painting at the U.N.“The Uniting Painting,” initiated nearly 40 years ago at Lurie’s former home in Stamford, will be unveiled Nov. 1 in a […]
I’m often inspired by the motivations of cartoonists. Some are in it for the money, some for the love of the art and some, like Morrie Turner, are trying to make a difference.The Lodi News-Sentinel ran a story about a recent appearance of Morries in their community where he talked about: his life, his 41-year […]
With the release of the coffee table, “Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays!”, the San Francisco Chronicle’s art critic has written up a review of the 100 year old strip. The coffee book contains 120 of the best Sunday strips.Readers today will find the text and dialogue of “Nemo” quaint, but the strip’s […]
In a festival to spotlight Chicano and Latino writers, Lalo Alcaraz will be reading from some of his works (not sure how that works for a cartoonist, but oh well). So if you’re in the St. Paul Minnesota area and are a fan of Lalo, carve out some time on Tuesday night.Noted Latino author Esmeralda […]
The October 31 edition of Newsweek will have a story about the upcoming Boondocks television series. TV cartoons often get away with outrageous situations and dialogue that no live-action show could touch, from Homer’s gay-marriage ministry on “The Simpsons” to the infamous “South Park” episode about?well, take your pick. “Boondocks” is every bit as political […]
Garry Trudeau, Doonsbury cartoonist, has an account in the San Francisco Chronicle about his research and meeting with soldiers returning from Iraq so that he could better approach the subject. If I feel prepared — if I feel there’s been enough collecting, enough churn, enough marination — it gives me the confidence to know I […]
The Indiana Daily Student has written an article about the reclusive former cartoonist Bill Watterson. Not being able to track down Watterson, they did the next best thing – they interviewed his parents..After “Calvin and Hobbes” ended, Jim Watterson and his son would paint landscapes together, setting up easels along the Chagrin River or other […]
Aaron McGruder’s upcoming television version of his popular comic strip “The Boondocks” has been reviewed by toonzone.net. The show is somewhat controversial as it uses the “N word.” The review is a good read if you’re insterested in Aaron’s strip and want to know how well it makes the leap to another medium.
David Reddick is an artist that works with Garfield creator Jim Davis. His (David’s) home town newspaper has done a write up on him that reveals some of the non Garfield projects he’s working on (like a strip called ‘The Trek Life’).
The Times Mail, Bedford, Indiana, ran a story yesterday reporting the results of a survey taken of their readers on which strips should go and which new strips should get coveted spot in the funny section. Zits and Luann took the top honors with Get Fuzzy in third. Pat Brady’s Rose is Rose will be […]
If you’re into collecting cartoon memorabilia, you might be interested in this complete collection of buttons. “All of the participating cartoonists were alive and created self-portraits specifically for this button set.”It’s definitely worth a peak. Why don’t cartoonists do something like that today? It’s like having something akin to baseball cards for the cartooning industry. […]
David Fitzsimmons, editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, has been awarded the Lee Spirit Award which “recognizes outstanding citizenship and personal commitment to the community and Lee” (Lee being the owner of 58 daily papers across the country). In the past year, he made 118 personal appearances, before crowds as small as […]
For those cartoonists/readers who bemoan the continued existence of comics that survive long after the orginal creator has died, this will not be received as good news: Little Nemo has turned 100 years old.In another effort to goad such readers, may I also remind them that the creator of Little Nemo was born in 1867!Link […]
Peanuts has dominated the Daily Cartoonist postings this last two weeks, but here goes another one: Namco America has announced a deal with United Media to bring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the “Peanuts” gang to mobile starting in Spring 2006. No information was given as to which phones or phone carriers would […]
The Book Standard is running a story that there were not enough “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes” printed to meet the holiday demand.Book retailers are frustrated that Andrews McMeel is not filling all the pre-orders for the collection, but Andrews McMeel maintains that the small print run was an effort to “create a collectible ‘limited […]