With one exception, to please his evangelical base (“America’s Christian publishers no longer have to render to Caesar an extra 10 percent.”) and Rupert Murdoch, all material printed in China then sent to the United States will be taxed tariffed.The only print product completely removed from the list of proposed China tariffs was section 4901.99.00.40: […]
Highlights, the magazine for young children, has issued a statement concerning the conditions under which immigrant children are suffering as they are detained by the United States.At Highlights, our core belief is that children are the world’s most important people. In light of the reports of the living conditions of detained children & threats of […]
Playwright, author, illustrator, cartoonist Wm. F. Brown has passed away.WILLIAM FERDINAND (BILL) BROWN April 16, 1928 – June 23, 2019 From the Broadway World obituary:After attending Princeton University, he moved to New York City and landed a job writing for Look Magazine in 1950. After a year in the U.S. Army, he worked from 1952 to […]
King Features Licensing has signed on to be the North America representative of the Scandinavian Moomin characters and the Icelandic Tulipop. King Features Syndicate, a unit of Hearst, has reached an agreement with Bulls Licensing to represent classic literary and art-based brand Moomin for merchandise, advertising, and promotions in the U.S. and Canada. Moomin is the latest addition […]
Epic, the digital reading platform and library for kids, is teaming up with Andrews McMeel Publishing, home to Big Nate and Calvin & Hobbes, to produce a line of children’s books. Under the new arrangement, AMP will publish print editions of Epic Originals digital books, a content line that Epic debuted in March. Epic! began its […]
Andrews McMeel Publishing – Kids has a new program that encourages kids to continue reading during their summer break from school (and sell a few of their books while doing so). Be the first to join our Summer Reading BINGO Giveaway! You could win fabulous prizes, including a full set of 25 comics collections and advance […]
Cartoonist Nurit Karlin has passed away.Updated May 8 with the New York Times obituary. Nurit Karlin December 26, 1938 – April 30, 2019Michael Maslin is reporting the death of Nurit Karlin.Ms. Karlin was the only female cartoonist in the pages of The New Yorker from [Mary Petty’s last cartoon in] April of 1966 through July of […]
From John Rose and the Daily News-RecordAlso: R. C. Harvey on T. K. Ryan and Tumbleweeds. Cartoon County at the Bruce Museum Brian Walker, Neal Walker, Chance Browne, Greg Walker and Cullen MurphyThe comics page has been a delight for generations of readers around the world. In southern Connecticut, its production was a combination of a […]
above: Macanudo by LiniersHere are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for March 2019 release. Images and links via Amazon (though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea.) Laptops Are So Warm: An Ask a Cat Collection Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the […]
Steve Sheinkin is an author of fiction and non-fiction works and he is an illustrator of fiction and non-fiction works. Sometimes he blends the fiction and non-fiction and sometimes he blends the prose and the illustrations.Anyway…Steve also does graphic interviews with authors and illustrators, which he calls Walking and Talking with…Here he is Walking and […]
Cartoonist Joe Ruisi has passed away.Joseph A. (Joe) Ruisi November 4, 1936 – March 10, 2019Joe was a magazine, gag, and editorial cartoonist; a children’s book and greeting card illustrator. Life began for Joe Ruisi in beautiful downtown Buffalo, New York. At about the age of three, little Joey began to exhibit anomalous tendencies. His […]
Interview: Bill Griffith, Nobody’s Fool, and a Grand Career in ComicsIn 1976, Zippy began to appear in about 50 alternative weekly newspapers–syndicated only by me. From ’76 to ’85, Zippy was a weekly strip that I syndicated alone. In 1985, the San Francisco Examiner, a daily Hearst paper, was given over to a new generation. […]
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced that Mo Willems-the beloved author and illustrator best known as the award-winning creator of The Pigeon series, Knuffle Bunny, and Elephant & Piggie-will serve as its first Education Artist-in-Residence.Says Mo:“Being a kid is serious work. Children are constantly told to be creative, work well […]
It’s Gahan Wilson’s Birthday!Happy Birthday to Gahan Wilson.To celebrate here’s a recent audio interview with the master cartoonist. Massachusetts Loves Their PicklesTo millions of people the Pickles comic strip is one of the best. Those include loyal readers of The Republican, whose passionate response to cancellation of the strip caused the Springfield newspaper’s executive staff to […]
above: Liò by Mark Tatulli Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for February 2019 release.Images and links via Amazon (though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea.) Just Fore Laughs Lucy The Comics Journal #303 (“bookazine”) The Complete Funky Winkerbean Volume 8, 1993 – 1995 Evil Inc: Under New […]