Speaking of original Peanuts artwork, a Phoenix woman took her stash of original Peanuts art that she’s been buying up since 1950 to the “Antique Roadshow” hoping that they’d appraise enough help she and her husband retire. She estimated her collection was worth about $50,000, but the appraiser on the television show said that her […]
Congratulations to Dick Locher who was honored yesterday with the unveiling of a new Dick Tracy statue that will now stand in the Naperville Riverwalk, where Dick has resided for many years.For more information, check out the close up photo of the statue is here, read statements by the Chester Gould family and information about […]
Three publications have listed the 1997 comic strip April Fools switcheroo as one of the all time best. Klue.com lists their top three as: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest, BMW Revolutionary Technology and The Great Comics Switcheroonie. Bob Eckstein, posting on dscriber.com puts the stunt at number two, behind a PC computing article that “noted” legislation […]
Ted Dawson has posted two original art from Rose is Rose and Hi and Lois (1961).
Paul W.S. Anderson is said to be working on a Buck Rogers 3D feature film. Anderson directed “Alien vs Predator.” The screen play is reportedly being written by Iron Man writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. The Buck Rogers character is based on a comic strip of the same name that appeared in 1928.
Douglas Wolk, writing for the New York Times, writes about the surge of comic strip republications lately. As the modern-day American newspaper comic strip slowly chokes to death, done in by shrinking spaces and exhausted franchises, its more vibrant ancestors are living in renewed luxury. Comic strips are the most ephemeral kind of art; each […]
United States Postal Service will begin selling Bill Mauldin stamps this month. The stamp features a photo of himself along with his signature characters Willie and Joe. The Postal Service will also be releasing a series entitled The Sunday Funnies which will feature Archie, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes. The […]
The tenth triennial Festival of Cartoon Art will take place at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH October 14-17, 2010. The Festival is a unique celebration of cartoons and comics, and their creators. This year’s line-up of presenters include Steve Breen, Roz Chast, Tony Cochran, Jan Eliot, Matt Groening and Tom Gammill, Dave Kellett, […]
I have no recollection of the strip running in any papers I grew up with, but in case you did and you’re interested: During the 1980s, author Michael Vance and several well-known cartoonists produced a comic strip, “Holiday Out”, that was syndicated in more than one hundred newspapers, magazine, and fanzines during its peak. Three […]
Tom Mason is pulling gems of comic history from an ol’ publication, “These Top Cartoonists Tell How They Create America?s Favorite Comics.” He’s posted a snippet from Bud Sagendorf who worked with Popeye creator E.C. Segar and eventually took over the reins. My working habits are quite loose. Some of my fellow cartoonists are able […]
Comedian Jonathan Winters has signed to voice the Papa Smurf character for an upcoming CGI adaption to the 1958 Belgian comic strip turned 1980’s NBC cartoon, “The Smurfs.” Not much has been revealed about the movie other than it will be directed by Raja Gosnell and released through Columbia Pictures. Ropes of Silicon has sample […]
Frank Interlandi, who served as the Los Angeles Times editorial cartoonist from 1962 to 1981, passed away on February 4 due to age related causes. He was 85 years-old. Frank shared the opinion page with Paul Conrad for most of his career doing more social commentary cartoons to Conrad’s political work, according to Conrad. His […]
From Jason Chatfield, the current cartoonist with the Australian Ginger Meggs comic strip, we learn that the strip is celebrating several milestones. It’s closing in on 90 years old, became a daily 17 years ago and has been syndicated with Universal Uclick for 10. It was 17 years ago that Australia’s oldest comic strip went […]
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 […]
The New York Times reports that the Addams Family stage production currently in Chicago has received mixed reviews and producers have brought in Tony Award-winning director Jerry Zaks to “take over and work with the creative team to make 11th-hour fixes to the production.”What might be more interesting for cartoonists is that the play is […]