Brian Fies has announced that Abrams ComicArts will publish a full-color graphic novel of his true-life account of the 2017 Santa Rosa fires. Publication is slated for Spring 2019.From his Facebook post:Publishing lead times being what they are, I’m actually in the throes of deadline woes right now, with just a few weeks to wrap it […]
DC: John, your new comic with King Features, “Daddy Daze,” launched on June 17th. How did you come up with the concept? JK: I was looking for a new project and ended up reviewing some old projects for inspiration. One of those was a on-line weekly strip I did in grad school about being a first time father. They […]
NPR’s WAMU features an hour spot on editorial cartoonists.From the site:How will the industry continue to evolve amidst changing political and economic circumstances? And what do editorial cartoons capture that other media forms don’t?https://the1a.org/shows/2018-07-18/editorial-cartoons@Rob_Rogers@PatBagley@AnnTelnaes@ScottStantis@WAMU885
We’re tickled to welcome long-time newspaperman and comics’ journalist Mike Peterson to the Daily Cartoonist team. Mike has owned and operated the erudite and whimsical “Comic Strip of the Day” blog for the last eight and a half years and has a vast and passionate knowledge of the art form.Here’s Mike’s “mission statement” from the […]
One of the bulwarks of Comic Strip of the Day has always been the personal take and today the Buckets provides a bit of serendipity with a clueless old gaffer stumbling over the concept of social media, just at the moment CSotD shifts to the Daily Cartoonist.CSotD has been around for about eight and a half […]
“I have gotten more liberal over time, due to circumstances,” [Nick] said. “And the country has gotten more conservative as I have gotten more liberal. ” Now, he admittedly takes on the opposition and said any good cartoonist would do the same. “I am an opinion journalist,” he said. “Editorial cartooning is opinion journalism. I […]
Bumped up as a reminder to all you animators out there.Only 6 days to get your short video animation in! You could win $25,000! No Purch Nec. See Rules for details. Enter now!original May 29, 2018 post:GoComics has sent out an email today announcing the start of their short animation contest.From the email:Your opportunity to […]
The Eisner Awards were presented Friday June20th at the San Diego Comic Con. Yes, they are mostly about comic books, which I don’t cover much here, but there are some comic strip and cartooning categories that caught my eye. (Winners listed in bold type) BEST PUBLICATION FOR EARLY READERS (UP TO AGE 8) Adele in Sand […]
On the occasion of a new exhibition of Saul Steinberg’s drawings, Patterson Sims, the managing director of the Saul Steinberg Foundation, spoke with The New Yorker’s art editor, Françoise Mouly, and her husband, the graphic artist and writer Art Spiegelman. “The View of the World from 9th Avenue” image via Conde Nast Françoise:I was somewhat […]
Alex Deuben interviews Dana Simpson.This spring saw the publication of a new collection of strips, Unicorn of Many Hats, and Today I’ll Be a Unicorn, Simpson’s first board book. In August Andrews McMeel is publishing a collection of some of Simpson’s Ozy and Millie comics, and this fall will see the publication of a second […]
Shocking. Offensive. Truthful. These are all words that have been used to describe the work of controversial cartoonist Mr. Fish – aka Dwayne Booth.I think outrageous is also applicable, because Fish seems to be outraged at the state of our country. And he explains why in this July 19, 2018 Yahoo Unfiltered article and video.A […]
First I need to add to that San Diego Comic Con list of the other day.I overlooked the Spotlight on Macanuda: Introducing the World of Liniers for Sunday July 22. One of Latin America’s most acclaimed cartoonists, Liniers (Eisner Award nominee and Comic-Con special guest), talks about his popular Argentinian daily strip Macanudo, which begins […]
Earlier this month HBO’s Vice News did a segment with Rob Rogers.“I think there’s a bigger story in terms of the administration’s attacks on the media and how certain media outlets, including Fox News and Sinclair media, how they’ve sort of gotten in line,” Rogers told VICE News. “You know that’s what was happening at […]
Not often anymore, but today Bill Bramhall‘s editorial cartoon made the front page of his newspaper.Bill’s cartoon is gaining fame for it’s depiction of the Trump-Putin news conference.From The Hill: Tuesday’s cover of The New York Daily News depicts President Trump shooting Uncle Sam in the head after his jaw-dropping summit with Russian President Vladimir […]
The 2018 San Diego Comic Con (officially Comic-Con International: San Diego) begins later this week and today a few comic strips celebrated the annual event.Funky Winkerbean (the comic strip, if not the character) is there hoping to win an Eisner Award.While Sally Forth and family remain at the Trystero Con instead of THE Comic-Con.La Cucaracha […]