PRI weighs in with a great piece on everything happening with the new Nancy. Includes the first audio interview with the reclusive Olivia Jaimes. http://bit.ly/2tkdIDv From PRI:While Jaimes wants to stay true to the spirit of Bushmiller’s classic “Nancy” comics, she’s also bringing a feminist perspective that is generating resistance among internet commenters. But she gets […]
The Oldest Surviving Animated Films by Sarah Nour at Reel Rundown.The Oldest Surviving Animated Films Part I (1892-1909)Charles-Émile Reynaud was the inventor of optical theatre, an animated moving-picture system that he patented in 1888. In October of 1892, he screened three of his own animated films in a demonstration at the Musée Grévin, a museum […]
The BN editorial team called the response “overwhelming.”Here’s the story. https://buffalonews.com/2018/05/28/letter-time-to-hit-refresh-on-the-comics-page/
Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive #1 (of 4) Lee & Michael Allred (writer) • Rich Tommaso & Michael Allred (artists) • Laura Allred (color)IDW Publishing proudly presents the rebirth of one the most iconic comic-strip heroes of all time, Dick Tracy! The All-American detective just made the biggest collar of his career, and it only […]
Deacon Stephen Bentley of St. John the Evangelist is better known around these parts as cartoonist Stephen Bentley, creator of Herb and Jamaal.For years part of Deacon Bentley’s ministry has been to create Frankenbikes. Taking in donated bicycles Stephen repairs them by gathering parts off various cycles and then gives the newly created bikes to […]
A source in “the know” is telling us that the guests for this year’s Walt Disney Hometown Toonfest on September 15th in Marceline, Mo., are: New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly Disney sculptor Kent Melton “Thatababy” cartoonist Paul Trap CORRECTION: Stage and screen star Nell Carter will not be appearing.
The King Features Weekly Service is no longer syndicating Ricardo Galvão‘s The Cashier. The Cashier by Ricardo Galvão June 4, 2015 – March 8, 2018 weekly strip King Features Weekly Service [Start and stop dates as published in the (Plattsburgh) New York Eagle News.] Starting Saturday, June 9, [15-year-old Hunter] Wooldridge began publishing his comic strip […]
Complimenting their 11 Things You Might Not Know About Jim Davis of two years ago, Mental Floss has now issued 20 Things You Might Not Know About Garfield.A major Garfield accomplishment was changing the New York Times Best Selling List.17. THE GARFIELD COMIC STRIP BOOKS HAVE BEEN HUGE HITS “The 11 Garfield comic strip books […]
The fact checking site Snopes has investigated the circumstances surrounding the recent difficulties between the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Rob Rogers.Was a Cartoonist Fired for an Anti-Trump Drawing?WHAT’S TRUERob Rogers was fired by the ‘Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’ after the newspaper rejected a number of cartoons critical of Donald Trump’s presidential policies.WHAT’S FALSERogers’ firing wasn’t based on one […]
From the ‘‘All Things Considered’ site.Wallace the Brave is a new daily comic strip, which is getting attention, award recognition and increasing readership. It’s about a boy who’s less depressed than Peanuts character Charlie Brown and kinder than Calvin & Hobbes.From the All Things Considered site.**Check out Wallace the Brave at GoComics.Will’s twitter @MrWillHenry
The book with a new original sketch by Bill Watterson sold at the charity auction for $11,000 to comic book artist Tony Harris. above: Shelton Drum, Tony Harris, and Mr. Harris’ sonDetails about the highlight of the auction, and more about Team Cul de Sac, at Mike Rhode’s interview with Chris Sparks.Mike Rhode: You’ve mentioned […]
On June 18, 2018 the television game show Jeopardy!, in the first round, contained a category for comics’ fans.COMIC-CONVERSATIONS The “answers”:$200 It encloses dialogue from a specific speaker’s mouthThen showing an image similar to $400 An image that extends beyond the edge of a page is said to do this medical verb$600 King Features specializes […]
Garfield by Jim Davis turns 40 today. Newspapers around the world are celebrating the occasion.In Canada the Edmonton Journal ran an article and interview with Jim Davis.Q: What did your life look life before Garfield? A: I was earning $135 a week as an assistant to T.K. Ryan on the Tumbleweeds comic. I wanted to […]
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As the great orange cat approaches his 40th birthday, Jim Davis and GoComics did a Q&A. From the interview:GoComics: What would you say is the single Garfield strip over the years that created the most buzz or controversy? Jim Davis: I did a strip where Garfield is laying on the floor saying he’s down. Down, down, down, down, down. And, […]