Forbes’s annual top-earning dead celebrities has been released. Peanuts creator Charles Schulz is still in the top five. This year is his second year at number three with $37 million in earnings. One celebrity I didn’t realize was in the top ten is Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel). His books have always been beloved and mass […]
This is the second comic strip creator turned movie director story in the last week. This time, Michael Fry, co-creator of Over the Hedge (with T Lewis), is raising funds via Kickstarter to direct a live-action/animated short called New Soul. The short is about “a new human soul, before it’s born, sitting for an exit […]
Comic Book Resources has posted the results of a weekly themed sketch feature. Last week’s theme was drawing comic book characters in the style of a comic strip. For example, below is Batman in the style of Krazy Kat. There are some good ones featuring as Hagar the Horrible, Family Circus, Peanuts and of course […]
I think every story I post here about OSU’s Festival of Cartoon Art ends with a reminder to go and register. If you didn’t heed my suggestion, you’re too late! It’s. sold. out.But, there are several other events that weekend that are running in conjunction with the festival that do have tickets available. Insert gentle […]
Last week, The Daily Cartoonist turned eight years old. This last year was difficult. You may have noticed a drop in the number of stories and the frequency I posted. Fortunately, many of the things that were pressing during 2013 have been resolved and I’ve been increasing my attention on The Daily Cartoonist. I’m committing […]
Personally, I’m happy to see Bill Watterson emerge ever so slightly from seclusion to talk about cartooning. The latest interview is by Jake Rossen of Mental_floss. Where do you think the comic strip fits in today?s culture? Personally, I like paper and ink better than glowing pixels, but to each his own. Obviously the role […]
IDW has announced that it will publish an artist’s edition of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts. The Artist’s Edition reprints Sparky’s originals in color so that you can see not the finished black and white, but all the scratches, blue pencil marks, erasing and editorial notes. The book is published so that the art is the same […]
For the second time, Slate is holding a contest for best graphic novel and webcomic. Last year’s winners were Chris Ware and Noelle Stevenson. The prize is $1,000 each and this year a sponsor, Copic, is kicking in $250 of art supplies. The judging will be done by Slate Book Review editor Dan Kois, faculty […]
Dilbert creator Scott Adams has published another book entitled, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big. Ironically, despite stating in his excerpt, “beware of advice about successful people and their methods”, the book is an Amazon #1 best seller under the categories “career guides” and “motivation.”The Wall Street Journal has posted an […]
Tundra creator Chad Carpenter is raising money through Kickstarter for a live-action comedy/suspense feature-length film based on a graphic novel he and his brother Darin wrote called Moose. The story-line involves a mythological half-man/half-moose and an eclectic cast of small town Alaska characters.Here’s the pitch:
Great news! Joel Schroeder’s documentary Dear Mr. Watterson will be in select theaters and available for download through iTunes Music store starting November 15. See the screenings page on their website to see if it will be in a theater near you. A new trailer has been released (see below).
Ginger Meggs cartoonist and comedian Jason Chatfield has posted his review of the Wacom Cintiq Companion Hybrid drawing tablet after a month of use. Boiling it all right down, do I like drawing on it? The answer is yes. I?ve worked full days on it while traveling for the last four weeks and it means […]
Andrews McMeel Publishing and Universal Uclick have announced that they will be releasing for the first time three Calvin and Hobbes ebook collections. The ebook collections include The Essential Calvin and Hobbes, The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes, and The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes. All three will be available on November 12, 2013 for $12.99. The […]
The King Features Syndicate archivist profiles Phil Davis who was the artist behind Lee Falk’s Mandrake the Magician. When Lee Falk created MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN, he originally thought he might draw the feature as well as write it, but early on he realized his cartooning skills would not be equal to the task. Fortunately, he […]
Ben Zimmer, writing for Slate looks at the history of @#$%! and how it came to represent swear words in comics. In a 1964 article for the National Cartoonist Society, Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker coined the term grawlix, which, after a bit of evolution in its meaning, now refers to the string of typographical […]