President Obama came to the rescue in Tuesday’s The Amazing Spider-Man after the famed web-slinger needed to board a plane but couldn’t get past TSA agents while wearing his mask. The TSA agents offered to escalate Spidey’s request to higher authorities. Apparently TSA agents have access to President Obama for such cases as masked super […]
Over on Listverse.com, someone has posted their top 10 Greatest Syndicated Comic Strips In American History. Their picks: 10. Krazy Kat 9. Liberty Meadows 8. Garfield 7. Li’l Abner 6. Opus 5. Doonesbury 4. Peanuts 3. Pogo 2. The Far Side 1. Calvin and HobbesYou can head over and read the justifications for each of […]
Michael Jantze is back at the drawing board and ready to knock out a special edition book of his comic strip The Norm.Here’s part of his pitch on Indiegogo: “Knocked Out Loaded” is a story I pitched and sold to DC Comics in 1990 – along with another graphic novel titled “Rave On” – but […]
This week, Rhymes with Orange cartoonist Hilary Price is turning over her strip to five guest cartoonists. Suzy Becker, Rina Piccolo, Maria Scrivan, Jen Sorensen, and Mo Willems. If your paper doesn’t carry Rhymes with Orange, you can check out the guest strips on Hilary’s website: Today’s guest cartoonist is Maria.Correction: Maria is the guest […]
I’ve been busy with work and family for the last six months (hence the lack of regular posting here on the blog) and I’ve missed a lot of great episodes of Tom Racine’s Tall Tale Radio Podcast. I was thinking I missed out on two or three, but when I checked his guest list of […]
Universal Uclick has announced that it has signed Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Matt Davies.From the press release: Known for his unapologetic voice, the liberal-leaning Davies offers an informed international view and a notably different mindset from many of his American peers. Born in London, England in 1966, Davies moved to the United States in his […]
The website Makers has produced a series of videos of Cathy creator Cathy Guisewite on the topic of her strip, her life, balance of work, family, feminism, and traditions.
You really don’t need another reason why you should be attending this year’s AAEC convention in Salt Lake City, but convention organizer Pat Bagley is still making awesome things happen. Pat has secured the rights to screen the Herblock documentary, “Herblock: The Black & The White”, I mentioned back in April. The documentary was first […]
The New York Times profiles Khalid Albaih, a cartoonist living out of Qatar, who’s become very influential in the Middle East. Lanky, with thick glasses and a nerdy air, Mr. Albaih does not look the part of a rebel. By day, he works in multimedia for the Qatar Museum Authority here, sitting behind a 27-inch […]
Cal Grondahl, the editorial cartoonist for The Standard Examiner in Ogden Utah, recently drew a cartoon that has upset the local law enforcement community. The cartoon depicting officers walking away from a dead body stating, “Respect the badge or else”. The cartoon, like most all of Cal’s editorial cartoons, ran along side a companion house […]
After reading about Jan Eliot’s three months living in South Africa, I found this interesting post by cartoonist Jessica Abel about her experience living in France for the last year: The short version: we are here in France, we plan to stay longer, and we are happy to be here, but not so happy that […]
Today’s Google Doodle is a tribute to Maurice Sendak. One of the better ones if you ask me.
Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot spent three months living in South Africa earlier this year. She’s back now and has posted some of the highlights of her travel: South Africa is a gorgeous place, and False Bay is fed by both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. It’s green like the Mediterranean but big and wild […]
According to King Features Syndicate Rex Morgan M.D. is turning 65. From King Features: Dr. Dallis created REX MORGAN M.D. not only as an exciting and entertaining comic strip, but also as an educational tool: a comic strip that would heighten the awareness of readers about the importance of modern medicine. Over the years, we […]
More video from the Reuben Awards. This video is of Baby Blues co-creator Rick Kirkman. The video and sound are better than some of the other video’s I posted. Unfortunately, no video of co-winner Brian Crane.