Filed under: Comic Strips

The Simpsons’ Mr. Burns is endorsing Governor Romney for president.

This week Bondie character Dagwood is running for President of the United States.Blondie cartoonist Dean Young:“Because everybody is having such conflicted opinions about the Presidential candidates this year, we thought we’d have some fun in the comic strip and have Dagwood run for President. As we all know, the road to the White House can […]

Bob Andelman (AKA Mr. Media) interviews M. Tom Inge about his new book “Will Eisner: Conversations (Conversations with Comic Artists).” From Amazon’s description: (Will Eisner: Conversations) collects the best interviews with Eisner (1917–2005) from 1965 to 2004. Taken together, the interviews cover the breadth of Eisner’s career with in-depth information about his creation of The […]

Faster than Millennium Falcon can do the Kessel Run, the social internet started posting memes about yesterday’s announcement that Disney had purchased Lucas Film and with it the Star Wars franchise. Below are some of the funnier ones I found through Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

Paradise Valley AZ wants to honor Family Circus creator Bil Keane with a sculpture of the Family Circus characters. Bill was a resident of the town for over 50 years. Former Vice Mayor Mary Hamway is spearheading the project, which received backing on Thursday night from the Town Council. “This doesn’t belong anywhere else but […]

I didn’t see this one coming.From ABC News: The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction valued at $4.05 billion. Lucasfilm is 100 percent owned by Lucasfilm chairman and founder, George Lucas. Under the agreement and based on the closing price […]

Today and tomorrow, Neil Gaiman’s Click-Clack the Rattlebag is free over at Audible. Each download benefits educational charities.From their website: A few words from Neil: “Why tell ghost stories? Why read them or listen to them? Why take such pleasure in tales that have no purpose but, comfortably, to scare? “I don’t know. Not really. […]

Cartoonist and animator Bill White has passed at the age of 51. His wife posted on his blog news that he passed last Saturday. She writes: His talent and humor were known by many, and his legacy will continue for years to come. Thank you for your continued support of Bill’s blog over the years. […]

This next issue of Superman will contain a major shift in the Superman story. Clark Kent quits his job at The Daily Planet in a dramatic fashion (“Why am I the one sounding like a grizzled ink-stained wretch who believes news should be about – I don’t know, news”) and DC Comics has hinted that […]

Silo Roberts creator Rob Cabrera stepped away from his comic strip and went back to school for a masters in animation. He made is directorial debut this last Sunday with the animation short entitled Monica. It premiered at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.“Monica” also features Bailee Madison who co-stars with Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, […]

Things come in three, right? The Baby Blues guys Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott have launched a blog. It has a good mix of content for fans as well as those interested in the inner-workings of a cartoonist. Betty Boop now has a website. She is, as the website says, “Queen of Cartoons, the First […]

Sheldon creator Dave Kellett took on the task of building a custom standing drafting table for himself after dealing with repetitive posture problems. Okay – so he designed it and his brother (a home builder) did the actual carpentry. The result is gorgeous. A lot of attention to detail.He has more photos of the original […]

On the heels of the announcement that comic strip character Heathcliff is being adapted to the big screen, Variety is reporting that Fox and Walden Media have hired Nichole Millard and Kathryn Price to adapt the comic strip Family Circus to a feature film. A Family Circus movie has been in development since 2010. The […]

Susan Karlin looks at the new coffee table book “Totally Mad” about the last 60 years of MAD Magazine for Fast Company magazine. The original Mad men were a group of subversive cartoonists and writers poking fun at anything that carried the slightest hint of authority. Today?s editorial crop have a much harder job–satirizing folks […]