Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson is scheduled to have his brain rewired tomorrow. So Friday morning I’m going in for Deep Brain Stimulation surgery. This is not only a good excuse for my continued tardiness in answering some 5,000 emails, it will also provide me with unpredictable mutant powers and a surprising haircut. And […]
The latest book by Matthew Inman AKA “The Oatmeal”:
The Savannah Film Festival will be honoring the legendary Stan Lee with a Lifetime Achievement Award this October 30th. The festival is sponsored by the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA. Other attendees at the event include: John Goodman, Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, James Galdolfini and Gabourey Sidibe.The film festival is an […]
A great 24 minute video by Tall Tale Radio’s Tom Racine reporting of the events and individuals of the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning:
The Center for Cartoon Studies has released a poster paying tribute to Life in Hell and The Simpsons creator Matt Groening. About 20 cartoonists contributed cartoons to the poster. The artists include: Sergio Aragones, Alison Bechdel, Ruben Bolling, Jim Borgman, Jeffrey Brown, Ivan Brunetti, Jordan Crane, Tom Gammill, Sammy Harkham, Peter Kuper, Carol Lay, Bobby […]
Comic Book Resources’s Robot 6 has a good write-up about the latest legal drama surrounding Stan Lee Media who has now sued Disney for $5.5 billion as well as the history of the company’s legal battles. The complaint, filed in federal court in Colorado and first reported by Deadline, has its roots in Marvel’s 1998 […]
A new Peanuts feature film will be hitting theaters in 2015 according to Peanuts Worldwide – the joint venture between Iconix Brand Group and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates. The film is written by Charles M. Schulz’ son, Craig.From the press release: Craig Schulz, President, Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates, commented, “We have been working […]
The Independent Weekly profiles Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis and his book tour for his latest book: Pearls Freaks the #*%# Out: A (Freaky) Pearls Before Swine TreasuryOne little nugget from the interview: “Sometimes I think the obituary for syndicated comic strip guys has been written prematurely ? it?s almost impossible to break in, […]
With the release of the “Monsters Inc” prequel, “Monsters University” next summer, Disney/Pixar has rolled out an official Monsters University website that has all the typical content of a real university: news, a store, information for students, faculty, admission, campus life, etc.Monsters Inc. is one of my favorite Pixar films and I’m looking forward to […]
South Jersey Times profiles Lio creator Mark Tatulli and his upcoming book, “Lio: There’s a Monster in My Socks” “I actually created Lio for adults because I knew there weren’t that many kids reading the newspaper anymore, so I wrote it as a throwback for our generation,” he said. “But then I found out that […]
The Star-Ledger profiles Hy Eisman, cartoonist for both The Katzenjammer Kids and Popeye (Sundays). Despite penning two of the most famous comic strips in history, the cartoonist lives in relative anonymity. A neighbor who had done work on Eisman’s house discovered, to his surprise, the cartoonist’s name on the wall of the Popeye museum in […]
One of the attendees of the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning was Mike Cope who has uploaded 240 photos he took of the event. It?s worth a gander and a mental note to make sure you attend the next one. By the reports I’ve heard from those who went, it was a great event.
Dan Perkins, better known as Tom Tomorrow, the creator of This Modern World is alerting fans and readers that the Village Voice is no longer running his cartoon. In a blog post he explains that the six month suspension of cartoons in the chain’s newspapers is now in its fourth year and had it not […]
Michael Cavna talks to Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis regarding his strip’s success and the state of comic strips.Stephan: ?We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats,“ continues Pastis, bemoaning the state of the industry. ”Repeats are the absolute soul-crushing killers of the comics page.”
Over the Hedge co-creator Michael Fry and former Dilbert Head of Licensing Jeanette Smith will be teaching an online course on creating great characters for comics, novels, or animation. The course, entitled “Building Character: How to Cash In On Your Characters Without Losing Your Soul” is divided into three 2-hour classes. The course begins October […]