Richard Thompson continues to get positive press after winning this year’s Rueben. He was down in Charlotte this weekend for the Heroes Con and the Charlotte Observer wrote up a profile.A lifelong suburbanite, he’s happy with the lifestyle. From soccer league ordeals to the rituals of school, his experiences provide storylines for the strips. “Petey […]
Hollywood Reporter reports that Paramount Pictures has purchased the rights to New Kid by Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik.The project is an adaptation of an online comic from Penny Arcade. The studio has picked up rights and tapped Book of Eli writer Gary Whitta to pen the script. Mary Parent and Cale […]
The Janesville Gazette has an interesting profile on Mr. Bofo creator Joe Martin. Included is info on his three comics, “Mr. Bofo,” “Willy n? Ethel,” and ?Cats with Hands? and his pioneering efforts to embed QR codes (quick response) into his feature. But in the last three decades, Martin has built one of the industry?s […]
More bad news.U.S. newspaper advertising revenue fell 7 percent during the first three months of the year. That left the industry?s quarterly ad revenue at its lowest level in 27 years. Combined print and online advertising revenue totaled $5.6 billion in the first quarter. That compared with $6 billion a year earlier.
Matthew Inman, creator of the webcomic The Oatmeal, has had to threaten legal action against FunnyJunk.com – a user-generated content site that had about every one of Matthew’s comics mirrored on the site with no link backs or in some cases acknowledgement of who the original artist was. Ars Technica reports on the fight to […]
John Read’s One Fine Sunday in the Funny Pages exhibit continues across the US and he was able to land it in Boston in time for the NCS Reuben Awards last weekend. BackBay Patch has a great write-up of the exhibit and the attendees.There was no shortage of cartoon royalty on hand, from Bill Keane […]
Interesting news from USA TodayDC will re-number its entire line of superhero titles, beginning with all-new No. 1 issues starting Aug. 31 ? 52 in all, including a new Justice League No. 1. Fittingly, the publisher put its creative superteam on its trademark superhero superteam. Guided by writer Geoff Johns and artist Jim Lee, Justice […]
As attendees of the 2011 National Cartoonist Society’s Reuben Award weekend return home and post their thoughts, experiences and photos of the previous weekend, I’ll link to them here.One pre-Reuben item: this weekend, Tom Richmond takes the helm of the NCS for a four year term as NCS President replacing outgoing president Jef Keane. Correction: […]
The LA Times reviewed the traveling exhibit of The Art of Tim Burton that originated at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In all 700 or so artifacts from his original sketches and movie memorabilia are on display.The LA Times wasn’t that impressedArt museums often have a tough time with shows about […]
Jeff Kinney, creator of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will be the featured guest at the Schulz Museum on June 11th. The event is free while tickets last. Jeff will talk about the books success and his participation in the movies based on his feature. He’ll also sign books.
Bob Andelman (AKA Mr. Media) has posted an interview with Ivan Brunetti, author of the new book, “Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice” described as, “literally a 15-week master course in the art, grown from his practical experience teaching at the University of Chicago and Columbia College Chicago. In a mere 88 pages, Brunetti dispenses exactly what […]
Last night was the 2011 Reuben Award and division award. Richard Thompson took home the top honor of Cartoonist Of The Year for his feature, Cul de Sac. The other two nominees were: Glen Keane and Stephan Pastis.In the division awards, the winners are:TELEVISION ANIMATION Dave Filoni ? Supervising Director / Production Designer, ?Star Wars: […]
Tom Racine has posted his latest podcast with interviews with Soup to Nutz creator Rick Stromoski and Tundra marketing guru Bill Kellogg.
Fort Knox cartoonist Paul Jon is commemorating Memorial Day this year by creating a story-line to honor the civilians that supported their country on the home front. The story-line began yesterday and will introduce the Wesley Knox character to the “Rosie the Riveters” – women who built ships during WWII while most men were serving […]