With the big announcement back in February that United Media was turning over syndication operations to Universal Press Syndicate, it was also followed that all the comics found on comics.com would join up with gocomic.com in June. We’re one week away and Universal has announced how it will all work going forward. Starting on June […]
Yesterday Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson and Comic Riffs blogger Michael Cavna were on NPR discussing Richard’s strip and his career.Transcript
Bill Rechin, creator of “Crock,” “Out of Bounds” and “Pluribus,” has passed away at the age of 80 due to complications to esophageal cancer.“He was a cartoonist’s cartoonist,” said Mel Lazarus, creator of “Momma” and “Miss Peach.” Rechin’s signature is the giant nose. His unmistakable characters usually have sloping shoulders and drooping bellies. His comic […]
Just got word from Bill Kellogg that he and Tundra creator Chad Carpenter are planning for another Success In Comics seminar. Once again to keep costs low for participants, they’re looking at Las Vegas in February. They haven’t ruled out an east coast venue at a later date. The seminar will follow the same format […]
The Washington Post has a great write-up of Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson about the genesis of his strip, his career and dealing with Parkinson’s Disease.It was 2003, when Thompson’s younger daughter was preschool age. “I was just watching and thinking: This is a strange little place they’ve got going here,” Thompson recalls. “This […]
Dick Locher, Richard Thompson and Peter Dunlap-Shohl all have one thing in common – they all have Parkinson’s Disease. Michael Cavna talks to Peter about how deals with the disease’s effects on his motor skills.At the same time, the Internet was changing publishing. I decided that I would start a Parkinson?s blog illustrated with my […]
Each Wednesday, For Better or For Worse creator Lynn Johnston has been posting a video podcast where she shares with her fans a little peak into her world as a cartoonist and creator of the Patterson family. Below is the latest on the topic of why Lynn decided to bring a new character into the […]
Back in March I told you Mark Buford was heading across the pond for some engagement and while there he met up with a cartoonist group called Cartoon Country. While there Mark was interviewed for their podcast. That podcast has now been posted. Enjoy.
For $.99 you can upload your face and put it into a Dilbert or Garfield cartoon that you can then send to others. From USA Today:“We like to say that we’ve always viewed Dilbert as the first social media brand,” he jokingly explains. “These strips were among the first forms of entertainment that were being […]
Animation Magazine reports that the Fox network is launching two new animated series this fall. The first is entitled “Allen Gregory” and is described as “the adventures of the world?s most celebrated seven-year-old going to school with normal kids.” The second show is an animated version of the 2004 indie film “Napoleon Dynamite.” The animated […]
Fox Entertainment has announced that Seth MacFarlane is going to resurrect the classic TV animated series The Flintstones. According to Deadline.com the series will begin production this fall with a 2013 premiere on Fox.The Flintstones will be produced jointly by 20th Century Fox Television and Warner Bros Television. Dan Palladino (Gilmore Girls) and Kara Vallow […]
The revelation that Arnold Schwarzenegger cheated on his wife 10 years ago isn’t changing production plans for the Governator animated series. From Hollywood Reporter:“It doesn’t affect this movie,” Cry Macho producer Albert Ruddy says of the unfolding Schwarzenegger scandal. “We’re shooting Aug. 24; we’re in serious preproduction now. It hasn’t affected our sales. It’s going […]
I figured it would be only a matter of time before Tundra marketing guru Bill Kellogg branched off and began representing other comic strips. The new syndicate launched Monday and is called Ink Bottle Syndicate and represents eight strips: Tundra (Chad Carpenter), That Monkey Tune (Michael Kandalaft), Sunshine State (Graham Nolan), Holy Molé (Rick Hotton), […]
Liberty Meadows creator Frank Cho has announced he’s bring back his strip – at least as a monthly comic collection. According to Comic Book Resources, Frank took Liberty Meadows on hiatus in 2004 after issue #36. He published a single issue in 2009. Two years ago he signed the rights for the strip to Sony […]
Brian Anderson, the creator of Dog Eat Doug has announced that he’s working on the release of a novel and accompanying webcomic entitled “The Conjurers.” On his blog he writes:As most of you know, I’m hard at work on polishing up the pitch for the novel. At the same time I am also working on […]