John Read’s exhibit, “One Fine Sunday in the Funny Pages”, is heading to Boston in May. The exhibit will be free and be presented in the Boston Center for Adult Education (BCAE) beginning May 2nd. It has over 130 nationally syndicated Sunday comics that appeared in papers April 11, 2010. The exhibit will be in […]
Ollie and Quentin creator Piers Baker has written a candid post about a possible future end for his creation. I am producing a really good comic here and my editor at King Features is delighted with the quality of my work but ‘Ollie and Quentin’ is not connecting with newspaper editors. My editor says there […]
Journalist Jonathan Tasini plans on filing a class action lawsuit against Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington and AOL compensation for hundreds of unpaid contributors to the online publication. According to the Washington Post Tasini seeks $105 million.Tasini, in an interview, said HuffPost was engaging in breach of contract with its contributors because of an “implied […]
A rare Action Comics #1 featuring the first appearance of Superman has been found. It was stolen 10 years ago from the home of actor and comic book aficionado Nicolas Cage.From the Ventura County Star:It remained missing for more than 10 years until last month when a man found it in a San Fernando Valley […]
Last weekend was the 2011 MOCCA Festival in New York City. I’m going to cheat here and just link to Tom Spurgeon and Comics Beat who have posted better (and more time-consuming) write-ups, link logs and photos than I can.Looked like a great year.
Staring on Saturday, Jonathan Mahood will be paying tribute to National Robotics Week with this comic Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog. It’s a natural fit due to the nature of the Bleeker character being a robotic dog that is also an iPod, cellphone, music player and computer.“That was a springboard,” the 42-year-old artist and writer said […]
Titan Comics and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products have announced that they will be releasing Family Guy comic book in July. Artwork will be done by S.L. Gallant (G.I. Joe and Torchwood) and Anthony Williams (Superman and Batman).
A group of comic book veterans are collaborating on a graphic novel anthology to raise money for Japan. Comic book legend Stan Lee has agreed to write the forward. The anthology is entitled “Japan Needs Heroes” and will include the work of writers Peter David (X-Factor and Hulk), Larry Hama (G.I. Joe and Wolverine) and […]
This week’s edition of The Village Voice is their “The Comics Issue” containing 30 contributing artists to supplement the entire issue with comic frames, graphics and unique images. The issue focuses on the current state of cartooning. Ward Sutton did the cover and Roy Edroso writes the article “If Cartoons Are So Big, Why Don’t […]
More information on Schwarzenegger’s Governator projectLast week news broke that former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was going back into entertainment with the help of Stan Lee to create an animated series, and comic books about a fantasy Governor with special powers. Drew Grant, staff writer for Salon.com questions motive and message behind a fantasy vigilante […]
Daryl Cagle has posted an interview with Toubletown creator Lloyd Dangle about his recent decision to retire his feature. Why are you ending “Troubletown” now, after 22 years? I have changed over 22 years, and the thrill is gone. Having to read so much news and opinion to stay on top of events is a […]
A poster created by Brian Basset to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the U.S. Space Shuttle program was selected by NASA employees to honor the program. The poster depicts his Red and Rover characters racing along the landing of the space shuttle. “The U.S. space program has been the one constant throughout my entire life,” […]
The prequel to Monsters Inc. has been pushed back to 2013 according to Box Office Mojo. The original release date for Monsters University was November 2, 2012 but has been pushed back to a summer release in 2013. The November time slot is now given to a little known movie called Reboot Ralph. According to […]
Audra Furuichi and Scott Yoshinaga are celebrating the fifth year mark of their webcomic nemu*nemu (pronounced “Neh-moo neh-moo”) at the end of this month. On April 29th, their first full-color book, “nemu*nemu – Out of this World” will be released. The book is comprised of the entire fifth year of comics, some of which have […]
Stephan Pastis reports new Pearls Before Swine animations have been posted on YouTube and new cartoons will be posted weekly.