I’m scheduled to interview B.C. cartoonist Mason Mastroianni tonight. If you have any questions about B.C. or Mason’s work on the feature, feel free to email them to me or add them into the comments and I’ll be sure to ask him.UPDATE: Had a good interview with Mason and he was very open to all […]
Secret Asian Man creator Tak Toyoshima will be the featured speaker at the Asian Festival on the campus of Baylor University (Waco, TX) tomorrow night. He will be speaking on the topic of “Asian Americans in the Mainstream.” Tickets are required for the banquet (where Tak will speak). Check the above link for details.
The 2008 Glyph Comics Award nominations are now being accepted for its 2008 competition. The award spotlights the best black comics and creators in the industry. If your comic strip or it’s material is black-themed, you’re eligible for the award. The award defines black-themed as: any comic with any combination of the following: a black […]
From E&P we learn that Keith Knight, creator of the K Chronicles and (th)ink will be at the Cartoon Art Museum on November 17 as part of their “Cartoonist-in-Residence” program. He’ll be there to talk shop, sign books, etc.
Between Friends creator Sandra Bell-Lundy is detailing her early efforts to get Between Friends into syndication. So far it’s a part 4 series with more coming. Head over to her blog: Part One deals with her first attempt at national syndicationPart Two details a humorous story on her first attempt to pitch the strip to […]
Investor’s Business Daily has an interesting article on how Dilbert creator Scott Adams got into comics. The article might not shed a great deal of new information on Dilbert history, but it’s worth your time. Adams continued to draw, but mostly for amusement at the office. “I would often draw little comics on a white […]
WBNG has a follow-up to their story yesterday about Johnny Hart’s family taking over the B.C. feature after he passed away last April. This segment reveals some of the changes that have been made with the strip and who in the family is working on the strip. From the story we learn that Johnny’s daughter […]
E&P reports that a play co-written by Rhymes with Orange cartoonist Hilary Price entitled “Santacide” will be performed next month in Northampton Mass by the Northhampton High School Theater. The comedy play is about a mother and son detective team investigating Santa’s murder. While the play has had a reading in Smith College last year, […]
From the For Better or For Worse web site comes two links to videos with Lynn Johnston produced by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. The first is a 17 minute video profiling Lynn at work and home. And then they have another feature called “Life in a Comic Strip” that runs 13 minutes and covers his […]
Local CBS affiliate WBNG is profiling the Hart family who took over the B.C. comic strip after Johnny Hart died last April. The family is working through their loss at their own pace, but all seem to benefit from carrying on the comic feature. One quote struck me as a contradiction to earlier reports regarding […]
A couple of comic strip pick ups and drops to report this week. Stephan Pastis’ Pearls Before Swine is now in the Salinas Californian in Dilbert’s spot. Scott Adam’s Dilbert has been moved ot the back of the National/World section. Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac makes a debut in The Detroit Free Press as of […]
The Erie Times-News has released the results of their comic poll. Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse was the most read feature in their paper with a 88.3% readership. It’s noted that family strips dominated the top 5 most read features. Aside from FBoFW, the next 4 in line are: Pickles (85%), Hi & […]
Dilbert creator Scott Adams participated in a Q&A on the Freakonomics blog on Wednesday. It’s a long Q&A, but an interesting read. Tucked in that interview is a hint that one of his regular characters will die “soon.” He wouldn’t disclose when or who. Further into the interview he’s asked how far ahead he produces […]
Yesterday’s and today’s Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller are dealing with distorted biographies for the sake of selling more books. The storyline includes the Danae character questioning her father about his childhood with the intent to write her own distorted biography in the event he becomes famous. The timing of the material might suggest that […]
Hector Cantu and Carlos Catellanos, the co-creators of Baldo are featured attendees of Wizard World, a comic convention in Texas on November 16-18.