Over at Cecil Vortex’s blog, he has an interesting interview with Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro. CV: I understand that to syndicate a cartoon, you first need to stockpile a large number of comics. Was that a challenge for you? DP: Early on it was very hard. See, on the one hand, I really love starting […]
Cul De Sac © Richard Thompson; Distributed by Universal Press Syndicate Richard Thompson’s new feature Cul De Sac just might be the break away comic strip release this year and not because it has some big name endorsements from Bill Watterson and Pat Oliphant, but because it is a really polished feature that has some […]
The Beat blog posts a write up on bumping into Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker and an update on the cartoon museum Mort has diligently worked on for so long.As it stands now, the art that was once housed in the museum is sitting in storage in Stamford, CT. Walker told us that Ohio State […]
Just last week, I wrote that the Bristol Herald Courier was giving Jeff MacNelly’s Shoe the boot to make room for a new feature and that a good ol’ fashion paper ballot poll was underway to find out which new feature (Get Fuzzy, Zits, For Better For Worse and Pickles) ought to take its place. […]
Mike Rhode, over at ComicsDC, notes that Richard Thompson is slowly taking over the Washington Post In addition to his Saturday panel, Richard’s Poor Almanack in Style, and his Sunday (and soon to be daily and syndicated) strip Cul de Sac in the magazine, RT is now doing spot illos for a column in the […]
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, has posted a “visual tour” of his comic making process from the time he wakes up through the creation of one of his strips. Included are many photos of his work environment and talk of the equipment he uses.
From E&P comes news that Jerry Craft, cartoonist for Moma’s Boyz, will be honored for the work he did for the DC Campaign to End Teen Pregnancy.
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon posts Patrick McDonnell’s commencement speech given to the first graduating class of the Center for Cartoon Studies. We have a 100-year-plus history. You stand on the shoulders of some true giants. The classic illustrations of Winsor McCay, the poetry of George Herriman, the surrealism of EC Segar, the humanity of Charles […]
From a story out of the Cleveland Free Times comes news that Lisa Moore, a leading Funky Winkerbean, character will die this fall ending speculation as to whether Tom Batiuk would kill off one his main characters. The story suggests, however, that Lisa’s death may not be from the re-emergent cancer that the current story […]
Ruben Bolling has been honored again for his comic feature Tom the Dancing Bug by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. The association gave Ruben the 2007 Best Cartoon Award. It is the only alternative weekly cartoon to have one the award more than once AND Tom the Dancing Bug has been a finalist every year […]
Over at the Publishing Spot is a mini Q and A with Rex Morgan, M.D. and Judge Parker writer Woody Wilson.Questions answered: How did you become involved writing comic strip scripts? Any advice for young writers looking to get involved with writing for newspaper comic strips?
From the Bristol Herald Courier comes word that they will be dropping Jeff MacNelly’s Shoe and opening the spot for auditions of other features. Auditions will go on for six months – one month for each new feature with Pickles up to bat first. The other current features (13) are to be ranked by readers. […]
The Phantom artist Paul Ryan is the subject of a write-up in the Boston Globe about his career.
As a new feature on the For Better Or For Worse web site, the FBOFW crew has documented the level of efforts made to make sure the details of Lynn Johnston’s strip is accurate. So far they’ve posted three “case-studies” wherein Lynn and others visited hospitals, talked to fire-fighters and toured interrogation rooms, a courtroom, […]
News Free Comics Cover. Used by PermissionA new publication called “News Free Comics” is being launched with the hopes of gathering 2,0000 subscribers for a monthly mailing of comics strips. The proprietor, Randall Vanfossen, says that he started News Free Comics last year for local distribution and is hoping to take the idea nationally. So […]