F Minus by Tony Carrillo will by syndicated through United Media starting April 17 of this year. The feature has been on comics.com since May of last year.?I draw my material from my experiences at a wide array of failed careers,? says Carrillo. ?Over time, I have worked as a pizza cook, website designer, dancing […]
Boondock is gone as is Alley Oop to make room for Sudoku. Read quote below for other changes.You will also notice some changes to our comics page. Gone will be the Boondocks and Alley Oop strips. Aaron McGruder, the creator of Boondocks has opted to take a six-month hiatus. We decided not to run previously […]
Slightly off-topic, but of interest. An article on this weekends NY Times about how chatty modern animation has become and how they’ve lost the art of pantomine. It’s an interesting read by itself, but with the announcement of a new feature called “Lio“by Mark Tatulli – which is being sold as a pantomine feature, I […]
The Oklahoma Cartoonists Collection recently received a gift of over 2,000 comic books, magazines and comic strips. The OCC can be seen at the Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley. They have an impressive number of work from very influential cartoonists.Those Oklahoma cartoonists with work in the collection now include Chester Gould (Dick […]
The managing editor, Andy Howell, of my local paper, the Standard Examiner, had a column in which he explained that he was on the look out for a new feature to replace Dana Summer’s “Bound and Gagged.” He (the editor) opened his column by explaining that ever since Gary Larson retired he has been disappointed […]
In the area of new collection books that are hitting the book shelves, Stephan Pastis’ “Pearls Before Swine” came out this month. From the United Media press release: In this fourth collection from the award-winning comic strip Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis deploys all the weapons of his comic arsenal in an all-out attack on […]
I’ve mentioned it in passing, but I wanted to give them their own posting. Carla Ventresca and Henry Beckett are launching a new comic strip called “On a Claire Day” on April 3rd through Creators. Check out the feature’s web site to see samples. It’s a very funny strip.
Compu-toon creator Charles Boyce will be speaking at a public forum next Tuesday on the topic of “Media Ethics; Cartoons: Politically Incorrect Humor, Free Speech and Con of Interest.” The forum is open to the public. See web site for more details.A free public forum will be held at 7:30 p.m. March 21 at Meyer […]
Spotted earlier this week on comics.com was this note from Brooke McEldowney: A NOTE TO PIB READERS Every once in a while one stops, pauses to listen to the twittering of birds, to feel the odd zephyr tousle one?s hair ? in other words, to take stock. I did just that recently ? although, it […]
West coast fans of Dan Piraro’s Bizarro have reason to get excited – Dan’s one man comedy show is touring 8 cities in California, Oregon and Washington.“The Bizarro Baloney Show” — written and performed by Piraro — includes 90 minutes of cartoons, animation, video, songs, poems, anecdotes, puppets, costumes, audience participation, and more. Tour dates […]
In a presentation to the women’s fellowship group at Second Congregational Church (Greenwich CT), Jerry Dumas explained that most of his material for his comic feature “Sam and Silo” were from working at home and being with the family.Much of the best grist for Jerry Dumas’ comic strips has been culled from minute observations of […]
According to this site, The Game Factory will be developing a new Garfield game that is set to release next month. Garfield already has 12 titles. The site also mentions that a Garfield movie sequel is to be released later this summer. I’ve been able to confirm that on Wikipedia. while looking for information on […]
Incredibily Edible has licensed the use of Garfield in their bouquets. Let’ see, Garfield underwear for the kids, Garfield tie for dad and now a Garfield edible bouquet for mom. “Garfield is beloved by millions, and we’re thrilled that we’re able to offer his products to our customers,” says Ellen Davis, co-owner of Incredibly Edible […]
E&P reports that Ann Telnaes, the Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist and contributor to the “Six Chix” comic feature distributed by King Features, is leaving the other Chix to concentrate on other efforts.“I have some other projects and ideas I wanted to pursue, so I needed to reclaim some of my time,” said Telnaes, who won […]
Kudos are in order for Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos, creators of the feature “Baldo,” who are using their feature to warn and expose a growing scam in the Latino communities. The scam is described as:The so-called “Latin Lotto Scam” has been reported throughout the United States in communities with large Hispanic populations. Con artists […]