Filed under: Comic Strips

For those planning to participate in “Everyone Draw Mohammed Day”, Ruben Bolling has some sage advice for you.

Andrew McGinn and David Neitzke have published their first graphic novel, “The Legacy – a Graphic Novel.” For those who are sensitive to critique of the American newspaper comic strip, this book probably best be avoided. John Hogan over at Graphic Novel Reporter describes it as, “about a young man named Chas who inherits a […]

Time Magazine has listed Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik as one of their top 100 most influential people. The comic is published three times a week and boasts 3.5 million readers. Lev Grossman writes for Time: For a lot of people, that would have been enough. But in 2003, Krahulik and Holkins, […]

“Frog in a Suit” stands to be the first offering in what Joe Murray (creator of “Rocko’s Modern Life” and “Camp Lazlo“) hopes will be a new all-cartoon web channel, Kaboing TV. In an effort to stay as “independent as possible” Murray is utilizing Kickstarter.com to fund the production of the inaugural episodes, a sample of […]

A restaurant man who was featured in Doonesbury back in 1997 for a eminent domain dispute between Donald Trump and the restaurant owner has died. Just a reminder, The Boondocks returns to the Adult Swim this Sunday.Political cartoonist Ed Stein will speak to the Redlands Forum on “the art of using political cartoons to comment […]

A Belgian court will rule next week whether the comic Tintin in the Congo should carry a warning label after a Congolese man asked teh rout to pan the comic for its racist stereotypes. Tintin in the Congo, the second book in the comic strip character’s adventures, appeared in 1930. It has crude, stereotyped depictions […]

The current story-line of Robb Armstrong’s JumpStart is based on a real-life retired police officer who has been on a kidney transplant waiting list for 3 1/2 years. Since April 12, the strip has focused on Joe’s “cop lifestyle” of eating fast fatty foods, working long hours and dealing with high stress. In the past […]

United Media has announced that they have added Tribune Media Service’s portfolio of cartoons and editorial cartoons to comics.com. Cartoons now on comics.com: Animal Crackers, Annie, Bliss, Bottom Liners, Bound & Gagged, Brenda Starr, Brewster Rockit, Broom-Hilda, Dick Tracy, Gasoline Alley, Gil Thorp, Loose Parts, Love Is…, The Middletons, Pluggers, Sylvia, and 9 to 5. […]

Sally Forth writer Francesco Marciuliano and The Comics Curmudgeon Josh Fruhlinger are guests in the latest Tall Tales Radio podcast. I’ve been wanting to get this guy on the show for ages, and thanks to my friend Francesco Marciuliano of “Sally Forth,” it has happened. Josh Fruhlinger of “The Comics Curmudgeon” fame joins me and […]

A new gay character is coming to the Archie universe. The new character, Kevin Keller, will debut in the Veronica comic (a spin-off from Archie) September issue.Glenn O’Leary, a comic shop owner opined about the development: Introducing an openly gay character brings Archie and his friends into the current world, O’Leary said. “It makes the […]

Iconix Brand Group Inc. and the Charles M. Schulz family has bought the rights to the Peanuts comic strip and other assets from United Features Syndicate and E.W. Scripps Co for $175 Million. The family will have a 20% share of the rights. According the a Reuters story, Iconix projects a $75 million annual royalty […]

The tech sector has been a buzz these last two weeks since Gizmodo, an electronics blog, published articles regarding a “lost” (perhaps stolen) prototype of Apple’s upcoming iPhone that it obtained. Even Dave Letterman did a Top 10 list on the lost iPhone. Apple is notoriously secretive about it’s products and has even sued bloggers […]

According to Hollywood Reporter, the Cartoon Network is releasing a new version of Looney Tunes. “The Looney Toons Show” will star Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, along with Yosemite Sam, Tweety, Sylvester — the whole gang. Weirdly, the network is having each episode as a half-hour story along with “cartoons within a cartoon.” The concept […]

Can’t say that I blame Fortune Magazine for rejecting a commissioned cover by Chris Ware. The May 2010 cover depicts the United States with smaller images that include “Guantanamo Bay prisoners, Mexican factory workers, and a few potshots at business execs and money-grubbing politicians.”If the story was focused or mentioned these items (I’ve not read […]

Dreamworks is the process of converting the first three Shrek movies into 3D. The fourth film in the series, “Shrek Forever After” is already in 3D. For animated films like “Shrek,” the 3D process involves going back to files and rendering out another eye. The makers of the “Shrek” films are working in close collaboration […]