Filed under: Comic Strips

Based on what I see in the trailer, this is going to be a must see.

Joe Strupp, writing in Editor & Publisher look at how the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) and National Cartoonists Society (NCS) are holding up in this struggling economy with membership numbers and conference attendance.Rex Babin, president of the AAEC talks about membership in his organization: “We are not solely a newspaper editorial cartoonists group,” […]

USA Today has photos, video and interview with the director of the production of the live action Marmaduke movie. Director Tom Dey: “We’ve approached the movie like a John Hughes movie with dogs,” Dey says. “The dog park is like high school for dogs. To make this kind of movie, you really have to understand […]

Comic history» Allan Holtz looks at the cartoonists of the former DBR Media syndicate.Comic Strips» Richard Thompson reminisces on his first meeting with Wizard of Id co-creator Brant Parker.Humor» The Salt Lake Tribune ran a story about how Cal Grondahl broken open the stoic, stuff culture of Mormonism with his cartoon collection book “Freeway to […]

Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher since 2002 writes of receiving the news of the publication’s closing and the outpouring of attention the announcement has received. He also hints that there is a small chance the publication will continue in some form. In any case, the outpouring of support â?? staggering, really â?? has […]

The National Cartoonists Society Foundation has announced the deadline for the Jay Kennedy Scholarship for the best college cartoonist. Students in North America (Mexico, U.S., Canada) are eligible. Entries and samples must be postmarked by February 6, 2010. The winner is treated to the annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards weekend. Visit the NCSF website […]

Gotta admit, the special effects look incredible. There’s even a flash of a scene that looks like things got out of hand with mops and buckets of water like in Mickey’s episode in Fantasia. The one thing that has me wondering if I’ll see it: Nicholas Cage.

Todd Leopold, writing on CNN.com, looks into the success and slow fade of “The Simpsons” as it turns 20 years old this Thursday. As it turns 20 on Thursday, “The Simpsons’ ” greatest enemy may be itself. For many fans — particularly hard-core followers in the mold of the show’s sneering Comic Book Guy — […]

The Cartoon Art Museum is celebrating 25 years as a “a non-profit, educational museum dedicated to the collection, preservation and display of original cartoon art in all its forms.” The museum was started by a group of cartoon art collectors and enthusiasts, led by Malcolm Whyte back on December 14, 1984. The museum operates in […]

I took my four kids to see Disney’s return to hand drawn animation on Saturday. The two boys wanted to go see “The Fantastic Mr. Fox;” the girls the princess movie. Since we’ve been renting mostly action adventure movies lately as a family, despite the protests of my tween girls, I figured a princess movie […]

The HamptonRoads.com follows up with Rex Morgan M.D. writer Woody Wilson as to why the strip’s title character has been missing from the feature these last five months. But there was another reason to feature her. Call it a case of art imitating life. Wilson had a family member stricken with Alzheimer’s. He felt compelled […]

Editor and Publisher, the journalist publication of record, will cease both print and online publication at the end of this year. The announcement made earlier today after its parent company The Nielsen Co. informed staffers of its decision. Romensko posted the announcement from Greg Farrar, President, Nielsen Business Media: Today, we announced that Nielsen Business […]

RingTales and Metranome have partnered to release the first ever animated Dilbert and New Yorker “Cartoon a Day” integrated calendar for BlackBerry smart phones. The downloadable calendars combine the utility of a daily agenda with a daily animated New Yorker or Dilbert cartoons. The app also integrates with the native calendar application on the BlackBerry […]

T Lewis and Michael Fry’s Over the Hedge will be featured as a new animated web series on Babelgum.com. Babelgum.com already has an agreement to exclusively premiere new animated installments of Scott Adam’s Dilbert and the animated New Yorker Cartoons, which are produced by Michael’s company RingTales.

Tom Gammill puts out another “Learning to Draw” video with another guest appearance with Mel Lazarus.