Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot will be swinging a hammer this Saturday for a Habitat for Humanity project in the North Willamette Valley area. The effort is part of the National Women Build Week going on this week.“I have long been inspired by the great work done by Habitat for Humanity,” Jan said. “But being […]
Daryl Cagle recently added more “Web 2.0” features on his site including RSS feeds, sharing to other social media sites, favorites, email and a big one: allowing visitors to embed the cartoon on their blog or website – a feature Comics.com recently added with their redesign last fall.Daryl writes about the difficult decision on whether […]
The Movie Blog writes that Disney will be releasing a Japanese animated film in America. The film did well in Japan grossing $150 million. The plot is similar to The Little Mermaid wherein a little a little “girl-fish” wants to be human and explore life out of the underworld but the story is also based […]
» Toby, Robot Satan has been cut from the NYC and Boston Metro papers to cut costs or someone put the fear of God in them.» The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA) has reduced the paper’s width which actually created more room on their comics page. They brought Dilbert back from the business section and […]
Eight cartoonists, Jef Mallett (Frazz), Bill Amend (Fox Trot), Bill Hinds (Tank McNamara, Cleats, Buzz Beamer), Dave Coverly (Speed Bump), Jack Davis (Mad magazine), Michael Ramirez (editorial cartoonist for Investors Business Daily, Rob Smith Jr. (editorial cartoonist for Glen Beck) and Jeff Bacon (cartoonist for Navy Times and Marine Corps Times) recently visited wounded troops […]
Alt Comics» Slowpoke creator Jen Sorensen is profiled in the Washington Post. Children’s Books» Jules Feiffer spoke at Katonah Museum of Art to promote the second book that he collaborated on with his daughter Kate. The book is entitled “Which Puppy.”College Cartooning» Chris Sharron who cartoons for the Daily Kent Stater was named one of […]
The latest Funky Winkerbean story-line is taking widowed character Les into a bi-racial relationship. Les lost Lisa to cancer a couple of years ago in a multi-month story-arc that sparked a national dialog on the appropriateness of death on the comics page. So far, the inter-racial story-line hasn’t generated much discussion aside from a blurb […]
The ABC network will premiere a new animated prime-time television series called “The Goode Family” created by “Beavis and Butthead” and “King of the Hill” creator Mike Judge. The show’s premise is centered around The Goode Family who is “obsessed with doing the ‘right’ thing whether it’s environmentally, politically or socially. Unfortunately their efforts often […]
» The Worcester Telegram & Gazette replaced Tokyopop’s Undertown with Frazz.» Mary Worth, Rex Morgan, M.D. and Mutts are dropped from the Herald-Tribune’s comics pages as of today. Dilbert was moved to the Business section and joining the line-up are Non Sequitur and Bliss.» Pharos Tribune (Logansport, IN) has picked up Get Fuzzy daily as […]
Les McClaine’s adventure comic Jonny Crossbones can only be described as a reincarnation of Tintin. The staggeringly accurate, yet stylized figure drawing contrasts perfectly with the constantly overwhelming landscapes to create a world that will suck you in immediately. Starting today, May 4, Johnny Crossbones is accelerating from a M-W-F schedule to full-on, five-times-a-week until […]
The question was raised in another article about how comics artists feel about being topical with their comics. The “why” of being topical is obvious enough; to bring in fresh viewers that aren’t acclimated to your pre-existing story. But the “how” and “when” aspects of this conversation raise some pretty interesting points.Artist Jorge Cham of […]
From the Character Design blog, comes this little gem featuring some of the character designs for the movie “Monsters vs. Aliens.”
Neil Cohen is doing an experiment on “making judgements about various created comic strips” and would like your help for a study. The results will be used in a presentation in a comic-con later this year. Survey should take 20 minutes and participants are entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate at Best […]
Scott Adam’s “Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert” collection is currently one of Amazon’s Deal of the Day listed at 60% off list price making the $85 purchase a slim $34. Click here to get the deal.Hat tip to From the editors blog.
Comic Books» On May 2, comic book stores across the country will give away an estimated 2 million comic books. You can find a list of the give aways and find your local comic book store at the free comic book day website.Comic Strips» Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis is profiled in a Peoria […]