Cul De Sac creator Richard Thompson talks to Panels and Pixels blogger Chris Mautner about his career and work before the launch of his syndicated daily. Before there was Cul De Sac, Richard did (and still does) a weekly feature called Richard’s Poor Almanac. Q: How would you describe that strip? Was it a social […]
The artwork of Tak Toyoshima, creator of Secret Asian Man, will be featured in two upcoming exhibits. Beginning Aug. 15 and running through Sept. 14, Tak’s work will be featured in the Napa Valley Museum for their “Manga & Anime: An Exhibition of Popular Cartoon Art” exhibit. Also featured in this exhibit is Deb Aoki […]
For Better or For Worse creator Lynn Johnston will be the guest of honor at this year’s Doug Wright Awards ceremony. She’ll also be inducted into the “Giants of the North” Canadian Cartoonists’ Hall of Fame this Friday night in Toronto.
Jack Shafer of Slate has written a commentary in Business Spectator about the demise of the print newspaper. In essence he maintains that the social web (Facebook, etc.) has replaced the newspaper’s traditional role of social currency. Not that long ago, the daily newspaper was an indispensable coiner of social currency, and it gave its […]
The Times Union marks that 40 years ago last Thursday was the first time the Peanut character Franklin appeared in print and its significance in race relations in America during that time of U.S. history. Franklin was never as big a star as Linus, Lucy, Snoopy, Schroeder or Pigpen. He didn’t have a last name […]
What is becoming known as “he Midsummer Massacre” may not be over. A couple of news reports indicate that more job cuts are coming for select chain newspapers. Bloomberg reports that A.H. Belo Corp., the publisher of the Dallas Morning News and three other dailies, will trim 500 newspaper jobs. It’s unreported how many of […]
Last month, I told you that Retail creator Norm Feuti was working on a second strip entitled Gill. He has posted the Gill syndication submission online. He writes: Well, so far Gill has received a “pass” from both King Features and Universal Press. Both Brendan Burford (my editor at King) and John Glynn (the comic […]
The Beat is reporting that Ballantine books will be printing a collection of the Garfield Minus Garfield strips by Dan Walsh. From their press release: The full-color book format will give readers the experience of having both the original and doctored Garfield strips together on the same page for comparison. Dublin, Ireland-based Garfield Minus Garfield […]
Last Friday’s Candorville contained language that the Washington Post objected to (the word “nuts” in the context of male anatomy). Instead of pulling Darrin Bell’s feature as they have in the past, Washington Post Writers Group (WPWG) Comics Editor Amy Lago says they were supplied an alternate version. Amy was quoted by E&P as saying, […]
Ted Rall writes in his column this week that newspapers could save themselves if they “take three audacious but absolutely essential steps, the print newspaper industry can save itself.” Those steps include: 1. taking newspapers offline, 2. copyrighting all articles they write, and 3. cut off the wire services. All of these steps, he argues […]
» Dan Reynold’s Reynolds Unwrapped is now back on gocomics.com after a year or so hiatus.» You’ll Have That creator Wes Molebash has moved his strip to a new web site yhtcomic.com» Brooke McEldowney, creator of 9 Chickweed Lane and webcomic Pibgorn is updating the latter strip five times a week now. The Pibgorn sketches […]
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will be spotlighting the art of Briana Miller starting on August 16th.Briana Miller is a Berkeley-born, East Bay resident who has lived in almost every city that touches the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay. She created her first comic in 2000 and quickly discovered what she […]
The Pittsburgh based Toonseum has announced a new exhibit. To celebrate the city’s 250th birthday, the museum will feature original cartoon art from cartoonists spanning 50 years with artists such as Rob Rogers, Tim Menees, Tim Hartman, Randy Bish and Cy Hungerford. The exhibit is entitled “Drawn to the Hive” and runs from August 9 […]
As reported by Mike Rhode, a new 16 page alternative-comics monthly will debut on Friday. Part of line-up includes: Dan Archer, Pascal Blanchet, Ken Cursoe, Theo Ellsworth, Eamon Espey, Keith Knight, Morgan Pielli, Jesse Reklaw and Jen Sorenson.
The International Animated Film Society has announced this year’s Winsor McCay winners are Mike Judge, John Lasseter and Nick Park. The award honors animators who are “best known as a prolific artist and pioneer in the art of comic strips and animation.” The three will receive trophies next January at the 36th annual Annie Awards.Mike […]