As reported earlier, Sally Forth writer Francesco “Ces” Marciuliano is filling in for Bizarro creator Dan Piraro this week using his Medium Large comic material. The first one is out and you can read Ces’ review of it on his blog. If you like Medium Large, visit the official site.
Sean Tevis is filing papers to run for the office of state representative in Kansas. The 39 year-old, first time politician was told he would need to raise nearly $26,000 to fund his campaign against the deeper pockets of his Republican competitor. After raising just over $1000 the traditional method of asking for donations from […]
Some of these are a bit old. It seems that after the Doonesbury hiatus was over, the number of changes reported dropped and I just held the stories until there was a number of them to gather into one post.» The News Observer is trying out The Other Coast, Ollie and Quentin and Home and […]
E&P’s Dave Astor interviewed Jerry Robinson, the creator of the Joker character who makes a return to the big screen with release of “The Dark Knight.” Jerry calls Heath Ledger’s performance “brilliant” and a much closer portrayal of the character than Jack Nicholson’s “TV take on the Joker” performance. The interview delves into Robinson’s roll […]
Earlier this month we discussed the news that a Rudy Park character might die, or not, depending on reader response. The conversation devolved and eventually was shutdown. Matt Richtel (who pens the strip under the name Theron Heir) has sent me a response to the issue. I think his point of trying to adapt one’s […]
Mike Cavna continues to provide interviews with cartoonists of note. Last week was Garry Trudeau on the topic of satire. This week we get a peak at Aaron McGruder’s view of satire and his transition to television. How difficult was the transition from a static newspaper strip to your animated show? McGRUDER: I went in […]
A Wall Street Journal interview with Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker is posted below. Discussed are his career, his collection and the news that the collection is going to the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library.
Starting last week and into this week, Sandra Bell-Lundy’s Between Friends is tackling the sensitive topic of domestic abuse. The topic is close to home – not from personal experience, but in an introduction to the topic on her blog, Sandra writes that in reconnecting with a friend from high school years ago and learning […]
Francesco “Ces” Marciuliano who writes for King Feature’s Sally feature will be filling in on Dan Piraro’s Bizarro during the week of July 28 – August 2nd and also with the August 24th Sunday. Ces’ work will include cartoons from his webcomic Medium Large. Dan will post each day’s cartoons on his blog and offer […]
A new Perry Bible Fellowship collection is due out in November. The new book is entitled The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack and features an introduction written by Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody. The book will include a complete run of PBF including the strips that came after Nicholas Gurewitch, previous collection “The Trials of Colonel Sweeto.” […]
Aaron Johnson’s What the Duck has been renamed to W.T. Duck and has a launch date of September 8. W.T. Duck first began as filler on Aaron’s band’s web site, but quickly gained a following. In December of 2006, he created “Syndication Bingo” to document his attempt to syndicate the strip. Universal signed him up […]
The newly launched Comics Riff blog talks to Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau about the state of satire in America today. Is satire’s influence on politicians and the electorate any greater or lesser than, say, when “Doonesbury” launched? I’ve never felt any of us had significant influence. The fear of public ridicule is universal, but I […]
» NPR reviews Willie & Joe collection.» E&P reports that a new “Luann’ comic collection is coming next month and a second Lio collection too.» Last week I reported that Charlie Daniel is celebrating 50 years of cartooning. The Knoxville News Sentinel has another write-up on his career and impact in his community.» Diesel Sweeties […]
Harry Bliss, a frequent New Yorker cartoonist, is releasing a collection of his one-panel cartoons in a book entitled “Death by Laughter.” The book will feature more than a 100 of his cartoons, which according to the Burlington Free Press contains a good number of “not-always-funny themes” such as death.In the Burlington interview he says, […]
The July 21st New Yorker cover is a raising eyebrows and both the Obama and McCain campaigns have called it “tasteless and offensive.” The cover shows a cartoon of presidential candidate Barack Obama in a turban and middle-eastern garb fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife as the American flag burns in the fireplace. The New Yorker’s press […]