In the months of July and August, F Minus creator Tony Carrillo will teach classes at Changing Hands, a Tempe, Ariz. bookstore, for teens and tweens. Classes are focused on everything from basic cartoons to visual storytelling. Info at www.changinghands.com.
The moustache of John Oates (of Hall & Oates fame) will star in an animated series. Billboard reports that ‘J-Stache’ follows the adventures of Hall & Oates star John Oates, who is coaxed out of his family man life and back into the music world by… his moustache (voiced by comedian Dave Attell). Speaking to […]
Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Fox Television’s “Family Guy”, will unveil a new project of animated cartoons that will appear exclusively on the Internet. The experimental project is called â??Seth MacFarlaneâ??s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedyâ? and will debut in September.The cartoons will be paired with advertisements placed on targeted Web sites, and will also be […]
The Mail Tribune in Medford, Oregon decides not to discontinue Peanuts due to reader reaction.Fort Wayne, Indiana’s Journal Gazette will add â??The Brilliant Mind of Edison Leeâ? and “Bound and Gagged” to their daily comics pages.
Jessica Abel and Matt Madden, who teach comic art at New York’s School of Visual Arts, have authored Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: A Definitive Course from Concept to Comic in 15 Lessons and were interviewed on National Public Radio.Abel and Madden have been teaching comic art at New York’s School of Visual Arts for […]
Turner Broadcasting has acquired the rights to The Garfield Show, will be shot in HD, and debut on the Cartoon Network in 2009. The series will air in territories across Europe, Middle East and Africa; Asia Pacific and Latin America.
Rich Stevens‘ Diesel Sweeties will come to an end, at least in newspapers on August 10, he has announced on his blog. In an interview over at Fleen, he suggests that the additional work to produce DS for family friendly newspaper standards and the lack of significant income contributed to the decision.From the Fleen interview: […]
» Mike Keefe has won first place in the Best of the West award for journalism. » Jerry Craft, creator of Mama’s Boyz, has illustrated a new children’s book called “Hillary’s Big Business Adventure” for children ages 4-8. » Hong Kong-based cartoonist Larry Feign has had his comic strip Do Not Disturb adapted to stage […]
This year’s grand marshals and featured guests at the 10th Annual Walt Disney’s Hometown Toonfest will include Dave Coverly (Speed Bump), Jan Eliot (Stone Soup), Greg Evans (Luann), and Jerry Scott (co-creator of Zits and Baby Blues).The event runs September 19-20 in Marceline, Mo, the birth place of Walt Disney. The four cartoonists will discuss […]
Corey Pandolph’s, creator of Barkeater Lake, (and not to mention Toby, Robot Satan, Lil’ Spencer’s Adventures AND The Elderberries cartoonist), is releasing a second collection of his Barkeater Lake feature. The new book, due out at the end of this month, is entitled “Escape From Barkeater Lake” and features the second year of Corey’s feature […]
The Cartoon Art Museum and Zine Fest will present “From the Horse’s Mouth: Comics Read by their Creators” on July 18. The evening will feature an eclectic line-up of small-press cartoonists who will read from their respective works. The lineup include Rina Ayuyang (rinaayuyang.com), Peter Conrad (paperdummy.com), Ren’ee French (reneefrench.com), Justin Hall (allthumbspress.com), Andy Hartzell […]
The guys over at Tall Tale Features scooped another e-mail interview with Opus, Outland, Bloom County creator Berkeley Breathed. Here’s an excerpt. Visit blog to read all eight questions and answers. Question the First, from Chip Skelton, “Broken Things” Mr. Breathed, a good many artists tend to be loners. You’re very active physically and deeply […]
The National Cartoonists Society and United Service Organizations are sponsoring a trip for several cartoonists to Washington D.C. and Europe to visit U.S. veterans and injured soldiers at military hospitals. So far the cartoonists include Jeff Keane (Family Circus), Mike Peters (Mother Goose and Grimm, editorial cartoonist), Mike Luchovich (editorial cartoonist), Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before […]
The first print collection of Richard Thompson’s Cul De Sac is due out in September. From his blog, we learn that Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson has written the forward. Richard joked that having Watterson write the forward was such a rush that it “made me blush so hard I got a nosebleed.”You can […]
Cul De Sac creator Richard Thompson will be featured at this weekend’s Heroes Convention in Charlotte N.C. He will be interviewed by Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon about art, caricature and the Otterloop family.