Milton Caniff seems to be the big rage this year – and deservedly so. It was his collection that jump-started the OSU Cartoon Research Library that is celebrating it’s 30th anniversary and will focus on Milton this October during the Festival of Cartoon Art, R.C. Harvey is writing Milton’s biography, and Humorous Maximus received permission […]
The Jewish Exponent ran an article yesterday about the success of Terry and Patty Laban’s comic feature, Edge City. Edge City was not conceived as a Jewish comic feature, but a simple comic about young families, but in 2002 (the feature started in 2000) after noticing that no other comic features celebrated Jewish holidays, they […]
Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks animated TV show has won a Peabody Award for his “Return of the King” installment that depicted Martin Luther King, Jr, reawakening to today’s cultural society of gangsta rap and the war on terror.The awards will be presented on June 4th in New York City.
Farley creator Phil Frank will be lecturing at a San Francisco Museum and Historical Society (SFMHS) function on the 10th of April. He’ll be talking about his “fascinating relationships with five administrations of SF mayors and Bay Area politics” as well as auctioning off some of his originals to raise money for the museum. He’ll […]
Earlier this week, I told you that Bizarro creator, Dan Piraro, will be speaking in Hawaii next week. I’ve found other dates and times for his speaking engagements. This last Sunday he was in Florida. Check links below for ticket information.Apr. 3, 2007, 7:30 p.m.: New College of Florida, Sarasota, College Hall Apr. 10, 2007, […]
Jan Eliot, creator of Stone Soup has a collection of her work on display at the Opus6ix Fine Art Gallery in Eugene Oregon – her home town. The exhibit runs from March 31st through April 29th. This Saturday, on the 6th, there will be an artistic reception and then later on the 28th a book […]
Frank Cho, creator of Liberty Meadows, has hinted that he is in negotiations to create an animated television show based on Liberty Meadows but aimed at an adult audience with a PG-13 or R rating. No other details were mentioned, “because I don’t want to jinx it,” said Frank.In that same story, Frank talks about […]
The Evening Times (British paper) has a story on Kieran Meehan who is up for a Reuben award in the newspaper panels category.From the Honolulu Advertiser comes news that Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro will be Hawaii next week on April 10 to speak on cartooning and veganism. Visit the link above for times.
Last week’s Doonesbury storyline depicted B.D. meeting a female soldier who was seeking counseling for sexual trauma. The story (as well as the drawing of the young woman) hit close to home for one female soldier in Oregon who went AWOL to avoid a second deployment in Iraq where she has accused her supervising sergeants […]
John McPherson, creator of Close to Home is scheduled to speak at the Humor Project’s 51st International Program on The Positive Power of Humor and Creativity on June 22 – 24 in Silver Bay, New York. John will speak on using humor in stressful situations in the work place.
E&P caught the story before I did. In an interview with Texas Monthly (scroll down), Berkeley Breathed slips what possibly be might be the end of his Opus feature. What interesting projects are on your horizon? BB: Three: a novel; two of my books are in development at Disney; and Opusâ??s death, which approaches. Has […]
Today’s Mallard Fillmore pays tribute to the late Jay Kennedy. You can see it on the Houston Chronicle’s web site.
Last week, I enjoyed an email exchange with Rebecca Nappi of the The Spokesman Review. She’s renewed her interest in the funny pages after losing interest in them when she went away for college 34 years ago. She’s written a commentary about why the funnies have beaconed her return. The adult world is pretty scary […]
The Columbus Dispatch has a commentary by Ann Fisher regarding the 30 year anniversary of the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library that Lucy Shelton Caswell began back in 1977. The library boasts 2.5 million comic-strip clippings, about 250,000 original cartoons and 51,000 serial titles, including comic books. This Wednesday, Scott McCloud, will be at […]
In a surprise announcement, Chicago Tribune Co. has announced that it will buy back stock from shareholders and return to a privately held company. The deal is being engineered by Chicago real estate billionaire tycoon Sam Zell who will be invest another $250 million and become a member of the board. It is not clear […]