Only a week to go for two charity events highlighted by auctioning of cartoons.Editorial and magazine cartoonists have made contributions to benefit two good causes. above: Steve Kelley, Rob Rogers First up, with an auction ending May 7, is the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.The RCFP provides pro boon legal representation, amicus curiae support, […]
Only one short month until “America’s Biggest Comic Arts Festival!” Officially it runs May 17 to May 19, 2019, but there’s a signing event on May 16 and a live podcast on May 20th. Get there early and stay late. Like the star of his Badlands comic strip, Steve McGarry is the white hat-wearing good guy riding […]
Congratulations are in order to Anne Morse Hambrock, the creator of The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. Anne was one of four who were recognized by Kenosha city for their efforts to expand art appreciation in the city.From the Kenosha News:Kenosha’s Commission on the Arts wants to make one thing clear: The city?s vibrant art community […]
Just a reminder for those living in and around Kenosha, WI (or have airline miles to burn), that this weekend is the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. Organizer Anne Morse Hambrock has a very strong and entertaining line-up that will include gag cartoonist Mark Anderson, editorial cartoonist and creator of Candorville and Rudy Park, Darrin Bell, […]
The line-up of speakers for this year’s The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning has been announced. Headlining the festival this year will be gag cartoonist Mark Anderson, Stone Soup creator, Jan Eliot, Bongo Comics creative Directory Bill Morrison, advertising illustrator and MAD Magazine contributor Ed Steckley and Lio and Heart of the CityMark Tatulli.This year’s festival […]
Great news from Anne Hambrock, founder and organizer of the The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning:The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning is THRILLED to announce that among the items we are offering in the National Cartoonists Society Foundation Benefit Auction is a RARE signed print of the last Calvin & Hobbes strip! When Bill Watterson retired in […]
Amy Lago, Washington Post Writer’s Group Comics Editor, will be at this year’s 2014 Kenosha Festival of Cartooning and providing portfolio reviews for aspiring professional cartoonists. If you’re planning to attend and would like this opportunity to have your work reviewed by one of the best editors in the business, you need to register first […]
And speaking of the Angoulême comic festival, over 70 artists and illustrators have joined to protest one of the festival’s sponsors, SodaStream. SodaStream is a maker of a home carbonation product that makes soda, but the artists object to its “factory built in Israeli illegally occupied land in Maale Adumim” and alleged exploitation of Palestinian […]
Anne Hambrock is hosting a one-day Kenosha Festival this year on November 2nd. Dubbed “Mini-Fest 2013”, she’s trying to raise $2,000 to cover the costs of the festival. So far $1,325 has been raised, but according to my math, she’s short $675. She has several excellent incentives for donors ranging from original MAD magazine art […]
Sad news from Anne Hambrock about her blog Spot the Cartoonist: Also, since launching this site, I started the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning and am also working on developing a speaker’s bureau for cartoonists and, frankly, those endeavors take a tremendous amount of time and energy and will probably yield better results as far as […]
Last night the National Cartoonists Society gathered in Las Vegas for their annual Reuben Award banquet. The top honor for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year went to MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond. Tom started his career doing caricatures and freelance work for magazines, publishers and advertisers. As a caricaturist, he has been honored by the […]
The National Cartoonist Society Foundation has offered to match all new donations to the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning Kickstarter effort until it reaches its $10,000 goal. As of this writing, the festival has raised nearly $5,000 which means that it will need to raise at least $2,500 in the next 13 days in order to […]
Tom Racine interviewes Anne Hambrock on her efforts to bring together the 2nd annual Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. From Tall Tale Radio:Anne Hambrock, wife of John Hambrock of “The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee” and colorist for the strip, is deep in the throes of organizing the 2nd Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. She threw this […]
The Success in the World of Comics Seminar has made a line-up change. Due to a conflict Debbra Abeyta of Vertis is unable to present. Pickles creator Brian Crane has agreed to be one of the speakers. Brian is one of those genuinely nice guys. Glad to see that he’ll be presenting.Bill Kellogg, the seminar […]
The Berndt Toast Gang is honoring one of their founding members, Creig Flessel, with an exhibit of his work during the month of January. The 26 piece exhibit is on display Art League of Long Island throughout the month with a reception on the 27th with other Long Island NCS chapter members displaying their take […]