Filed under: Interviews

I just posted an interview with cartoonist Bob Camp, who was a director on Ren & Stimpy. Read it here.

Animation» The plot for Toy Story 3 is the subject of an A.P. story posted a week or so ago. “Next year’s “Toy Story 3″ has the gang learning they have reached their shelf life as the young boy who owns them grows up and goes off to college.”» Pixar receives lots of positive ink […]

Animation» Gerald Scarfe, cartoonist and illustrator who directed animation for Walt Disney’s Hercules, will host this year’s annual Dundee Literary Festival in Dundee England. Festival runs June 25 to 28.Interviews» Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot on cartooning and blogging: “Being online doesn’t give me ideas. Daydreaming does.”Museums/Exhibits» Speaking once again of Jan Eliot, she’ll have […]

Cartooning» Benita Epstein is profiled twice this week. Enjoy Magazine talks about her work as a entomologist before becoming a cartoonist. A News Cafe reports her work is adorning the walls of GreenGo’s, a natural organic restaurant in Redding, CA.» The Daily News Miner profiles Dan Darrow. » The Index Journal profiles Mike Beckom.Editorial cartooning» […]

Editorial Cartooning» Maryland resident Kerry G. Johnson is now doing editorial cartoons for the Muskegon Tribune in Michigan. In the past, he has drawn cartoons for the New Pittsburgh Courier and other African-American newspapers.Interviews» Tall Tales Features Radio talks to Speed Bump creator Dave Coverly. Dave is up for Best Cartoonist at this year’s National […]

Editorial Cartooning» Pulitzer Prize Winning editorial cartoonist Walt Handelsman will Address Dean College Graduation tomorrow.Interviews» More Toronto Comics Art Festival interviews: Howard Chackowicz, Valerie Sury, Jason Thompson, Diana Tamblyn,

Comics» The L.A. Times has an extensive write up about Jerry Robinson’s career in comic books and cartooning. He has an exhibit entitled “ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950” that is currently in the Breman Museum in Atlanta. Interviews» More interviews at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival: Faith Erin […]

Children’s Books» Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell has a new book coming out this fall called “Wag.” The book is based on the characters in his comics strip. It’s due out in October.Editorial Cartooning» Steve Greenberg, taking a page from the Milt Priggee playbook, is now doing editorial cartoons for the news blog LA Observed.Ted Rall […]

Alt Comics» Slowpoke creator Jen Sorensen is profiled in the Washington Post. Children’s Books» Jules Feiffer spoke at Katonah Museum of Art to promote the second book that he collaborated on with his daughter Kate. The book is entitled “Which Puppy.”College Cartooning» Chris Sharron who cartoons for the Daily Kent Stater was named one of […]

» The BBC talks to Ed Stein about his career and state of the industry.» Arkansas News Bureau’s Vic Harville will be doing a fictional series of cartoons starting next week depicting what life would be like without newspapers.» Mother Jones magazine interviews Steve Brodner. (Via Mike Rhode).» Guy Gilchrist’s Night Lights and Fairy Flights […]

» Jules Feiffer interviewed by Bookslut about his career.» John McPherson profiled in the Daily Gazette (Schenectady NY).» Brian Crane’s Pickles was picked up by the Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal. » Michael Cavna continues to interview cartoonists about their twitter usage. This time: Detroit Free Press’ Mike Thompson.» Hat tip to Mike Rhode who alerts […]

» Michael Cavna talks to Scott Kurtz and Darrin Bell about Twitter and cartooning.» Garfield creator Jim Davis has a nice write-up in the Daily Record about his 30+ year career doing Garfield.» The Nevada Appeal writes about Pickles creator Brian Crane after picking up his strip received 80% of the vote in a recent […]

» New York Daily News cartoonist and writer Bill Gallo was the honored guest speaker at the fifth annual Honor the Free Press Day where he talked about his World War II experience and how it made him a better journalist.» The San Diego Union-Tribune found a buyer. I don’t know how that will affect […]

Tom Mason over at Comix 411 has an interview with Dan Thompson about his newly launched comic strip, Rip Haywire. TOM: Can you trace the road from development to acceptance with Rip? How did it get from your desk to UFS and how long was the journey? DAN: Once I came up with the idea […]

» Mike Cavna scores an interview with legendary Spider-Man creator Stan Lee about the recent changes to the Spider-Man franchise – comics, comic strip and movies.» The Swann Fellowship is awarded to qualified graduate student to support scholarly research into caricature and cartoons. The application deadline to be considered is February 13. The award amount […]