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 […]
» Mike Cavna asks editorial cartoonists what they’ll miss most about George W. Bush.» David Horsey posts a cartoon reacting to the news that his paper, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is going up for sale or possibly closing down. » Last week, Jeff Kinney, creator of the “Diary of the Wimpy Kid” series is profiled in […]
Mother Goose and Grimm creator Mike Peters talks to Mike Cavna about the impending lawsuit by the The Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers.Phil Johnson does a weekly cartoon for ITworld.com called IT Underworld – geek humor for, well, geeks. The feature was picked up back in October as a trial, but the tech site has […]
» Magazine cartoonist Mark Anderson has relaunched his site with new features.» Jason Killingsworth writes in Paste Magazine the five reasons he still loves Calvin and Hobbes.» Lynn Johnston creates five cartoon thank you cards for med students to give to their patience whom they practice on.» Tom Richmond writes how to work for MAD […]
African National Congress President Jacob Zuma has filed a libel suit against editorial cartoonist Jonathan “Zapiro” Shapiro for the amount of $712,300 over a controversial cartoon published in September that depicted Lady Justice being held down by four ANC members who urged Zuma to rape her. Zuma had been charged with rape in 2005, but […]
Mort and Greg Walker talk about the history of the International Museum of Cartoon Art, the inception, growth, and many triumphs and struggles over the years in an interview with Comicologytv. Earlier this year, Mort announced that he was donating the cartoon collection to the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library.
Here are a few of the interviews that took place last week: » Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Warren Brown talks to formed Cincinnati Enquirer editorial cartoonist Jim Borgman. Look for the link to the right for the video piece that goes with this interview.» Mr. Media (AKA Bob Andleman) talks with Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell. » […]
There have been a couple of interviews and profiles that have been posted lately. The Daily Interview has interviewed Chattanooga Times Free Press editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett (see parts 1, 2 and 3) and The Hippo has profiled top cartoonists living in New Hampshire which includes: magazine gag cartoonist Mike Lynch, Six Chix cartoonist Stephanie […]
» The Animation Blog notes that the voice talent of The Simpsons has extended their contract for another three years. If they all follow through, that would take The Simpsons into their 23rd year.» The AV Club gives Richard Thompson’s new book Cul de Sac collection book an A-; Garfield minus Garfield gets a B+.» […]