A while back I told you about a new book about Jackie Ormes, one of the first African-American female editorial cartoonists from the 1930s to the 1950s. The biography’s author, Nancy Goldstein, was interviewed by the Ann Arbor News about Jackie’s career and history in doll making, cartooning, fashion design. Q. Jackie Ormes had an […]
Earlier this month I told you that Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis would be on CNBC’s “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch”. Someone has uploaded his segment on to YouTube. It runs a bit over 8 minutes and details how he got his break into syndication.
Sean Hoy will be releasing his fifth book, Out of the Cup, a collection of coffee cartoons soon. Sean is an editorial cartoonist, illustrator out of Arizona and produces topical cartoon collections for golfers, dog lovers, cowboy/westerners, and office dwellers. You can check out his stuff at Off Kilter CartoonsLio, and Heart of the City […]
The Comic Coast to Coast guys have posted part 2 of their interview with Wiley Miller.From a story about Dick Tracy creator Chester Gould’s daughter being nominated for an Edgar Award we learn that the Dick Tracy Museum in Woodstock IL will close in June for economic reasons.NPR interviewed editorial cartoonists KAL (The Economist) and […]
John Cole sent me a link an online reprint of King Feature’s 1949 catalogue of features. The catalogue contains the 53 cartoonist who were being syndicated right after WWII. Very interesting to see the dominate cartooning styles of that era.A 1952 original ‘Peanuts’ Comic recently was auctioned for $31,640Over in Kentucky, a lawmaker has introduced […]
Scott Hilburn, creator of the soon-to-be-launched-to-papers Argyle Sweater has posted part two of a continuing history of how his feature advanced from Comics Sherpa, to Gocomics to print.Australian cartoonist Jason Chatfield, who took over on Ginger Meggs after James Kemsley passed away last December, says that he plans to spend the rest of his career. […]
The Comics Coast to Coast gang has posted their latest podcast with Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller. In part one of this eye-opening conversation, Wiley tells us what is wrong and right with everything cartoony. The artists’ approach, the point of view one should have as a commercial entity, and most interestingly- how to think […]
Here’s the Comics Coast to Coast interview I’ve been waiting for. I’ve been a fan of Chad Carpenter’s Tundra since early 2006 when he beat out Bound and Gagged in my local paper. Since then, Chad’s self syndicated strip has grown to over 150 papers. They also speak to Chad’s marketing guru Bill Kellogg.
Tom Spurgeon has posted an extensive interview with Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson. Topics covered include the origin of Cul de Sac, dealing with doing a daily, his Richard’s Poor Almanac weekly strip that runs in the Washington Post, and Richard’s cartoon influences. SPURGEON: Am I right in that Cul De Sac grew out […]
Clay Bennett recently moved to Tennessee to replace Bruce Plante as the Chattanooga Times Free Press editorial cartoonist. A local business magazine conducted an interview with Clay on his motivations changing jobs and the editorial cartooning profession. BTN:What is the value of editorial cartoonists to our media, or better yet, our First Amendment rights in […]
I’m not sure how I missed this one. Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot was featured on Oregon Art Beat and that interview has been posted on the web. The video segment runs about 8 minutes and features Jan talking about her background, her path to syndication, and her workflow.Thanks to Richard Krauss for the notice.
I don’t know if this is a new interview or a posting of more of an interview that Lio creator Mark Tatulli had with Bob Andelman (aka Mr. Media) back in February. Regardless, it’s a good read. ANDELMAN:And you know, I apologize for even asking you to go behind the scenes and talk about some […]
The Bangor Daily News has posted an interview with Piers Baker, the creator of the freshly launched Ollie and Quentin. It’s a very informative interview on how Piers got into syndication and the road leading to it. BDN: You’ve created one of the most charming, whimsical buddy stories I’ve ever read. Who are Ollie and […]
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon has posted an email interview he did with me regarding last years events and the state of newspaper cartooning. Feel free to disagree, ask follow up questions, or add your own in the comment section below. This year saw Gardner’s site deepen its reputation as a must-visit repository of strip and […]
Bob Andelmanâ??s Mr. Media blog will feature Pearls Before Swine cartoonist Stephan Pastis. This interview will also feature a call-in number, so you can talk to Stephan himself.Details about this interview can be found here.Thanks to Mark Tatulli for the tip.