Doug Marlette recently spoke at the Virginia Commonwealth University on the topic of editorial cartooning.From the article: An example of one of his most influential cartoons was one from 1986 that featured a crying eagle looking up at the dark sky, in response to that year’s NASA space shuttle explosion. The cartoonist said he designed […]
Greg Evans, who does the Luann comic, will be on hand this Saturday to draw sketches of from his comic for those who are donating blood during a blood drive at Valley Blood Services – something he’s done for 20 years now. Also on hand will be Doreen Dotson, the creator of Outskirtz.Greg is volunteering […]
Prickly City creator Scott Stantis will be a featured speaker on First Amendment protection for media on May 4th in Kansas City. The forum is part of the 20th Media and Law Seminar.
Pat Bagley, the editorial cartoonist with the Salt Lake Tribune, recently spoke at the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah where he spoke about the unique, and ripe culture for cartooning that Utah provides. Bush has “been good for me because he’s radicalized me,” Bagley said. “I used to be kind of […]
Berkeley Breathed, creator of Bloom County, Outland, and Opus is coming out with a new children’s book called Mars Needs Moms and will be promoting the book at various locations around the country. Here are the dates and times so far:Friday, May 4th, 7pm, Willow Book & Caf, 279 Great Road, Acton, MA 01720Saturday, May […]
The Jewish Exponent covered a recent speaking engagement with Tony Auth, the editorial cartoonist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Tony shared some of his work from his 30 year career with the Inquirer and since he was speaking at a Jewish gathering, he talked about some of the controversies that have been raised due to his […]
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, […]
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.
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 […]
E&P is reporting that Berkeley Breathed, creator of Bloom County and the current Opus Sunday comic strip, will appear on America’s Most Wanted during a segment on the unsolved “Book of Days” murder of Michael Cahill in Austin, TX back. The Book of Days murder got its name from a calendar that ran from 1977 […]
Keith Knight, creator of (th)ink and the K-Chronicles, recently spoke at the University of Florida about his cartooning career, racism, terrorism and the Bush administration.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers will moderate a illustrated panel presentation called “There’s Nothing Funny About War: Editorial Cartoonists Take Aim” on March 28th. The panel will include Ted Rall, Scott Stantis, and Signe Wilkinson. The event is free, but you must reserve your tickets.
Four cartoonists Charlos Gary (Working It Out), Jerry Craft (Momma’s Boyz), Cory Thomas (Watch Your Head) and editorial cartoonist Tim Jackson will be on hand at Alfred University on March 17 to provide personal lessons on cartooning for children ages 6-17. The event is part of the university’s Drawn to Diversity annual program to explore […]
Jeff Danziger will be on hand in Vermont to talk and show slides of his cartoons next Thursday at the Tunbridge Public Library at 7 p.m.