There’s an interesting story over on CNet about how the internet is changing the cartooning industry.As comics move online, the rules for reaching a broader audience are changing, and the skills those cartoonists need to reach their audience change as well. Bjordahl, for example, maintains a blog with a small group of fans, and plans […]
Along with the upcoming Dreamworks movie “Over the Hedge“, Activision will be releasing the “Over the Hedge” video game. Screen shots are available at xbox365.comActivision today released the first screens and information on the forthcoming adaptation of DreamWorks Animation Films adaptation of Michael Fry and T Lewis popular comic-book, Over the Hedge, starring Bruce Willis, […]
While trolling through the iTunes Music Store’s podcast directory, I came across comicweb’s podcast of the original radio debut of Superman back in 1940. It was interesting to hear the set up of the Man of Steel. You can go to comicweb’s web site and subscribe to the feed. The ComicWeb has just started a […]
Scott Adam’s “Dilbert” will soon be a downloadable game for you mobile phone according to this press release by Namco. Namco Networks, a leading publisher and developer of wireless games and content, today announced plans to bring Dilbert to mobile phones through a partnership with United Media, a worldwide licensing and syndication company focused on […]
Off topic, but interesting. A network has been created to get comics on iPods.Clickwheel is a whole new way of using your iPod, and a whole new way of reading comics. Looking for a simple innocent laugh? A dry, sophisticated chuckle? A true story of crime, disaster or ordinary life? A brain-bending exercise in comic […]
Aaron McGruder, creator of “Boondocks“, has desires to expand his empire. According to this little tidbit on EURWeb, Aaron is aiming for a full feature film as well as video games.Aaron McGruder has revealed plans to expand his ?Boondocks? comic strip and Cartoon Network television series into a feature film and video game, reports Karu […]
For those of you who made a new years resolution to go digital this year, this little item caught my eye. It’s a laptop whose screen detaches and becomes a tablet that you draw on. No word on when it becomes available to the consumer or the pricing.
Namco Hometek has announced that they will be releasing ‘Snoopy vs. the Red Baron’ video game for xbox and PlayStation.While taking a nap atop his doghouse, Snoopy has a magical dream and becomes a World War I flying ace who must pilot his bi-plane in a heroic attempt to foil the plans of his arch-nemesis, […]
Clay Jones, editorial cartoonist for the Fredericksburg, has a blog courtesy of his newspaper. It appears he spends most of time talking about the cartoon he drew that day or the day before. There is no RSS feed if you want subscribe to the blog. Usually when I do this type of stuff I’m racking […]
Jim Borgman, editorial cartoonist for the Cincinnatti Enquirer and cartoonist for Zits, has started a blog. The “BorgBlog” as it is titled contains images taken from his sketchbook. Ten years into my professional career, a writer friend introduced me to a different concept of an artist?s sketchbook. In her journal she kept the most random […]
I noticed gocomics.com when I was visiting Gardfield‘s web site a couple of days ago, so I assumed that GoComics was an established product/feature, but the press release announcing the services hit the wire today. From the press release: With a huge list of popular comic strips, GoComics lets fans put their favorite characters on […]
JibJab is rolling another satirical animation out the door today. If I had to envision what political cartooning on the internet will look like in the future, this would be it. On Thursday, the satirically minded Spiridellis brothers plan to release a two-minute Internet video in which a cut-out image of the chief of state […]
Can’t get your daily Dilbert fix? You can now get Scott Adam’s comic strip on your mobile phone.“Dilbert is a pop culture icon, and we are excited to offer this great new service to Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Web 2.0 customers,” said Adam Lavine, Chief Executive Officer of FunMail, Inc. “We are very pleased to further […]
If you think print editorial cartooning is horse and buggy stage of its existance, and Mark Fiore is the future, you’ve got until the end of the year to prove to the Washington Post that you’re all that and a bag of chips.We’re looking for artists, animators and humorists to submit short-form (3 minutes or […]
It was only a matter of time, but it’s now here: cartoons on your ipod. Artists can submit their animation shorts for inclusion.