This year’s “Penny Arcade Child’s Play” charity fundraiser has raised over $1 million dollars. The annual fundraiser began in 2003 as a way of raising money to improve the lifestyle of children around the world. From an article in Softpedia, Mike Krahulik, co-creator of Penny Arcade, was quoted as saying: “This is Child’s Play’s seventh […]
Editor’s note: Some of the items below were set to publish on Dec. 2, but didn’t. They might be old news now, but for archive purposes, I’ve included them.Animation» USA Today reports that a fourth (and final) Shrek feature film is in the works for a May 21 release next year. The movie will be […]
Animation» CNN has video of a “sneak peak” into the Pixar campus.» Pixar’s UP has been nominated for 3 Grammy AwardsComic Strips» A recent innocent, but ill timed Bizarro cartoon with the Grim Reaper upset several people in Oregon where a Death with Dignity Act is a raging social/legal issue. Dan Piraro reports that he […]
Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, creators of Penny Arcade, have launched a reality TV show based on the people and events surrounding the successful webcomic. The show, which is professionally filmed and produced, will be posted twice a month on their website. Several episodes have already been posted. From their blog: I have exciting news […]
Comic strips» The Love is… spoof in an earlier Zits comic continues to prompt letters to the editor both positive and negative regarding the appropriateness of the lil’ nekkid Zit’s characters.» Julie Larson, creator of “The Dinette Set,” has issues with her syndicate and the internet.» I haven’t fact checked this one, but Ryan Metlen […]
Animation» The Animation blog reports that Pixar is pushing “Up” heavily for a nomination for Best Picture.» The Washington Post profiles John Tayman who started the Bang Cartoons where he posts NFL related animated cartoons. Comic Strips» The Wizard of Id celebrates its 45 anniversary in newspapers last Monday.Editorial Cartooning» Robert Ariail’s is now featured […]
Sohmer and Lars, creators of the webcomic Least I Could Do have announce the creation of a new scholarship for a career-oriented webcomicker to attend The Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont. Sohmer writes: I have always been vocal about my beliefs regarding a career in webcomics. It takes a great deal of work and […]
This year’s Friends of Lulu Award winners have been announced. The Lulu Award “recognizes the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women. The category award winners are below:Kim Yale Award For Best New Talent: Kate Beaton for Hark, a VagrantLulu of […]
Books» Monte Schulz, son of Charles M. Schulz, has a new novel out entitled “This Side of Jordan.” It will be the first of three that will be published by Fantagraphic books. Comic Strips» Leigh Rubin will be offering a free presentation about creativity and perseverance and the comics life.Editorial Cartoons» The Sunday Mail editorial […]
Animation» An “Iron Giant” reunion on is slated for October 23rd where animators and directors of the classic “Iron Giant” film will gather to discuss the movie and the art of animation. Tickets are required to attend.» The New York Times has a piece on how Pixar created a 3-D version of Toy Story 1 […]
The Lulu Awards have announced their list of nominees. The Lulu Awards recognizes people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women.Kim Yale Award for Best New Talent (must have first published work within the last three years) Kate Beaton, Hark, A Vagrant […]
Norm Feuti’s webcomic Gill is back. Back in July, the Retail creator announced that his webcomic needed to take a backseat while he concentrated on other projects until September. He’s now producing the strip on a Mon-Wed-Fri schedule. He’s also launched a new website Norm Feuti Cartoons that consolidates all his comics and online store.
Howard Tayler, the creator of The Schlock Mercenary was the last speaker and the lone representative of the webcomic free model. Howard stayed clear of openly advocating the free webcomic market instead talked about the ideas and concepts that he learned over the years that have enhanced his ability to provide a living based solely […]
Xkcd, a successful, quirky, nerd, geek, math webcomic is now available in book form beginning this week. The collection is entitled, “xkcd: volume 0,” and features the first 600 xkcd comics and includes “lot of doodles, notes, and puzzles in the margins.” It’s only available for purchase online and a portion of the profits go […]
Last weekend’s Penny Arcade Expo will be memorable for several attendees – more so for many possibly returning home with H1N1, commonly called the swine flu. So far there have been less than a 100 confirmed cases according to Robert Khoo, Penny Arcade, Inc.’s President of Operations and Business Development. Those who attendeded and contracted […]