Publishers Weekly looks at how print collections fit in with web comics.Web comics are counterintuitive: they’re online for free at the same time the creator or publisher is offering the same stories for sale. â??You would assume that people wouldn’t want to buy something if they’ve read it already,â? says David Land, an editor at […]
Legendary storyteller Harvey Pekar has teamed up with Smith Magazine and four artists to create a webcomic “The Pekar Project.” From the project website: Harvey Pekar’s been mining the mundane for magic for more than 30 years in his autobiographical American Splendor comics. Now he has teamed with SMITH and four remarkable artists to create […]
This year’s nominees for the Ignatz Awards have been announced. They are:Outstanding Artist Tim Hensley, Mome (Fantagraphics), Kramer’s Ergot #7 (Buenaventura) Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole (Top Shelf) Richard Sala, Delphine (Fantagraphics/Coconino) Josh Simmons, Mome (Fantagraphics) Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man (Fantagraphics)Outstanding Anthology or Collection Abandoned Cars, Tim […]
Editorial Cartooning» JD Crowe gets roasted by “a death panel of peers and disgruntled politicians.”» Dick Locher is immortalized in a mural in his hometown of Naperville. The wall is “being painted on the outer wall of the Naperville Art League and depicts famous artists creating their well-known works.”Interviews» Sandra Bell-Lundy interviews Stephanie Piro about […]
Tom Spurgeon has begun what I’d consider a massive project – naming the top 100 comics for the years 2000-2009. The categories he’s outlined so far include: Anthologies, Archival Editions, Original Long-Forms and Definitive Collections, Comic Books, Manga, Newspaper, On-Line, and Works On The Subject Of Comics. He’s already penned an impressive list of comics […]
Editorial Cartooning» E&P interviews Bill Schorr about his decision to return to editorial cartooning. » FANEXPO (a comix gaming etc. exposition in Toronto) is looking for editorial cartoonists for a panel.» A report from the retirement party for Roy Peterson of the Vancouver Sun. I reported last June that Roy had been laid off (forced […]
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco is opening a new exhibit showcasing “some of the best and boldest work published on the World Wide Web.” The exhibit is entitled Monsters of Webcomics and features cartoons from Jesse Reklaw (“Slow Wave), Kate Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant!), Phil and Kaja Foglio (Girl Genius), Dorothy Gambrell (Cat […]
Animation» A new Ponyo trailer has been posted.» The Animation blog has posted concept art from the upcoming Disney feature film “Rapunzel” due out Christmas of 2010.Comic Strips» Readers were quick to note that yesterday’s B.C. had two left feet.Editorial Cartooning» Pat Oliphant was awarded the Inkpot Award for his career in cartooning. The Inkpot […]
A recent ad campaign by Jamba Juice to promote their lunch specials appears highly similar to David Rees’ “Get Your War On” webcomic style which has David concerned that it might appear that he’s involved with the campaign, even though “Get Your War On” was retired in January. Rees, who started making clip-art comics while […]
Comic Strips» The Aaugh Blog has an interesting post on who draws (and doesn’t draw) the Peanuts characters that appear in merchandising.» Who does this @#$@ think he is? Sure we all have lists of comics we don’t like, but comics favorites are so subjective, it’s hard for anyone to really argue who’s work is […]
I’ve always maintained that the webcomic business model will have successfully matured when it outgrows the do-it-yourself business stage that it’s currently in and support industries are able to move in and allow artists to do focus on being artists and businessmen take care of business. There are several such businesses that have cropped up, […]
From the press release: Do-Over Productions has just announced that they have optioned the film rights to Wide Awake, the extraordinary webcomic written by Eric Trautmann and Brandon Jerwa, with art by Mirco Pierfederici and art direction by David Messina. As described in the press release from Do-Over, Wide Awake is the story of Amanda […]
The TechCrunch website just posted two articles with direct relevance to the ongoing discussions here at TDC about the demise of old media and the potential for webcomics.The first, AOL Newsroom Now Has (Wow) 1,500 Writers reports on just that, the growth of AOL’s reporting capability. Most of those writers were gained from old media […]
Animation» Wallace & Gromit fans have something to look forward to in September. Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection will be released September 22 on DVD and Blu-RayBooks» The Cleveland Scene interviews Nevin Martell, the author of the upcoming book on Bill Watterson. Not a lot of new information. My understanding was that Nevin never […]
Books» Fantagraphics to publish the complete run of Ernie Bushmillerâ??s comic strip Nancy.Comic-Con» Michael Cavna was sent to cover the big Con. He’s taking questions during a live chat.» Rolling Stone reviews what was notable about the event. Comic Strips» A Charlie Brown Christmas will be released in Blu-Ray on October 6.Editorial Cartooning» Andy Donato […]