Les McClaine’s adventure comic Jonny Crossbones can only be described as a reincarnation of Tintin. The staggeringly accurate, yet stylized figure drawing contrasts perfectly with the constantly overwhelming landscapes to create a world that will suck you in immediately. Starting today, May 4, Johnny Crossbones is accelerating from a M-W-F schedule to full-on, five-times-a-week until […]
The question was raised in another article about how comics artists feel about being topical with their comics. The “why” of being topical is obvious enough; to bring in fresh viewers that aren’t acclimated to your pre-existing story. But the “how” and “when” aspects of this conversation raise some pretty interesting points.Artist Jorge Cham of […]
If you haven’t spent an afternoon flipping through the XKCD archives, you haven’t truly lived. Okay, that’s kind of dramatic, but only a little. It has just been announced that XKCD artist Randall Munroe will be publishing his first book of compiled work. Randall Munroe is a webcomic pioneer and remains one of the most […]
This year’s nominees for the Stumptown Trophy Awards has been released. The winners will be announced at this year’s The Stumptown Comics Fest 2009 in Portland OR this weekend. This is the festival’s 5th year.Nominees for Outstanding Artmiriam libicki TABLE 51 – jobnik!, fierce ease jason janicki TABLE 121 – Wayfarer terrytoledo – Sid Love […]
Despite past animosity on this site, there is sort of a big deal going on at PvP with guest artist Karl Kerschl doing today’s strip. I don’t care what side of the print/webcomics fence you’re on, this strip is amazing.If this post kicks off any kind of conversation it should be about how mainstream, print […]
ComicsGo check out The Daily Cross Hatch’s full audio and video of a recent discussion featuring notables Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth, and Gary Groth.Editorial Cartooning» Marshall Ramsey, editorial cartoonist for The Clarion-Ledger, will be one of three artists featured at the Winston County Library on Saturday.Comic Strips» Over on Tall Tales Radio, Mark Tatulli, one […]
Last night’s episode of Big Bang Theory featured a scene in a comic book shop. Amongst the many comics in the background included Brock Heasley’s webcomic Super Fogeys.You can watch the comic store scene on CBS’s website.Hat tip to Norm Feuti.
Editorial Cartooning» Mike Beckom is now freelancing for The Palmetto Scoop (SC).» Recently laid off editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail emails Daryl Cagle about his future plans.Comic Strips» The Chronicle (Geneva, IL) is returning the comics to their original size after reader complaints. The Born Loser and The Family Circus were brought back as well.Television» iO9 […]
Daily Cartoonist poster and Tall Tale Features member Lucas Turnbloom’s comic strip IMAGINE THIS will be featured on GoComics.com starting April 8th.Even cooler still is the line up of guest cartoonists Lucas had contribute to his strip while he and his wife welcomed their second little Turnbloom into the world. You can check out that […]
From Publshers Weekly is a notice that webcomic creators Kate Beaton, Willow Dawson, Emily Horne, Brian Mclachlan, and Ryan North will be speaking tonight at the North York Central Library in Toronto about online publishing of comics. Certainly to be discussed will be how webcomics can become viable moneymaking businesses like Penny Arcade, PVP, Deisel […]
» Jules Feiffer interviewed by Bookslut about his career.» John McPherson profiled in the Daily Gazette (Schenectady NY).» Brian Crane’s Pickles was picked up by the Ukiah (CA) Daily Journal. » Michael Cavna continues to interview cartoonists about their twitter usage. This time: Detroit Free Press’ Mike Thompson.» Hat tip to Mike Rhode who alerts […]
The 2009 Hugo Awards nominations are out for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Howard Tayler, creator of the successful webcomic Schlock Mercenary, has been nominated in the category of Best Graphic Story. The other nominees include:The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle Written by Jim Butcher, art by Ardian Syaf (Del […]
» I’m heading into the busy time of year at my day job. I opened up the ability for you all to post news items when my time was sparse. Please consider contributing to keep the news fresh and the community growing. Thanks!» After cracking his Fibula skiing last week, Corey Pandolph, cartoonist for The […]
Mashable, the blog about all things social media, has listed their favorite 20 webcomics. For years people have taken to the web to create comic strips without fear of censorship or having to answer to print media advertisers. Now there are thousands of web comics, making it difficult to know where to start if you’re […]
Michael Sisk, the creator of the WordPress plugin “WebComic” (and its companion theme “Inkblot”) is looking for beta testers for an updated release.He wanted to use WordPress to publish his own comic, but was wasn’t satisfied with the themes that other programmers had designed for that use. In his own words: “It became readily apparent […]