After more than a week of gathering, analyzing, confirming data on which comic strips have benefited most from Cathy Guisewite’s retirement, I’m pretty confident in making the call. The last time I tried to do this was when Bill Amend retired his daily version of FoxTrot. Back then, I spent hours documenting what features picked […]
Wednesday is usually a day for one-off gag strips, because all the story arcs are pretty well in motion and it’s hard to bring readers who haven’t been following them up to date, and they’re not delivering punchlines yet anyway, so there’s really no point in trying.However, Cul de Sac tends to operate on a […]
The Fox Network has approved a six episode pilot for an animated “Napoleon Dynamite” for their 2011-2012 season. The show is based on the 2004 cult hit comedy and will bring the original cast back together to voice the series. Mike Scully (The Simspons) is also reportedly being brought in as a writer and executive […]
I can’t be the only person Gary Markstein speaks for.I really want to move back to Colorado, where the states are huge and the media only reaches one of them. Here at the confluence of the White and Connecticut rivers, I would have to expect, at the very least, ads for Vermont and New Hampshire […]
The Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano has published an article praising Matt Groening’s irreverent comedy The Simpsons and citing a magazine article by a Jesuit priest who maintains that Homer and Bart are Catholics. ”The Simpsons are one of the few TV programmes for children left in which Christian faith, religion and questions about God are […]
Caitlin Sanchez, the voice behind Dora the Explorer since 2007, has sued Nickelodeon for not properly compensating her. According to a statement issued by the lawyers representing Sanchez and her parents, the suit claims that Nickelodeon “took advantage of a hard-working teenage girl” and “charges that Caitlin and her parents were pressured into signing an […]
Warner Brothers is trying to push their legacy animation characters back into American pop-culture. New York Magazine is reporting that Warner Bros. is developing a life-action/CGI movie based on the love struck Pepe Le Pew which will be voiced by Shrek creator Mike Myers. The decision to reinvigorate the Looney Tunes cast of characters – […]
Berkeley Breathed’s Mars Needs Moms! movie now has a movie poster. The movie based on Berkeley’s children’s book has a March 2011 release date and will feature the voice talent of Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling, Kevin Cahoon, and Joan Cusack. It should also be noted that the movie will be in […]
There was always speculation about how much of Cathy was autobiographical, but one thing that was clear was that, as Cathy Guisewhite grew and aged in real life, the cartoon character also went through some transformations.Which brings us to Nemi, who has certainly grown and changed since her heavy-metal self first emerged 13 years ago. […]
On Saturday night there was a special event open to the public entitled, “An Evening with Matt Groening.” It was a sell out crowd. The Doozies creator Tom Gammill introduced and interviewed Life in Hell, The Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. The opened the evening with a 2 minute montage of clips for The […]
Roz Chast began selling cartoons to the New Yorker in 1978. She’s been a fixture in the publication ever since. Her presentation was a gallery of some of her best work over her amazing career. Roz Chast: It would be great to draw one cartoon a week & get published, but the reality each cartoonist […]
Gene Luen Yang is as the title of his presentation denotes, an American born Chinese. He’s a graphic novelist. One of his latest books “American Born Chinese” deals with the stereotypes the western culture has developed for the Asian people in various entertainment forms. Gene Luen Yang is now up. He’s talking about the stereotypes […]
King Features comic editor Brendan Burford, Zippy The Pinhead creator Bill Griffith, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell were brought together to pay tribute to the late Jay Kennedy who passed away in the spring of 2007. Brendan Burford, Bill Griffith, Matt Groening and Patrick McDonnell are paneling a tribute to […]
Jan Eliot is the creator of the comic strip Stone Soup that was launched in 1995. Jan Eliot is now up talking about her comic “Stone Soup.” Jan notes that she loves her syndicate and being syndicated. I think that was a reaction to Dave Kellett’s presentation. Jan Eliot’s influences include McManus, Linda Barry, Claire […]
Steve Breen is the editorial cartoonist for the San Diego Union-Tribune. He is also the creator of the comic Grand Avenue which he now collaborates with Mike Thompson. Steve Breen is up now. Title of his talk is “Editorial Cartooning: Humanity’s Last Hope” Breen: Sparky was asked if he ever thought of doing editorial cartoons […]