This Thursday, Jimmy Johnson’s Arlo and Janis will celebrate 25 in syndication. From E&P: “I really wanted to do a comic strip about a society of talking dogs, called ‘Baskerville,’ but talking-animal strips were out of favor with newspaper editors at the time, and young families were all the rage,” Johnson wrote on his site […]
Former The State editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail has joined with the The Spartanburg Herald-Journal to do local editorial cartoons.From GoUpState.com, Ariail says, “Of course, South Carolina is a gold mine for cartooning. It’s one of the reasons I didn’t want to leave the state, and a reason I’m so excited about working with the Herald-Journal. […]
I’ve been following the story of the Ekert in Non Sequitur since it began at the tail end of June, but, since Wiley Miller tends to develop his continuing stories at a leisurely (some might say “thoughtful”) pace, I didn’t know quite when I was going to come across the right episode to post. However, […]
Another piece of news from last weekend’s Comic-Con: Fantagraphics Books announced that it has partnered with Disney and will publish the complete Mickey Mouse comic strips by Floyd Gottfredson in May of 2011.
Michael Cavna interviewed Berkeley Breathed at last week’s Comic-Con regarding his animated series based on Pete & Pickle’s children’s book. MC: What’s your own role in the TV project? Are you the guiding “hand”? And are you providing your own “static” drawings for the Technicolor team to animate? BB: It’ll be “Created by” me. Like […]
I couldn’t resist posting this as it happened a couple of towns over from where I live and involves my local paper. Jeremy Lee Valdes who is on trial for two counts of aggravated murder wrote a letter to the editor to The Standard Examiner questioning the credibility of his ex-girlfriend and the police officer […]
From last weekend, The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced. Here they are:Best Short Story “Urgent Request,” by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, in The Eternal Smile (First Second)Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) Captain America #601: “Red, White, and Blue-Blood,” by Ed Brubaker and Gene Colan (Marvel)Best Continuing Series The Walking Dead, […]
John Callahan, a local cartoonist, children’s book author in Portland, OR, has passed away at the age of 59. He lived in Northwest Portland and was a fixture in the community. He could often be easily spotted by his bright red hair as he piloted his powered wheelchair through the area. Callahan had been a […]
One San Diego Comic-Con attendee was taken away in a stretcher after being stabbed near the eye by another attendee . The alleged dispute was over a saved seat in the “Resident Evil” panel. Police were able to subdue and arrest the attacker who reportedly stated that he was only defending himself. Comic Book Resources […]
John Read, publisher of “Stay Tooned!” magazine is opening his traveling exhibit of cartoon art next week in Jackson, Mississippi. The exhibit features 135 Sunday comics that were published on April 11 of this year. The exhibit will then travel to Missouri for Disney Toonfest then to Omaha, Nebraska and also north into Canada in […]
Arlo and Janis is one of my favorite strips, and the old ones hold up darned well. I’m looking forward to this week, though I won’t mind getting back to the current storyline, where that little fellow seems like he’s about to pop the question.Ah, they grow so quickly …
I’m on the road, but here’s a classic from Tom Toles. And I’m not trying to make him feel old or anything, but this cartoon was done 23 years ago, back when he was with the Buffalo News. And it’s still very funny and pointed. Even though there’s nearly a whole n’other generation grown up […]
(This is one of a series of cartoonist profiles I did in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY)Beetle Bailey has put in far more than his 20 years. So has Mort Walker, but don’t look for either of them to be retiring. “Oh, they try to get” me to, sometimes,” shrugs Walker, whose […]
I’m on the road this weekend, but, in the meantime, here is one of the funniest Madam & Eve’s of all time and one of my favorite comics of all time. The date is a little indistinct — 1997 or 1999 — but, in any case, it wasn’t so far along in post-apartheid South Africa […]
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau talks about past, present and future of Doonesbury in this promotional video for his upcoming book “40”. “40” is due out in October of this year. It’s a massive collection on par with The Complete Calvin and Hobbes and The Complete Far Side. almost 700 pages and will cost you $100. […]