Lio creator Mark Tatulli may not be the only cartoonist cornering the market on Calvin and Hobbes parodies. Currently making its way through the interwebs is a Calvin and Hobbes strip written as a Twilight Zone episode. The cartoonist, Timothy Lim (AKA “Ninjaink”) has several other Calvin and Hobbes works including this gruesome one (below).
Rob Tornoe has released the second edition of his Punchline magazine. Punchline is a humor magazine published in the Delaware area.
A couple of days ago, I issued what turned out to be a false alarm for an upcoming flashback story over in “Heart of the City.” Oh well. I still love the feature.But now, to the rescue of the disappointed comes “Edge City,” which is providing a flashback story to help celebrate Hannukah. “Edge City” […]
John D’Agostino, who worked with legendary figures in comics such as Stan Lee and Stan Goldberg has passed away at the age of 81. John was hired in 1965 by Archie Comics where he became one of their most prominent artists. In addition to his work with Archie Comics he also worked for other titles. […]
I don’t suppose the freeze on federal wages is more than a token gesture, but token gestures matter in a national emergency. The amount of scrap metal raised during those WWII homefront drives probably didn’t make that much of an actual difference to our production of tanks and ships, but getting people to make […]
Wily Miller took another not-so-subtle jab at newspaper editors and their over-sensitivity this last Sunday’s Non Sequitur. Taking a shot at editors isn’t exactly new for Wiley. The most interesting thing I’ve learned out of Wiley’s Mohammad series is this gem from Bob Harvey’s post in today’s Comics Journal: As of Monday morning, Wiley told […]
We all see the writing on the wall. Sometimes it takes someone like Seth Godin to translate it clearly: The law of the internet is simple: either you do something I can’t do myself (or get from someone else), or I pay you less than you’d like. Read his full blog post. via: ¡Journalista!
Eddie Pittman is taking pre-orders for his sci-fi web graphic novel Red’s Planet. If you haven’t seen his comic, head over to his site. It’s a great story with great art and coloring. This first edition special edition collects the Prologue and Chapter One. Eddie showed me copy at this year’s Festival of Cartoon Art. […]
Rich Deisslin, a regular commentator here at The Daily Cartoonist, will be hosting and posting the 8th Annual The Cartoon Days of Christmas. Each cartoonist will have a page featuring cartoons on the theme of humor in the Christmas season. It will be G-rated fun for the whole family and help to keep the hustle […]
Here’s Jeff Corriveau’s “Deflocked” with a swipe both at pretend on-line farming and at the factors that make the actual business nearly impossible.This two-year-old strip is worth following if for no other reason than because it features a sheep named “Mamet” who shares the same sunny outlook on life as his namesake. Not only is […]
Larry Wright’s Carlyle celebrates 30 years in syndication on December 1st. The comic features Kit, a single working woman, and Carlyle, a spunky kitten who can turn from cuddly to cunning at the drop of a hat.“My family and I have owned lots of real cats over many past decades,” Wright said. “But having had […]
Universal Uclick editor John Glynn offers a serious but mostly not-so serious interview with Foxtrot creator Bill Amend regarding his newly released collection “The Best of FoxTrot” Did you ever consider letting newspapers run reruns of the dailies? Not really. I owed a lot of FoxTrot’s newspaper success to the retirements over the years of […]
Last week I reported that Rupert Murdoch was working with Apple to create a new iPad newspaper called The Daily. A few more details have been reported about the venture – less about the app itself – but more about who’s involved. The New Yorker is reporting that Murdoch’s News Corp is investing $30 million […]
The Star-Ledger editorial cartoonist Drew Sheneman has opted to take out a buyout and leave his staff position behind. In an interview with Rob Tornoe, Drew says that leaving now, in his mid-30s, made more sense.So you decided to take a buyout from the Star-Ledger. You survived one round of cuts. Why leave now? It […]
Willie & Ethel proves that not all cartoonists are ignoring the economic news.Meanwhile, the quote of the week comes from Warren Buffett, on yesterday’s highly watchable edition of “This Week with Christiane Amanpour: “There’s been this increasing disparity between the rich and the poor. We’ve found out that a rising tide just lifted all yachts, […]