It’s hard for print comics to match the timeliness of web features like The New Adventures of Queen Victoria, and it’s hard to anyone to match Pab Sungenis’s gift for snarky insight.I have been following the inescapable story of LeBron James and the Decision That Would Rock the World, and thinking that there are a […]
Michael Cavna writes about the history between Diary of a Whimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney and Big Nate creator Lincoln Peirce. It was the early ’90s, and Kinney was an aspiring cartoonist at the University of Maryland, as well as a big fan of the comic strip “Big Nate,” which he read in The Post. […]
A funny (somewhat predictable video) starring New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff on what it’s like to be him.
Back in June I reported that several webcomic creators were planning on auctioning off original art to raise money for Gulf of Mexico clean up and restoration efforts. The auction for those originals is now underway. As of this posting, the most sought after original is from Kate Beaton’s Hark! a Vagrant. Auction ends July […]
There are several strips doing “odd summer camp” arcs this week, but Cul de Sac is featuring something that not only could exist but does, if not quite in this format. And, as always, Richard Thompson elevates things with a bit of social satire beyond the obvious, and a reaction shot to remind us that, […]
Good luck to the finalists.
Heidi MacDonald has a great write-up regarding the potential loss to San Diego if Comic-Con International moves the largest comic-con in the US because it’s outgrown the convention center and hotel availability. Other cities vying for the convention include Los Angeles and Anaheim. With its contract with the San Diego Convention Center running out in […]
The Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder has created another tempest in a teapot after the June 20th episode ran making fun of Tyler Perry. A reportedly infuriated Perry retaliated behind the scenes. Rumors began circulating days after the installment aired June 20 that an enraged Perry fired members of his staff due to possible leaks. Last […]
The idea of an intellectual roofer is well within the framework of Frazz, which is, after all, about an intellectual janitor, though I think pounding nails* to Beethoven seems a bit unlikely. Gilbert & Sullivan, more likely, but only complete recordings with all the dialogue, not those cheesy “highlight” recordings.Given the current weather on the […]
Google payed tribute to Rube Goldberg on July 4 on its homepage. Goldberg is famous for creating highly complex machines to perform simple things. It was in that spirit that Google’s logo depicted as a items interacting to raise the American flag. Goldberg is a founding member of The National Cartoonists Society and it is […]
Vic Lee often uses “Pardon My Planet” to make subtle and insightful commentaries on the logical inconsistencies, small moments of self-serving hypocrisy and psychological foibles in our relationships.But not today.
Lightening doesn’t often strike twice in the comics world. Jerry Scott is the co-creator of two of the most widely syndicated comic strips on the market right now – Baby Blues and Zits. Jerry’s cut his teeth in syndication back in 1983 when he took over Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy comic strip which he did for for 12 years eventually handing it over to Guy Gilchirst in 1995.
I’ve got a 3 day weekend, so I’ll not be posting today. Be sure to come back tomorrow for the latest news and The Cartoonist’s cartoonists featuring Jerry Scott.
In today’s Stone Soup, Jan Eliot explores a workplace issue that the EEOC has yet to solve, as far as I know.However, I have a potential fix. I once worked at a paper housed in two buildings that shared a parking lot. One building held the newsroom, production and business. The other held circulation and […]
One of the great joys of my relentless efforts to avoid cities is holiday parades in which everyone gets to be in the parade or on the sidewalk, more or less by choice. I’ve been a Cub Scout walking down Route 3 in Star Lake, NY, with my parents and probably 100 other people at […]