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. […]
Zachary Adam Chesser, who allegedly threatened South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone with a fate similar to Theo Van Gogh for ?insulting? the prophet Mohammad during it?s 200th episode, has been arrested on charges of providing material support to a Somali extremist group tied to al-Qaeda. From the Christian Science Monitor: According to […]
San Diego Union-Tribune editorial cartoonist Steve Breen wanted to create a series of cartoons on the topic of the BP gulf oil spill. To take the art to a higher level, The cartoonist contacted two AP reporters in the Gulf, Brian Skoloff and Cain Burdeau, and asked them to direct him to a location where […]
This is not only a funny comic, but the 3,000th Sheldon strip. Dave Kellett has been doing this very literate, very funny web comic since 1999 and has built it up to the point where he makes a living from his work, which is, after all, the material goal of spending all that time at […]
This news item is coming from Pixar Planet – an official Pixar blog – so I’m going to take this item out of the rumor category and put it in the “probably true” category. Pixar is working on releasing a 3D version of Ratatouille. No date is given, but it’s reported that Pixar 3D Supervisor, […]
Eric Powell’s The Goon series is heading to the big screen. The Goon was a self-published cult comic before Dark Horse Comics found it in 2003. The moie is being produced by David Fincher. More information is being released this weekend at the San Diego Comic Con. You can see the trailer below.Movie Trailers – […]
I received an email from Dean Turnbloom explaining that he was sending me his 2008 and 2010 editorial cartooning collections for comparison. I’ve seen, even collected some of the other best of books – do I really need another? Dean’s books are entitled, “Prizewinning Political Cartoons” and as the title suggests these are the national […]