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 […]
(Editor’s note: The Saturday profiles are pieces I wrote in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY. Since that time, FBOFW has ended its first run and gone back to the beginning, retelling the story with a combination of old and new strips. This is a direction Johnston decided on after this interview, and […]
The Cartoon Art Museum and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are hosting a special evening with Nina Paley, creator of Sita Sings The Blues on July 20. There will be a special screening of her self-created animated feature film.The museum is also exhibiting her work between July 3 and October 24th. Tickets for the screening are […]
Hogan’s Alley editor Tom Heintjes and photographer David Folkman/strong> have posted the annual gallery of photos from the Reuben Awards weekend.
With Sam Raimi no longer directing the next Spider-Man movie, Sony pictures had to cast a new leading actor for the web slinger. Yesterday it was announced that British up-and-comer Andrew Garfield would take over the reigns from Tobey Maquire. From Hollywood Insider: Columbia Pictures confirms that Andrew Garfield, 26, has nabbed the highly sought-after […]
Only hardcore Arlo & Janis fans will get the joke in today’s headline, and I’m not trying to address them, so I’ll start by decoding for everyone else: Their last-and-seldom-used name is “Day.” Decoding what else has been going on in the strip is a little more complex, but I’ll give it a shot because […]
Brian Steinberg, The Examiner’s comics blogger is watching Tom Batiuk’s Funky Winkerbean carefully. The recent story-line is leading readers to wonder if Tom is killing off another major character – in this case the title character. Yesterday Brian wrote, We know, we know, everyone who reads “Funky Winkerbean” is on tenterhooks trying to figure out […]