Lincoln Peirce’s first of six novelized Big Nate books debuted at #5 on the New York Times best seller list in the children’s category. The books published by HarperCollins and is entitled, “Big Nate: In a Class by Himself”
Greg Evans, the creator of Luann, is launching another play entitled “Wrinkles: The New Old Age Musical.” Greg composed 14 songs for the musical. His first musical, based on his Luann character “Luann: Scenes In A Teen’s Life” has been on a couple of different stage productions and will again this May by the South […]
Brian Anderson’s “Dog Eat Doug” is a quiet little cartoon that regularly provides nice artwork and funny ideas. I suppose it helps if you like dogs and very small children, because it’s clear that he does, and, while he sometimes sends them into fanciful arcs of make-believe, much of the time, he simply chronicles the […]
Today at 3pm EST, the Pulitzer board will announce this year’s winners of the Pulitzer Prize. I’ll be watching the announcements and will post the winners here as soon as they are announced.
(This is a profile I did of Jerry Scott in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY) Jerry Scott didn’t want a partner for “Zits.” He already was writing “Baby Blues” with artist Rick Kirkman as a partner, but that was another matter. Scott and Kirkman were longtime friends and had determined years ago […]
Mike Luckovich addresses both the story of the wise-guy diplomat who made a flight attendant think he was trying to run her plane into the ground and the ongoing issue of the wise-guy kleptocrats who actually are running the airlines more or less in the same direction.
Maybe today’s “Off the Mark” hit me right because there’s a work day tomorrow at the dog park. Hey, I like topical humor!
Congratulations are in order for Dave Astor (do I need to clarify who he is?), former senior editor at Editor & Publisher. Dave took first and second place in the New Jersey Press Association’s annual contest in the Reporting, Writing and Illustration ? Opinion Column category. His “Montclairvoyant” appears in the weekly The Montclair (N.J.) […]
James Sturm, co-founder of The Center for Cartoon Studies is giving up on the web. At least for four months. He’ll “blog about it” on slate (faxing and writing in his “posts”). Over the last several years, the Internet has evolved from being a distraction to something that feels more sinister. Even when I am […]
Found this link on Tom Spurgeon’s Comics Reporter. Worth the read since we’re all in the publishing business. Every once in a great while in the life of a writer, one is afforded the opportunity to correspond with one of the ethical giants of the publishing world. For me, this chance came a few years […]
The Hugo Awards have been announced for the Best Graphic Story. The Hugo is an award for writers, artists working in the fantasy and sci-fi field. Five stories have been announced including Howard Tayler’s’ “The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse” (of webcomic Shlock Mercenary and a friend of The Daily Cartoonist).The nominees are: Batman: Whatever Happened […]
Normally by this time, E&P has sniffed out the finalists or there are veiled whispers on who are the Pulitzer finalists for editorial cartooning. Lacking the buzz this year, let’s see who you all think should take the prize this year.Name your top three in the comments.My finalists in no particular order: Rob Rogers Scott […]
For some reason, R. Stevens comes to mind when I watch this.
Vic Lee’s “Pardon My Planet” is a social-commentary panel that mixes observational humor with straight-up gags. Think of a New Yorker cartoon with a little more grit and a little less sense of entitlement. There is a permanent cast, but they’re more of a rep company than established characters — each has a personality but […]
Good news for Kung Fu Panda fans. Technicolor announced that Nickelodeon has awarded Paprikaas, the Kung Fu Panda TV series, which will be produced as an animated series for the worldwide broadcast market, initially comprising 26 episodes. Nickelodeon and Technicolor have developed a strong production relationship based on Paprikaas’ work on the CGI production of […]