Timing is everything in comedy. Thanks to syndicate deadlines, a lot of cartoons are just starting to cycle into their tar-on-the-beach story arcs as that part of the disaster is no longer a major issue. Tant pis.But today’s “Edge City” hits at a point in time at which Facebook has suddenly been deluged with outrageous […]
The Cartoonist, the documentary on BONE creator Jeff Smith, won a regional Emmy for best documentary.If you haven’t seen the documentary, pick it up at Amazon.com.The documentary was directed by Ken Mills and features Scott McCloud, Colleen Doran, Harvey Pekar and Paul Pope.
My Cage may seem to be reaching with this gag, but it’s not easy to exaggerate the horrors of Hollywood.Consider that Universal Pictures is currently filming “Stretch Armstrong,” a movie starring “Twilight” heartthrob Taylor Lautner as a plastic toy. (Yes, the role will be a stretch.)Lautner told MTV.com “The awesome thing with toys is it […]
(This profile of Johnny Hart, creator of BC and The Wizard of Id, is one of a series of cartoonist profiles I did in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY. Hart died in 2007.)Today’s tip: You never know when your path will take an interesting turn. For instance, a high school art contest […]
Gene Luen Yang is the creator of American Born Chinese – the first graphic novel to win the American Library Association’s Printz Award and nominated for a National Book Award in the category of Young People’s Literature. He recently keynoted a small comic book conference where he talked about his start in graphic novels.Gene Luen […]
A new Maziar Bijani has recently launched. New York Times blogger Robert Mackey reports that the site is sponsored by a nongovernmental cultural foundation and as of yesterday was bogged down due to traffic.
Manga mania is waning in America and that is not making TokyoPop happy. The Comics Journal reports that founder and CEO Stuart Levy launched a cross-country tour to promote the Japanese art form. Despite the setbacks, Levy remains as madcap passionate as humanly possible about his struggling business. Instead of griping behind corporate walls, he […]
The Press Democrat has an excellent report on Craig Schulz, Charles Schulz’ son and his work as president and CEO of Creative Associates – the company that manages licensing for the Peanuts characters. Earlier this year, Craig Schulz found himself in the national news again, when the Schulz family made a $175 million deal with […]
Our good friend Howard Tayler received a nice write-up in the local paper regarding his 10 year milestone of producing his Shlock Mercenary webcomic. When you ask Howard Tayler what launched him on a journey that now spans 10 years and uncounted strange new worlds, the answer sounds so simple. “I think the first thing […]
I was a senior in college in 1972, at about the height of the back-to-the-land movement. My wife and I had no firm idea of what we were going to do after I graduated, but we subscribed to the “Mother Earth News,” which has since gone Yuppie but was a lot more hippie then, and […]
Player vs. Player creator Scott Kurtz will return as this year’s Harvey Awards dinner emcee and Mark Waid will be the keynote speaker. The Harvey Awards is held during the Baltimore Comic Con which is scheduled for August 28th. Over the past 25 years, Mark has been involved in every aspect of comics publishing, from […]
Announced earlier today: Radical Publishing is proud to announce that Disney has acquired the film adaptation of OBLIVION, based on Radical Publishing?s illustrated novel created by Tron: Legacy director, Joseph Kosinski, written by Rex Mundi creator, Arvid Nelson, and with illustrations by Andrée Wallin. OBLIVION will be directed by Joseph Kosinki and will be produced […]
Back in June, I reported that a 3D version of Beauty and the Beast was being slated for a 2011 release. Hollywood Reporter now reports that the rework has been pushed back until 2012 or later. Converting pics to 3D costs $15 million or so per movie and theatrical prospects are limited for any re-release. […]
Proving that Hollywood will make just about anything into a movie we have news that the “Babar” is being adapted for a feature film. According to Animated News, The Twilight Saga producers have acquired the rights to the character with the intent of making a live action/CG version.
The Centre for Independent Journalism is throwing its support behind a legal challenge to book banning by the Malaysian government. Back in June, the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs signed an order banning two satirical books by cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque (AKA “Zunar”) under the Printing Presses and Publications Act which prohibits material that is […]