USA Today has an exclusive look at the live-action and 3D Smurfs movie. The movie plot is described as: During the opening scene, set in that original time, Gargamel discovers the Smurfs’ magical village and scatters them into the woods. “Unfortunately, Clumsy goes the wrong way into a forbidden grotto where a few other Smurfs […]

The teenager who hit a police officer during an attack on Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks has been fined 60 euros ($103US), 20 days community service and ordered to undergo a psychological assessment. Vilks was attacked last May during a lecture on the limits of free speech.

I’m going to take a break today and, instead of posting one cartoon I think is particularly funny, offer 10 cartoons of which I think maybe two have some promise.The Washington Post is in the midst of a contest to choose “America’s Next Great Cartoonist” and, the judges having narrowed 500 entries down to 10, […]

Dutch authorities are worried about a recent threat against the Danish soccer team or Dutch fans during this year’s World Cup in South Africa. The threat was uncovered in April after a terrorist suspect, Abdullah Azam Saleh al-Qahtani, was arrested in Iraq. Al-Qahtani allegedly claimed he and others had “discussed the possibility of taking revenge […]

Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis has ended a 14 year run as a regular contributor to USA Today. Scott writes on his blog: It feels odd to think that something I had been doing for close to a decade-and-a-half has come to an end. I am grateful to USA Today for the wonderful opportunity […]

Shaenon Garrity finds a Finnish collection of censored Mort Walker thumbnails, entitled, “Awesome Finnish Collection of Censored Mort Walker Thumbnails” containing material “rejected by the syndicate for lack of family-friendliness.” A couple of weekends back, I attended the annual meeting of the National Cartoonists Society in Jersey City. Meanwhile, the Cartoon Art Museum here in […]

Apple has reversed its decision to ban a non-censored version of Ulysses Seen from its App store because it contained nudity. According to New York Times blogger Julie Bosman, Apple invited Throwaway Horse (the publisher) to resubmit the iPad graphic novel after app reviewers gave it a second look. “They basically apologized,” Mr. Rutkowski said. […]

Michael Cavna has posted the top 10 in his America’s Next Great Cartoonist Contest! The contest received about 500 submissions total and the which was narrowed the field to a hundred (you can see them here). The panel of judges then narrowed the field to the top ten. The top 10 include: Hoxwinder Hall by […]

Last week I reported that It’s All About You creator Tony Murphy had launched a fundraiser to launch a weekly comic-strip broadsheet titled Coffee Talk. Tony has raised over $1,000 of the $5,500 need thus far and has posted a mockup and masthead.

Dave Coverly’s Speed Bump has a type of madness to it that really appeals to me. There’s often just a little moment of “What?” before the laugh that fits perfectly between the gag that is too obvious to be funny and the one that requires too much analysis.

A recent editorial cartoon by Brian Fairrington elicited a response from the National Organization of Women for a depiction of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan wearing buttons displaying “Never Married,” “No Kids,” “Boys are icky!” and “Kill Baby Kill.” The feminist organization felt that the cartoon played into speculations regarding Kagan’s sexual orientation.The write: Lesbian-baiting […]

MSNBC.com editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle (and owner of the Cagle Cartoons newspaper syndicate), has launched “Oil Spill Cartoons,” a new cartoon application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that collects all the cartoons being drawn about the BP Oil Spill. “Oil Spill Cartoons” enables users to see a new feed of cartoons about the BP […]

The US Postal Service will hold a First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony of the Sunday Funnies at The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Columbus OH. On hand for the occasion will be museum curator and professor Lucy Shelton Caswell, OSU President E. Gordon Gee, Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker, Garfield creator Jim […]

Disney’s Tangled (previously entitled Rapunzel) is set to release in November 24th. Here is the latest teaser.

Apple banned a webcomic adaptation of the classic novel Ulysses due to depictions of nudity from its iPad store. The Daily Finance notes the irony that the novel was banned in the United States back in 1920. The irony is rich: Ulysses was banned in the U.S. upon publication in 1920 when The Little Review […]