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The Lion King, Beauty, to be released in 3D

by Alan Gardner 0 comments June 28, 2010

Empire online is reporting that Walt Disney will be releasing Beauty and The Beast and The Lion King will be released in 3D in the future. First, Hahn revealed that Beauty And The Beast isn?t the only Disney classic about to go 3D. A certain cartoon starring a warthog and a meerkat will be returning […]

Mr. Boffo embedded with scannable tag for mobile phones

by Alan Gardner 6 comments June 28, 2010

I’m not sure I have all the pieces put together. From what I’m gathering, starting today the “Mister Boffo” has a “tag” printed inside the strip that when scanned by a mobile device (requires an app download) reveals an animated comic. I’m reading about this in the Star Tribune’s (MN) paper, so it may be […]

CSotD: Those were the days, my friend

by Mike Peterson 1 comments June 28, 2010

 Lincoln Peirce’s “Big Nate” is about life in the sixth grade, but school is out and apparently this is a world in which kids are not overscheduled into back-to-back-to-back camps, activities and sports.This isn’t a particularly new joke: An Irish friend used it once as a demonstration of the difference between the old Ireland and […]

The return of the Cartoonist’s Cartoonists

by Alan Gardner 5 comments June 28, 2010

Back in the late 2007, I began a feature called, “The Cartoonist’s Cartoonists” – a tribute feature where a notable cartoonist is invited to share with The Daily Cartoonist readers the cartoonists (or artists) that they feel have had an impact on their work or whose work they admire. Think of it as a celebrity […]

Cartoonist’s Cartoonists: Dan Piraro

by Alan Gardner 4 comments June 28, 2010

Dan’s website Dan’s blog Follow Dan on Twitter Find Bizarro books at Amazon News Coverage Download his Bizarro app from the App Store With the return of the Cartoonist’s Cartoonists feature, I could think of no better person to kick it off than this year’s National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the […]

Bob Weber Jr. and Jay Stephens launch Oh, Brother!

by Alan Gardner 11 comments June 28, 2010

Today King Features launches a new comic strip entitled Oh, Brother! by Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids creator Bob Weber Jr. and Emmy Award-winning creator of Secret Saturdays and Tutenstein Jay Stephens. Oh, Brother! is centered around a precocious younger brother, Bud, and a more sensible slightly older sister, Lily.From King’s announcement to their […]

CSotD: Geek humor for the rest of us

by Mike Peterson 0 comments June 27, 2010

The prolific Bill Holbrook offers a gag in On the Fastrack today that avoids being too geeky for most people to understand but is up several steps from the “what is this consarn newfangled thing?” level. I think there’s a large number of people who, like me, know when the brakes on the car need […]

CSotD: Saturday profile: Bunny Hoest of “The Lockhorns”

by Mike Peterson 0 comments June 25, 2010

 (This is one of a series of cartoonist profiles I did in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY)She works in space, but talks about time.Bunny Hoest operates under very specific rules in writing “The Lockhorns.” It’s one panel with a set cast of two and only a very small supporting cast.In addition, there […]

John Lasseter to co-direct Cars 2

by Alan Gardner 17 comments June 25, 2010

Slashfilm is reporting that John Lasseter has been brought in to bring Cars 2 back from a near crash. Summary of events below. Less then a week later Blue Sky reported a rumor the John Lasseter, director of Toy Story 1 & 2, A Bug?s Life, Cars, and now the chief creative officer at Pixar […]

Joe Messerli passes away at age 80

by Alan Gardner 2 comments June 25, 2010

Ted Dawson notes over his blog that Joe Messerli has passed away at the age of 80. Ted writes: Joe Messerli was a rare talent. Several days ago I wrote that someone should interview this interesting man, as his career spanned several important decades and venues in cartooning, animation and design. Mr. Messerli was one […]

Jerry Scott interviewed on Tall Tale Radio

by Alan Gardner 5 comments June 25, 2010

Tom Racine has posted this week’s Tall Tale Radio podcast with special guest Jerry Scott. Jerry collaborates with Jim Borgman on the strip Zits and with Rick Kirkman on Baby Blues.Tom writes: Fresh off his National Cartoonist Society win for “Best Newspaper Strip 2010,” Jerry Scott of “Zits” (and “Baby Blues”) joins me to talk […]

CSotD: Bet he won’t buy five copies for his mother

by Mike Peterson 0 comments June 25, 2010

Technically, John Cole’s cartoon is from yesterday, but editorial cartoons tend to float a little bit in the distribution channel and I didn’t see it until last night. So it’s here today, in part because it’s a good drawing and I think he’s laid it out well, but mostly becauseA: It’s an incredibly appropriate gag […]

Eight cartoonists launch The Cartoonist Studio

by Alan Gardner 21 comments June 24, 2010

A cross selection of cartoonists have founded a new website called “The Cartoonist Studio” as a way to show off their work environment (and their work) and eventually sell stuff. The eight cartoonists are: Tom Batiuk (Funky Winkerbean), Dave Coverly (Speed Bump), Greg Evans (Luanne), Peter Guren (Ask Shagg), Jeff Keane (The Family Circus), Rick […]

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