The famous Washington D.C. book store Politics and Prose was recently put up for sale and already the owners have been approached by about 20 interested buyers. Mr. Sagalyn said he and Franklin Foer, editor of The New Republic and one of Mr. Sagalyn’s clients, have been in preliminary discussions with Ms. Meade and Ms. […]
Say that headline five times quickly!Comics Riff’s Michael Cavna has announced his comic contest has been whittled down to five. Finalists are: Hoxwinder Hall by Daniel Boris.Real Time by Bob ErskineForever Endeavor by Thomas MullanyStupid Inventor by Zachary SnyderImogen Quest by Olivia WalchThe final five now submit Sunday cartoons for a second round of voting […]
Some strips are more autobiographical, or perhaps self-referential, than others. It’s a dangerous game to play, because the more you base any work on personal experience, the more you risk a kind of slavish dependence on real events, and a tunnel vision about what it all means, that keep it from being universal. Which, in […]
During the American Editorial Cartoonists Association convention, I had a wonderful opportunity to sit down and talk with Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist and Dick Tracy cartoonist Dick Locher. He had mentioned in an earlier panel a couple of upcoming milestones in his career: drawing 10,000 cartoons, 40 years with the Chicago Tribune (stared in 1972) […]
It’s All About You creator Tony Murphy has hit his goal to raise $5,500 for a coffee shop comic newspaper. As of this writing, he has raised $5,555. Tony writes on the project’s blog: A huge THANK YOU to all donors and everyone involved for e-mailing, posting, listserving, tweeting, facebooking, blogging, flogging, tagging, link-commenting, reminding, […]
Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani was honored last Friday by the Cartoonists Rights Network International for courage in editorial cartooning after his arrest in Iran for a cartoon featuring a cockroach using a ethnic slang. Because the cartoon appeared in a government newspaper, Iranian Azeris decided they were being harassed and classed with cockroaches. In ensuing […]
Goats creator Jonathan Rosenberg has launched a new daily webcomic entitled Scenes From A Multiverse. Jonathan describes the strip as “what it’s like to live in a multiverse. Each day, Monday through Friday, we’ll visit another location somewhere in an ordinary, everyday multiverse and see how folks there live and play.”He’s also set up an […]
There are many things I like about Cul de Sac, but high on the list is the way Alice and her cohorts can come up with some random association and elevate it to center stage. Alice has decided that, since camp likely involves nature study, there will certainly be fish-slapping bears and she will, no […]
The headline sounds like a dive bar band from the deep south, but it’s really about a friendly challenge between two illustrators. Guy Francis challenged fellow illustrator Stacy Curtis to a duel of drawing pigs playing the banjo. Other illustrators have now contributed and Stacy has amassed a growing collection of over 70 drawings. You […]
Hearst Corp/Seattle PI editorial cartoonist David Horsey’s Father’s Day cartoon caused a bit of a storm. The cartoon depicts a man in the kitchen standing in front of his daughter who asks, “Daddy, Since you lost your job and mommy is supporting us, should I give my Father’s Day card to her?” On his blog, […]
Last weekend was my fourth AAEC (Association of American Editorial Cartoonists) convention. The previous three were back in mid to late ’90s. Back then job openings were few, but at least there was buzz about which slot might come available. Speakers were top tier politicians or wonks. The Las Vegas convention banquet dinner was keynoted […]
Saturday was last day of the AAEC convention’s panels and discussion. It kick started with Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer speaking about livable communities – a topic he has been passionate about in his professional career as a legislator, county commissioner, city councilman, and public works commissioner.Next up, Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist and Dick Tracy cartoonist […]
Today launched a tribute site to the classic Dick Tracy comic strip. From the press release:Almost 80 years ago, a young cartoonist sent his latest idea to Captain Joseph Patterson, who selected all the comic strips for the Chicago Tribune and NY Daily News. Chester Gould had been submitting for some time, both realistic and […]
Lynn Johnston famously stood her ground when she was offered the chance to syndicate “For Better or For Worse” and insisted on making postal boxes red instead of blue, of celebrating Thanksgiving in October and of calling November 11 “Remembrance Day.” Other Canadian cartoonists have followed the preferences of their editors and Yankified their strips, […]
Mobile Register editorial cartoonist J.D. Crowe had a first hand look at the Gulf oil spill over the weekend. Over on his blog he writes about his experience and posted several aerial photos he took aboard a US Coast Guard helicopter. I’ve been drawing about the oil spill daily, and have been hoping for a […]