For Better or For Worse creator Lynn Johnston’s book Farley Follows His Nose is a candidate for two Canadian literary awards. Farley Follows His Nose is a candidate for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award for the most distinguished book of the year. “Distinguished” is defined as marked by conspicuous excellence and/or eminence, individually distinct […]
Paul Jon, the creator of Fort Knox has created a unique series of strips to commemorate Memorial Day and the anniversary of D-Day. Paul’s strip for Sunday depicts the Knox family reading a book with a picture of the troops landing on Omaha Beach. The scene is drawn by illustrator Norman Felchle. Then on Monday, […]
Scott Nickel has posted another in his 20 Questions series with an interview with Molly and the Bear creator and Pixar artist Bob Scott. 3. You’ve worked at Pixar for about a decade. How did that come about, and is it, in fact, the coolest job in the world? Yeah, almost 11 years. Boy, that […]
Tom Spurgeon: So with the finale for the television show Lost rapidly receding into the background, the reaction to the show suggests the question: what are the best “final episodes” in comics history? Like television, some of the best ones weren’t official finales, or didn’t quite take. With that general caveat in mind, here are […]
The AP is reporting that Mexican cartoonist Gabriel Vargas passed away yesterday at the age of 95. Gabriel was the creator of La Familia Burron – “one of the greatest representatives of the golden age of Mexican comics” and an “undeniable reference point for the nation’s popular culture” according to the The National Council of […]
Jim Meddick’s Monty is exploring one of the great rural activities, cow tipping. Cow tipping is a lot more exciting than snipe hunting, but sometimes the snipes hide under the sleeping cows as they stand in the fields and then you can combine the two activities, and that’s fun, too, as long as you watch […]
Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist who was assaulted two weeks ago during a lecture on free speech, has been reinvited to speak at the same University. “The department (of philosophy) has reached a wise decision. Lars Vilks must be allowed to hold his lecture,” Uppsala University vice-chancellor Anders Hallberg said in a statement Tuesday. “Violence […]
Some unsolicited promotion for Tom Richmond: Tom has posted several original sketches of the cast of “Lost” that he’s selling off. Excellent thinking and timing, Tom – striking while the iron is hot. While you’re perusing the caricatures, read his review of the series finale. One of the better reviews out there.
Slashfilm has a sneak peak at the animated short film that will open Toy Story 3. The short, entitled Day & Night, is about two characters whose insides are day and night respectively.
Pooch Cafe creator Paul Gilligan will kickoff a story-line that is slated to run for the next five to six months. The story line, entitled “Poncho: Year One,” will follow Poncho from puppy to young adult. It begins May 31.“Revisionist histories have been a popular trend in superhero comics for some time. They, as well […]
Salman Masood, blogging on the At War blog on The New York Times, writes about reasons why Pakistan was so quick to block access to Facebook and other social sites due to Everybody Draw Mohammad Day. The weak political government of President Asif Ali Zardari is under pressure from an assertive judiciary. Discontent among the […]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Rob Rogers will present his “How a Cartoonist’s Brain Works” at The Cartoon Art Museum this Thursday, June 24. The presentation is described as an “interactive combination of live drawing and a cartoon slide presentation takes the audience behind the curtain of his creative process.”From the ol’ press release: Rogers’s material will also […]
The Cartoon Museum announces that Joe Wos will present “his original blend of storytelling and live cartoon illustration” on June 12. Joe, who founded and is Executive Director of the Toonsuem in Pittsburgh, PA, will also lead a free workshop at the Charles M. Schulz museum later that day. With prods from the audience, children […]
Joe Martin is one of a handful of ridiculously prolific cartoonists, producing “Willy and Ethel,” “Cats With Hands” and this strip, “Mr. Boffo,” seven days a week. The strips are heavily themed, so he’s not casting about wildly for ideas, but it’s still three gags a day times 365 days, and, in fact, more than […]
Joel Barbee, a National Free Press editorial cartoonist, passed away last Thursday. He drew cartoons for the NFP since 2006. During his career he worked as a staff illustrator at the aerospace division of Ford Motor Company. He spent was a professional freelancer since 1970. His clients included Walt Disney, Hallmark, and Carls Junior.