Much discussion has been generated over the Denver Post dropping 21 comic strips based on a survey of 18,000 (which is a HUGE survey). The question of surveys generates heated discussion as most of you who read or participate in the comments know. The “editors should do their job and pick” response might be popular […]
The LA Times blog reports that Neil Patrick Harris, star of “How I Met Your Mother,” has been cast to star in the upcoming Smurfs movie. The movie will be a mix of live action and CGI. Harris will play one of the live action roles.
Everyone seemed to be wrapping up story arcs or just in a slump today, but here’s a Non Sequitur from 1993 that has been at the top of my list since it appeared. I realized even then that Wiley Miller was being sarcastic, but I always liked the shifting nature of reporting at a small […]
I’ve mentioned before Eddie Pittman’s excellent web graphic novel Red’s Planet. This week Tom Dell’Aringa and Steve Ogden announced that Eddie has agreed to publish through their Wishtales publishing studio.From the press release: Pittman recently began publishing his all-ages science fiction graphic novel “Red’s Planet” online. Dell’Aringa and Ogden were immediately taken by his wonderful […]
Starting next week Eric Scott’s comic strip Back in The Day, which has been featured on Comics Sherpa, will be syndicated online at GoComics. Eric is a graphic artist and greeting card illustrator. He launched Back in the Day on Comics Sherpa in 2008. Congratulations Eric!
David Reddick’s webcomic Legend of Bill has been published in a 48-page comic book and is available now from Th3rd World Publishing in both an Artist Edition and Regular Edition. The comic is also now a regular feature in Renaissance Magazine (bi-monthly) and Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine (monthly) in comics shops, gaming shops […]
Garfield creator Jim Davis is working on a stage musical production to feature his signature cat. According to Playbill.com, 14 songs have been created so far and a director and choreographer is working on the national tour.Jim described the show: Davis has conjured up an elaborate escapade for Garfield’s stage debut. “Even though he’s lazy […]
The recent auction of Detective #27, which includes the first appearance of Batman, became the highest price ever paid for a comic book. The stunning price of $1,075,500 for a single comic book wasn’t the only record set in Heritage Auctions’ Signature(R) Vintage Comics and Comics Art Auction. The $5.6 million total for the event […]
Mark Tatulli is getting a lot of attention for Lio these days, but eight years before he developed that strip in 2006, he put himself on the map with Heart of the City, a charming strip about an overly dramatic, ambitious little girl who I think is going to grow up to be Lucy Ricardo. […]
Brock Heasley of Super Fogeys fame won February’s Zuda competition for a feature he co-created entitled Monsterplex. The other two co-creators are David Schlotterback and Michael DeVito.Brock talks about what it means to win on the Tall Tale Features blog: This month has been a whirlwind of hard work and emotions for me and my […]
The Pew Internet & American Life Project has released a report detailing how people are now getting their news. Still the top source: local and national television news. The internet is ahead of local print and radio. Other interesting shifts from the report:The internet and mobile technologies are at the center of the story of […]
Received a note that the San Francisco Chronicle is moving to a full color daily comics. The paper let readers vote on which strips should run in color first. The top vote getters were: Pearls Before Swine, Doonesbury, Bizarro, Lio and Non Sequitur. I’m not sure I understand why the paper is announcing it’s moving […]
Bill Hinds, creator of “Cleats,” also has a long-running feature, “Buzz Beamer,” in SI For Kids and is half of the team that produces “Tank McNamara.” Cleats is my favorite of the three because I spent enough time coaching youth soccer, and being a sports parent in general, that there are few of his characters […]
The Omaha World-Herald announced in yesterday’s paper that they are bringing back two of the 13 dropped comics after more than 1,000 readers complained. Starting today Non Sequitur and Hagar the Horrible return to the funny pages.Regarding how the decision was made on which comics to drop, the editor wrote: I set a goal of […]
Newsarama is reporting that DC Comics has replaced their “local outside counsel with Los Angeles “Super Lawyer” Daniel Petrocelli.” Time Warner’s decision to bring on such a high-profile litigator as its new outside counsel would seem to signal that the company does not expect a settlement with the Siegel family in the foreseeable future. It’s […]