There have been rumors ad nausea about the supposed tablet that Apple will unveil next week. While fun, I have not posted any here because I felt they were too unsubstantiated. I make an exception for the Wall Street Journal – which tends to be the mainstream media outlet of choice for Apple to intentionally […]
A 17 year-old teen girl created a video based on Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” music video that has resulted in threats. The video, entitled “Dangerous Romance with Kurt Westergaard,” was created to show “love and support” for Danish Mohammad cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. The video went viral in Denmark, but the high school media student has […]
The charitable, not-for-profit arm of the National Cartoonists Society will be launching an online auction through e-Bay to raise money for the family of Tim Hodge, whose son, Matthew was involved in a car accident that resulted in him in a coma. His insurance has refused to pay for long-term recovery. Tim Hodge is an […]
It seems like college cartoon controversies happen in bunches. Here’s another from Michigan. Apparently a comic strip that appeared in the Delta College newspaper painted the city of Saginaw, MI as a place of drugs and violence – which didn’t go over well with readers – despite unscientific polls that showed people thought the stereotype […]
Bill Keller, the executive editor at the New York Times, has announced that starting next year they will begin charging for “frequent” access to their website. Starting in early 2011, visitors to NYTimes.com will get a certain number of articles free every month before being asked to pay a flat fee for unlimited access. Subscribers […]
Disney/Pixar’s “UP” took home two Golden Globe awards for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Score. In the running for best animated feature: “Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs,” “Coraline,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “The Princess And The Frog”.
From Smart Money comes news that Amazon has announced a new royalty option offering greater incentive to authors and publishers to keep e-books pricing low. The new plan allows authors and publishers who meet certain criteria to receive 70% of the book’s list price as royalty, net of delivery costs, which average about 6 cents […]
Mike Rhode, who writes the ComicsDC blog, has been tapped to write a weekly column on local comic arts for The Washington City Paper. Much to my surprise, I was recently asked to write on comic art for Washington City Paper. My previous contact with the paper, beyond being a regular reader of it since […]
Having worked as a web designer and developer for about a dozen years, I see it as the future (and hence dominant future of comics). That said, I have a special place in my heart for the tactile feel of newspaper and the comics that it delivers.So excuse me while I promote what I consider […]
Nicholas Carr is onto something. Personally, I pay for broadband for my home, and then two data plans for my wife and my iPhones. Why? Because I want access to content 24/7 anywhere I travel. Content/information is not free. I pay handsomely for it – just not to the content creators.Read his full blog for […]
There are a few cartoonists who are real masters of the watercolor medium – Richard Thompson, creator of Cul de Sac and Richard’s Poor Almanac is one of them. He recently posted a piece on his blog detailing his watercoloring process.The only thing better would be for him to get a webcam and do a […]
Mr. Fish (AKA Dwayne Booth), the alternative cartoonist for the Village Voice and LA Weekly has been let go from his position in a “cost-cutting” measure. He wrote Daryl Cagle a letter of explanation which has been posted on cagle.com. Here’s the salient part: Haven’t we learned anything from the New Coke fiasco from the […]
Last Friday I reported that The Observer, an independent student run paper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s, apologized for running an anti-gay cartoon. The assistant editor, Kara King, has resigned saying, “A miscommunication between another editor and myself led to the comic running without me first reading and approving the material. Regardless, no excuse […]
I’m taking the day off to spend time with the family as we all have the day off for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.I’ll see you back here tomorrow.–Alan
A Jeff Koterba cartoon making fun of Senator Harry Reid’s comments regarding President Obama’s skin color was pulled from Tuesday’s edition due to concerns over how it would be interpreted. The cartoon depicts Reid as a census taker asking three African-Americans, “Now then, would you gentlemen say you are ‘black,’ ‘African-American,’ or ‘Negro’?”In an email […]