Corey Pandolph has announced that he will be ending his comic, Barkeater Lake on October 31st. Corey cites the drain of producing three other strips (Toby, Robot Satan, Greene with Envy and Elderberries) and a waning interest in the story. He writes: Itâ??s time to end BARKEATER LAKE. I feel very strongly that the strip […]
After a couple of emails and tweets asking about why comics.com was unavailable over the weekend, I contacted United Media to ask why. According to Mary Anne Grimes, the “website host suffered a series of failures that caused intermittent problems throughout the weekend – some users were able to access the site, many could not. […]
A hearty thanks goes out to Aaron Taylor who kept the blog updated last week while I was vacationing in Southern California. I checked in from time to time when I had a spare minute and was pleased to see things humming along without me. Thank you Aaron! We’ll do lunch soon, my treat!
Tom Tomorrow has announced on his blog that his alternative comic This Modern World will be returning to the Village Voice as of yesterday. Last spring, the paper announced it was temporarily dropping all comics to cut money for at least one quarter, but extended the suspension.From his blog: I really didnâ??t expect this, and […]
One scholar suggests that perhaps money, not fear, was the reason Yale University Press decided not to publish the Danish cartoons in the book The Cartoons That Shook the World.Can you imagine a better way to set the stage for a major Alwaleed gift? Hosting for a semester the very person who structured the Harvard […]
“Compare to Disney” will screen Saturday at Madcap Theaters in Tempe. The program – a production of Oregon film scholar Dennis Nyback – features up to nine non-Disney cartoons from the 1930s and 1940s that offer a stark contrast to the famous studio’s wholesome style.In the cartoons, Little Red Riding Hood is a sexy cabaret […]
The Arab European League is being prosecuted in the Netherlands for insulting Jews by publishing a cartoon suggesting they invented the Holocaust. The cartoon shows two men beneath a sign reading â??Auschwitzâ??â?? and beside several bodies. The men say the victims might not have been Jewish but they still had to â??get toâ??â?? six million […]
Victor Vazquez of rap duo Das Racist challenged the New Yorker’s Farley Katz to a cartoon-off. Vazquez wasn’t too pleased with Katz’s “lazy journalism.”
A look back one year later at Lynn Johnstonâ??s decision to change the format of â??For Better or For Worseâ? from current story-lines to â??new-runs.â?
Aaron Hill — “Luann” character or Toronto Blue Jay’s second baseman?Ohio town mentioned in “Zits” comic strip.
Nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist Ted Rall will be a speaker at the Wright State Universityâ??s 2009-10 Presidential Lecture Series on Friday, Sept. 4. Other speakers include Chris Sacca, the former head of Google Inc.â??s special initiatives, and Greg LeMond, the first American to win the Tour de France.
In an effort to revitalize China’s animation industry, a cartoon-themed shopping mall, entertainment and creative center will open in Shanghai.The aim is to employ savvy merchandising to create a craving for Chinese cartoons – old standards like the Monkey King and new ones like the “The Magic Aster,” “McDull Kung Fu” (about a kung fu […]
In an issue that just hit the stands, Archie Andrews apparently is taking the plunge, asking Veronica’s hand in marriage. This new storyline is not sitting well with the daughters of the creator of Archie Comics, the late Bob Montana.
Syndicated cartoonist Leigh Rubin (“Rubes”) will be at the Authors Booth at the California State Fair and does a Q & A.
After just over three years of daily syndication with United Features, “Secret Asian Man” will shift gears and return to a weekly format. On Saturday September 19, 2009 papers will run the very last daily strip. Tak Toyoshima writes:The characters and continuity will remain but I will produce one larger strip a week (like a […]