Todd Leopold, writing on CNN.com, looks into the success and slow fade of “The Simpsons” as it turns 20 years old this Thursday. As it turns 20 on Thursday, “The Simpsons’ ” greatest enemy may be itself. For many fans — particularly hard-core followers in the mold of the show’s sneering Comic Book Guy — […]
The Cartoon Art Museum is celebrating 25 years as a “a non-profit, educational museum dedicated to the collection, preservation and display of original cartoon art in all its forms.” The museum was started by a group of cartoon art collectors and enthusiasts, led by Malcolm Whyte back on December 14, 1984. The museum operates in […]
Former The State editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail has won this year’s United Nations’ Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award. Robert is the first American cartoonist to win first prize in the award’s 10-year history. Second and third place went to Silvan Wegmann of Switzerland and Shlomo Cohen of Israel. Robert takes home a $10,000 prize which […]
I took my four kids to see Disney’s return to hand drawn animation on Saturday. The two boys wanted to go see “The Fantastic Mr. Fox;” the girls the princess movie. Since we’ve been renting mostly action adventure movies lately as a family, despite the protests of my tween girls, I figured a princess movie […]
The HamptonRoads.com follows up with Rex Morgan M.D. writer Woody Wilson as to why the strip’s title character has been missing from the feature these last five months. But there was another reason to feature her. Call it a case of art imitating life. Wilson had a family member stricken with Alzheimer’s. He felt compelled […]
I’m tossing ideas around for an iPhone app (one that can also be ported to other devices). One idea I had was a comic related app where users can look up titles, comics, artists, relevant dates, etc. I’d like to include as many areas of the industry as possible (comic strip, editorial cartooning, comic books, […]
Peter Brookes, editorial cartoonist for the Times (UK), has been honored as this year’s “Cartoonist of the Year” by the Political Cartoon Society. This is his second such honor. He said that he was more proud of some drawings than others. “The great thing about working for daily papers is that if you feel you […]
Time Magazine has posted their annual top 10 lists, including the top 10 editorial cartoons of 2009. The editorial cartoonists who made the Jimmy Margulies (The New Jersey Record), Walt Handelsman (Newsday), RJ Matson (St. Louis Post-Dispatch ), Clay Bennett (Chattanooga Times Free), Mike Luckovich (Atlanta Journal Constitution), Stuart Carlson (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel), Mike Smith […]
Editor and Publisher, the journalist publication of record, will cease both print and online publication at the end of this year. The announcement made earlier today after its parent company The Nielsen Co. informed staffers of its decision. Romensko posted the announcement from Greg Farrar, President, Nielsen Business Media: Today, we announced that Nielsen Business […]
RingTales and Metranome have partnered to release the first ever animated Dilbert and New Yorker “Cartoon a Day” integrated calendar for BlackBerry smart phones. The downloadable calendars combine the utility of a daily agenda with a daily animated New Yorker or Dilbert cartoons. The app also integrates with the native calendar application on the BlackBerry […]
T Lewis and Michael Fry’s Over the Hedge will be featured as a new animated web series on Babelgum.com. Babelgum.com already has an agreement to exclusively premiere new animated installments of Scott Adam’s Dilbert and the animated New Yorker Cartoons, which are produced by Michael’s company RingTales.
An international roster of acclaimed editorial cartoonists explore Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation and peace in a traveling exhibit scheduled to stop in New York City from December 10th – 23rd, organizers announced today.“Cartoons in Conflict: Editorial Cartoonists Explore Palestinian-Israeli Conflict” offers the singular perspective of forty renowned artists, including Pulitzer Prize winners Pat Oliphant and Jim Morin, […]
I’m not even going to bother writing a summary for this story. It’s as good as it gets by itself. All I can say is, “congratulations to Joe and I can’t wait to see you skewered by Rob Rogers.” Joe Wos, cartoonist, storyteller, executive director of the ToonSeum and producer of Dr. Sketchy Pittsburgh can […]
Arizona Republic editorial cartoonist Steve Benson will be the lead judge in a cartooning contest sponsored by the Council for Secular Humanism. The contest is looking for the “most ingenious creations touching on that most sensitive subject: religion.” The prize has a $2,500 prize and is open to both professionals and amateurs. What they’re not […]
Tom Gammill puts out another “Learning to Draw” video with another guest appearance with Mel Lazarus.