Fans of serial comics may want to settle in for a longer than usually story-line that launches today for The Phantom. Tony DePaul, the current writer for the strip, was quoted as saying that he was going to “shake things up a bit” and begin a 20 month story-line opposed to the normal 17 week […]
Digital Comics Store for PSP Coming in DecemberThis December, you will be able to purchase and download from over 1000 digital comics on PlayStation Store (on the PSP and Media Go). Weâ??ve partnered with one of the leading comic publishers, Marvel Entertainment, to bring you the biggest names in comics, including Spider-Man, X-Men and the […]
Mike Lester, editorial cartoonist for the Rome News-Tribune, was charged last night with “simple assault in violation of the Family Violence Act and interference with a 911 call” according to a news report on Rome News Wire. A news story in the Rome News-Tribune confirms the arrest.From the Rome News Wire: Regan Lester [Mike’s wife] […]
Books» The Houston Chronicle reviews “I Did it His Way”, the latest B.C. collection of Johnny Hart’s best-known religious cartoons.Comic Strips» Rich Tennant’s 5th wave is no longer on GoComics.com. The comic is still in syndication, but at Rich’s request, it won’t be featured gocomics anymore.Editorial Cartooing» Daryl Cagle announces that Mike Scott will now […]
Tom Richmond announces details (including guest speaker line-up) about this year’s The International Society of Caricature Artists (formerly called National Caricature Network) 2009 Annual Caricature Convention and Competition that will be held November 2-7 in Sandusky, Ohio. First off, there is not one, not two, not three but FOUR guest speakers, all from MAD Magazine: […]
The latest “Learn to Draw” series with The Doozies creator Tom Gammill and guest starring F Minus creator Tony Carrillo.
Earlier this month I reported that Ruben Bolling had concluded his product placement action in his Tom the Dancing Bug comic. The money raised would be donated to The Committee To Protect Journalist. He reports that the final bid was $277. Yesterday, he announced who the winner was. After a winner was declared, and I […]
Earlier in June, I mentioned that it was announced that Archie would pop the question to Veronica in an upcoming six part series of the Archie comic book. This series kicks off this week. There’s been a number of press write-ups. Here are a few of them: » NPR: Archie Marries Veronica! Not a Dream! […]
A thoughtful introspection column by Kirk Anderson on the future of editorial cartooning. He starts out the commentary piece by stating the profession is simply in a “circle of life — the phase where the corpse is eaten by maggots and turned into dirt.” Editorial cartoons are dying because newspapers are dying, or perhaps “adapting.” […]
Bill Wyman published an insider’s view of the failing newspaper industry at Splice Today. We’ve heard most of the reasons he presents, but they bear repeating in light of our ongoing discussions here about what to do about it.1. Consumers don’t pay for news. They have never paid for news. Remember â??shoppers,â? the poorly designed […]
The Chicago Tribune, which has not had a full-time editorial cartoonist since the death of Jeff MacNelly in 2000, has hired Scott Stantis as their editorial cartoonist. The Tribune’s hiring of Scott reflects the paper’s renewed commitment to return to its roots as a “crusading newspaper,” which it believes readers want and will lead to […]
This summary written by The Animation Blog’s Hector Cortez about “Oobermind” – a Dreamworks movie set to release in 2010 – makes me want to see the movie simply based on the creativity of the plot. Ferrell replaces Robert Downey Jr. in the title role of a supervillain who imagines all his dastardly dreams coming […]
Andrews McMeel Universal, the parent company of Universal Uclick, has announced the launch of a talent search along with Amazon.com to find “the first Comic Strip Superstar.” The winner will receive a publishing contract from Andrews McMeel Publishing, a $5,000 advance from Universal Uclick and a monthly stipend for the development of 20 comic strips […]
Comic Books» Steven Kirk has an interesting post about the legal layout of the Superman character. He writes that in 2013, the Siegel family regains some of the rights to the super-hero, but only those parts that were created before the character was bought by DC Comics. Parts of the Superman universe (Kryptonite, other characters, […]
Last week I told you that Yale University Press had decided NOT to include reprints of the infamous 12 Mohammed cartoons in a book about the cartoons. The University is taking heat from The American Association of University Professors who issued a statement stating, “We do not negotiate with terrorists. We just accede to their […]