Musicians are often surprised to find that they can actually play the music notes floating above Schroeder’s toy piano in the Peanuts comic strip, and they are even more amazed to learn that its not just anyones music Schroeder is playing-the compositions were created by none other than his idol, Ludwig van Beethoven!Now visitors anywhere […]
The documentary, “The Cartoonist” – about Jeff Smith and his comic Bone, will begin airing on PBS stations around the country next year, with some stations already scheduled for this month (see below). Here is a teaser about the documentary.The following stations will be airing it this month:Thursday, December 10th at 8:30pm on channel 15 […]
A couple of weeks ago, I told you about a new Non Sequitur “Sign-Off” contest (think caption contest). Wiley and Universal Uclick editors have whittled the thousands of entries to four and they’re ready for your vote.The final entries are (in alphabetical order): “Entrée: Vous” – M. Cameron, Austin American Statesman “Homme Cooking” – K. […]
Animation» Pixar’s Pete Docter was on NPR’s “Wait, Wait… Donâ??t Tell Me!” » Variety magazine reports that Jack Black has successfully pitched an untitled animation project “centered in the world of cryptozoology.”Books» Chicago Now talks to Ted Rall about the relevance of his 2002 book “To Afghanistan and Back” in today’s U.S. relationship with Afghanistan.Comic […]
This year’s “Penny Arcade Child’s Play” charity fundraiser has raised over $1 million dollars. The annual fundraiser began in 2003 as a way of raising money to improve the lifestyle of children around the world. From an article in Softpedia, Mike Krahulik, co-creator of Penny Arcade, was quoted as saying: “This is Child’s Play’s seventh […]
From the press release:The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, the non-profit organization founded by Chuck Jones before his death in 2002, announced today the upcoming release of Chuck Jonesâ??Master Series, Part I the first of two DVDs culled from several hours of interviews conducted in 1990 by Emmy-nominated animation director Jeff DeGrandis. In these never-before-seen […]
Today’s Google logo pays tribute to E.C. Segar, the creator of Popeye, who was born on this date back in 1894. The Popeye comic strip originally started as a piece called “Thimble Theater” for the NY Journal back in 1919. Original characters were Olive Oyl and Horace Hamgravy. The strip ran for 10 years before […]
Editor’s note: Some of the items below were set to publish on Dec. 2, but didn’t. They might be old news now, but for archive purposes, I’ve included them.Animation» USA Today reports that a fourth (and final) Shrek feature film is in the works for a May 21 release next year. The movie will be […]
Not sure how this will impact cartoonists or illustrators, though I imagine they’re treated the same as freelance writers. Gawker reports that Time Inc. has allegedly devised a fee structure that can be optionally paid if any of its freelancers want to paid promptly. The new Pay Me Now program allegedly will take 0.5% of […]
Last Friday’s Jump Startby Robb Armstrong was one of a continuing story-line that includes an officer being shot has angered two communities dealing with their own real-life tragedies of officers being killed in the line of duty. Both the The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) and the The Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) are apologizing for […]
» The Great Falls Tribune (MT), has added four new comics: Pearls Before Swine (Sunday), The Argyle Sweater, Tundra and Family Tree. Outgoing comics include the daily version of Pardon My Planet, Rose is Rose, Six Chix and the Sunday Little Dog Lost.» The Detroit News is bringing back the Peanuts for both Sunday and […]
Animation» CNN has video of a “sneak peak” into the Pixar campus.» Pixar’s UP has been nominated for 3 Grammy AwardsComic Strips» A recent innocent, but ill timed Bizarro cartoon with the Grim Reaper upset several people in Oregon where a Death with Dignity Act is a raging social/legal issue. Dan Piraro reports that he […]
TDC regular Rich Diesslin launched his 7th annual Cartoon Days of Christmas earlier this week. The annual feature features Christmas themed cartoons and will be posted through January 5th. Each cartoonist will have a page featuring cartoons on the theme of humor in the Christmas season. It will be G-rated fun for the whole family […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) is reporting that Bob “Dreb” Drebelbis, a long-time member and former Secretary Treasurer of the organization, has passed away at the age of 94. Dreb was the cartoonist for the Harrison Daily Times in Arkansas during the 70’s and 80’s. The AAEC recounts that Dreb was famous for […]
We’re all wondering where this digital age will take the print world. Sports Illustrated and Time Inc. are testing a multi-touch tablet device like a large iPhone as a delivery system for its engaging content. Here’s how MinOnline.com describes it and below is a video preview. As an iPhone junkie, I can only say that […]