Kicking off a year-long series of events celebrating Peanuts’ 60th Anniversary in 2010, Peanuts announces the launch of its first-ever PEANUTS 60th Anniversary Photo Look-A-Like Contest, which will benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of America.Peanuts fans of all ages are invited to submit photos of themselves or their children looking like one of these Peanuts […]
Opening on November 20th in Nashville is a first of its kind ice sculpture attraction retelling the story of “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”Here’s promo video: More from the press release: The family of the late and legendary Charles Schulz is preparing for a visit to Nashville, Tenn. It is there that artisans from Harbin, China […]
Last week I reported that 10 National Cartoonist Society cartoonists were traveling to the Middle East with the USO to visit with troops. Due to security concerns, those cartoonists with blogs can’t identify their location, but some are reporting back their experiences.Here’s the Stars and Stripes story about their stop at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center […]
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Books» Monte Schulz, son of Charles M. Schulz, has a new novel out entitled “This Side of Jordan.” It will be the first of three that will be published by Fantagraphic books. Comic Strips» Leigh Rubin will be offering a free presentation about creativity and perseverance and the comics life.Editorial Cartoons» The Sunday Mail editorial […]
Shepard Fairey, noted for his iconic “HOPE” poster featuring Barack Obama, has now admitted that the photo he used as reference was indeed the one the AP has maintained he used. Fairey still maintains that his work should fall under fair use and will continue his lawsuit with AP. Laurence Pulgram, an intellectual property lawyer […]
» I noticed yesterday that my local paper The Salt Lake Tribune has picked up Fort Knox. » The Southern Alberta Newspapers Group has changed their line up. New dailies includes: Chuckle Bros, Bizarro, Between Friends and Zits. On their color Sundays: The Barn, Between Friends and Daddyâ??s Home.» Not a change, but a report […]
Happy birthday to my big sister, Laralee. She tells me that she visits the blog often, even though she’s not familiar with the comic industry. She’s always been very supportive of anything I undertake, which I’ve always appreciated. I won’t embarrass her by mentioning her age in public – only so that I don’t have […]
For those who wondered if R. Crumb could illustrate the first book of the Old Testament without adding anything blasphemous, USA Today writes that the “The Book of Genesis Illustrated” was treated as straight illustration work and not a commentary. R. Crumb’s book is released today weighing in at 224 pages. From the USA Today […]
Interesting tidbit out of the Richmond Times-Dispatch regarding the comic panel Pluggers. Back in September, the U.S. Postal Service announced that the post office where Plugger mail is sent might be permanently closed, Gary Brookins used a full Pluggers panel to announce that all future reader submissions should be sent by email. That cartoon finally […]
A cartoon by Jim Bush that ran in the Providence Journal has drawn ire from the local NAACP which called it “inappropriate to depict a person of color as subservient.” The cartoon in question shows Rhode Island House Majority Leader Gordon Fox shining the shoes of House Speaker William Murphy. Fox, how is half Irish […]
Wall Street Journal stipple artist Noli Novak is strongly suggesting Spanish artist Jose Maria Cano plagiarized her hedcut of President Obama in a fine art piece that has since been seen in fine art exhibits. Her original hedcut was published May of 2008. According to Rob Tornoe, Cano produced a series of works under the […]
Comics Books» Marvel Comics has announced the launch of the 3.0 version of their Marvel Digital Comics Reader.Editorial Cartooning» The Illustration Art blog looks back at the work of Jeff MacNelly. Interviews» Scott Nickel interviews State of the Union creator Carl Moore. Mobile» Genus Apps will be offering classic Robert Crumb comics in November.
From the United Service Organizations press release:The USO and the National Cartoonist Society (NCS) will soon deploy ten of today’s most recognized cartoonists and caricaturists on a week-long entertainment tour to visit troops stationed in Germany and the Persian Gulf. The group will visit wounded troops at the USO Warrior Center at Landstuhl Regional Medical […]
With the official launch of Nathan Cooper’s In the Sticks comic strip still a few months away, Universal Uclick is pre-launching the strip by showing the development process of how a feature is developed and made ready for nation-wide syndication. Over its first three weeks, the strip will alternate between character designs from Cooper’s sketchbook, […]