Creators Syndicate is the second major syndicate to enter into the iPhone/iPod Touch app space. Creators has teamed up with iVerse Media to release four comic strip apps for the comic strips B.C., Dog eat Doug, Girls and Sports and Heathcliff.iVerse already has over a hundred comic app collections in Apple’s App Store.
Alternative ComicsRuben Bolling, creator of Tom the Dancing Bug, was named Association of Alternative Newsweekliesâ?? 2009 award for Best Cartoon. Books» IDW Publishing is announcing a partnership with Archie Comics to reprint some of the propertyâ??s most iconic stories in deluxe hardcover and trade paperback editions. The newspaper strip collections will be incorporated into the […]
While I try to keep up with this stuff, a few audio interviews have passed me by unnoticed. Bob Andelman, AKA “Mr. Media” has interviewed Gary Groth and Kim Thompson, Editors of The Comics Journal, Fantagraphics, Paul Fitzgerald, Will Eisner and PS Magazine author, Brendan Burford, Editor of Syncopated comics and King Features Syndicate, Jonathan […]
Bob Andelman’s 2005 biography on Will Eisner (“Will Eisner: A Spirit Life”) is now available for download through Audible.com narrated by Bob as well. Bob spent nearly three years interviewing Eisner, his contemporaries, family and friends to create this definitive book on the legendary career.With the release of the book through Audible, it will also […]
Andrews McMeel Universal, the parent company of Universal Press Syndicate and Uclick has merged the two companies to create Universal Uclick. From the press release:Andrews McMeel Universal is now composed of two distinct but collaborative organizations: Universal Uclick and Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP). AMP is a leading publisher of humor, gift, general trade, cookbooks, and […]
I received an email from Nevin Martell the author of the upcoming book, “Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and his Revolutionary Comic Strip”. He is offering Daily Cartoonist readers a free sample chapter from the book if they email a request to lookingforcalvinandhobbes@gmail.com. The book comes out October 1 […]
The kids are at their grandma’s house for a week, so the Mrs. and I are off to play. I’ll be back here updating the blog on Wednesday July 8. -Alan
Editorial cartoonists from around the country (and Canada) are in Seattle of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists annual conference this weekend. Due to a family vacation this weekend, my reporting will be pretty sparse. You can catch up on some of the twitter chatter by searching on AAEC. Editorial cartoonists that are in Seattle […]
Books» Newsarama reviews Fantagraphics’ collection of Sam’s Strip, a short run comic strip by Mort Walker and Jerry Dumas from 1961-1963. Comic Books» Richard Comely is profiled in The Record. Richard has drawn Captain Canuck for 35 years and is now featured in its own hardcover compilation that has been released in time for Canada […]
Character designer, illustrator Stephen Silver will present a three-hour seminar on the topic of self-publishing for children’s books, art books and graphic novels. The presentation is on August 12th in Burbank, CA. See his site for details.
» The Press Republican has dropped Mutts in favor of Zits in an effort to attract younger readers.» Polling over at the Kansas City Star is still underway. Not sure how it is going, but since Reader Representative Derek Donovan has to explain, again, why they selected the particular strips that that did to be […]
The Musée de la bande dessinée in Angoulème, a museum dedicated entirely to comic books, has opened in south-west France. Within a converted factory visitors can now find in excess of 8,000 original drawings and approximately 110,000 magazines and comics. Of course, the best names in Europe are there: André Franquin (the creator of Gaston […]
Among the discussion items at this year’s Association of American Editorial Cartoonists gathering in Seattle this week, is an item from current president Ted Rall who suggests the organization think about merging with the National Cartoonist Society. Daryl Cagle, who is a member of both and former president of the latter offers a few suggestions […]
Starting next Monday, The Pajama Diaries will start a five-week flashback story-line that tells the story of Jill’s first pregnancy and the Kaplans’ journey towards impending parenthood. Regarding the story-line, Terri Libenson, creator of The Pajama Diaries says, “with my own children growing quickly before my eyes, I have wanted to do a flashback series […]
Starting this week, the Baldo comic strip will deal with diabetes, a disease that disproportionately affects hispanics. The story-line will run through July 10 and include a toll free number for readers to get additional information.Baldo is written by Hector Cantu and drawn by Carlos Castellanos.