We have a launch date set for Monday for the web project(s) that have been consuming my life. I hope to return to normal blogging schedule beginning next week. Until then, blogging will be intermittent. Interviews» Carolyn Davis of the Philadelphia Inquirer interviews their own Signe Wilkinson on her comic strip, The Family Tree. » […]
Just received an email from the content supervisor at Narrative Magazine (online literary magazine). They are looking for submissions for unpublished single-panel cartoons, comics strips and serialized graphic novels. And they pay!We welcome submissions of previously unpublished single-panel cartoons, comic strips, and serialized graphic novels, as well as alternative-format works that focus on the visual. […]
Collections» Slam Bang #4 vol 3 is now available. The anthology includes the artwork of Adam Wilson, Luisa Russo, Dan Burke, Matjaz Bertoncelj, Allen Freeman, Anton Bogaty, Brian Hagen, Rob Schamberger, Charlene Chua,Clint Basinger, David Branstetter, C. William Cooke, Gerorge Hartman, Jason Nocera, Dan Taylor, Jim Pack, James Stanton, Agata Laguniak, Kirt Dinse, Larry Blake, […]
Roy Peterson’s 47 year career at the Vancouver Sun has ended. He was laid off earlier this week in a cost-cutting move. Roy has seven National Newspaper Awards and has been one of the premiere cartoonists in Canada for decades. He is also a founding member of the the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists and […]
This weekend is the annual The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival in New York. This yearâ??s MoCCA Festival program features a rich mix of animators, cartoonists, graphic artists, and academics. Featured guests include Tom Hart, Al Jaffee, Tom Kaczynski, Heidi MacDonald, Gary Panter, Bill Plympton, Arnold Roth, Dash Shaw, Seth, Raina Telgemeier, Adrian […]
Spoiler alert if – and I’m quoting the NYTimes blogs, “if you care about the fictional life of a 67-year-old teenager.”Last week it was announced that Archie was going to pop the big question to either Veronica or Betty in September’s 600th edition. The beans got spilled early, Archie is marrying Veronica (at least proposing, […]
Pixar’s latest release, UP, took in $68 million according to the New York Times. The Upcoming Pixar blog says that make’s it Pixars 3rd best release behind The Incredibles and Finding Nemo. In related news, UP’s opening short film “Partly Cloudy” can already be purchased on iTunes for $1.99.Have you seen UP? What were your […]
Very light (okay, none) on details – with the exception of the release date, June 18, 2010.
Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot graphically portrays just small the comics have shrunk in size in American newspapers.To sum it up, howbehold the size of comic strips since the beginning of my cartoon career:H/t: John Glynn
A letter to Doonesbury creator Gary Trudeau from the Anti-Defamation League regarding last Sunday’s strip regarding the correct usage of moneylenders vs. “money changers”. We agree with the numerous people who are contacting us that Sunday’s Doonesbury misquotes the Bible, maligns Judaism, and promotes a Christian heresy, all within eight panels. It reinforces age-old stereotypes […]
Daryl Cagle, creator of Cagle Cartoons and MSN editorial cartoonist writes a rebuttal to a piece published in the Huffington Post about “Ten Features That Are Dying with your Newspaper” which includes, according to the author, editorial cartooning. Editorial cartoons have never been more popular. With the Web in addition to newspapers, political cartoonists now […]
Bruce Tinsley’s Mallard Fillmore is celebrating 15 years in syndication. To commemorate, King Features is launchng a “political retrospective featuring 15 iconic strips that highlight the political landscape over the years as seen through mallard’s unique perspective.” The feature runs today through June 10. Making appearances as caricatures in the anniversary series, President Obama congratulates […]
AnimationI believe I’ve mentioned this before: a Heathcliff movie is potentially in the works with 21st Century. At the least, a direct to DVD release is also a potential result of a deal between FitzRoy Media and Magic Lantern Entertainment.Exhibits» Art Spiegelman has a featured exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit with an […]
» San Jose Mercury News has picked up Baby Blues, Candorville, DeFlocked and The Duplex. Outgoing strips include: Garfield, For Better or For Worse, Hagar the Horrible and Frank and Ernest.» The Oshkosh (WI) Northwesterner is starting a poll asking three questions: Which two comics in The Northwestern are your absolute, cannot-do-without strips?, which two […]
I just posted an interview with cartoonist Bob Camp, who was a director on Ren & Stimpy. Read it here.