Last fall, I reviewed the new roll out of United Media’s comics.com and compared it to other major syndicate offerings, including uClick/Universal Press’ GoComics.com. Last month, uClick released a major upgrade/redesign to GoComics improving many of the features that were eclipsed by comics.com.uClick’s mobile friendly site.uClick has always had one of the better comic portals […]
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Bill Bates has passed away a couple of weeks ago. He was 79. Bill was a local cartooning legend who had worked as a cartoonist for the Chronicle and the Carmel Pine Cone. In the 1980s, Bill met weekly with Hank Ketcham and Gus Arriola, two other legendary cartoonists […]
The guys that created Captain America and the artist that went on to create Iron Man, X-Men, Hulk and the Fantastic Four with Stan Lee, will have a collection of their work published by Titan Books. Jack Kirby (artist) and Joe (Simon) were two of the pioneering comic book creators in the early 1940s.
On a somewhat related cartooning note, I received word that Dan Froomkin, who blogs for the Washington Post with the blog “White House Watch,” was given notice that his contract has been terminated. Dan had a daily feature called “Cartoon Watch” that offered up links to that days best editorial cartoons. His latest blog post […]
I received an email from one cartoonist who found his work on the social photo and video hosting site Photo Bucket without his permission. It appears a user “lynn5150” has been uploading several cartoons (editorial, syndicated comics, gag cartoons, etc.) from a variety of sources. There is over 50 pages of cartoons and images that […]
Washington Post Writers Group is set to launch a new feature entitled Fort Knox for debut on October 5. The new feature is by Paul Jon, a military brat whose taken his childhood experiences of constant moving and resettling and turned it into a strip featuring a military family (Major Joe Knox; Jane Knox; and […]
AnimationThe Animation blog reports that Nickelodeon’s “The Penguins of Madagascar” averaged 3.7 million total viewers and ranked as the weekâ??s top kidsâ?? show. Books» Richard Thompson has a second collection of Cul de Sac due out in September. See the cover on his blog.Comic Strips» Tom Gammill’s latest “Learn to Draw” series (See embedded video […]
Wiley Miller made an interesting comment on the open discussion about using gag writers and how he handles blind submission from gag writers. He said, So without ever looking at the index cards (as I didn’t want to be unduly influenced by their material), I’d stick them right into the return envelope. I’ve heard variations […]
Tom Spurgeon is reporting that 32 year-old Jeremy Mullins has passed away from multiple injuries sustained while climbing in the Catskill mountains. Jeremy was a Savannah College of Art and Design, creator of the Sweetwater Is An Asshole webcomic.
D.J. Coffman says the comic book industry is on life support.
Animation» Fox will premiere its animation powerhouse shows on Sunday September 27. Check out new episodes of “The Simpsons”, the “Family Guy” and its spinoff “The Cleveland Show” and “American Dad.”Comic Strips» An original 1983 Peanuts comic strip was recently auctioned off for $17,080. It had originally thought to sell for $10,000 to $15,000.Editorial Cartoons» […]
The St. Petersburg Time (FL) recently interviewed Robert Rafferty, a gag writer who sells his gags to freelance cartoonists, syndicated cartoonists and to Playboy magazine. The article never mentions which cartoonists use his work. Gag writers seem to be one of those hush topics in the industry. Everyone knows that they’re there and perhaps which […]
Tom Racine’s Tall Tale Radio podcast this last week featured Mark Tatulli and Dave Coverly, both winners at this year’s National Cartoonist Society’s Reuben Awards Weekend. Tom takes the conversation into a post-Reuben wrap up and gets Dave and Mark’s reaction to the recent dust-up over Keith Knight’s cartoon over improving the NCS. Also appearing […]
Google has upset many professional illustrators by asking them to contribute original artwork (to their specifications) for a project with its new browser in exchange for exposure. “While we don’t typically offer monetary compensation for these projects,” the statement said, “through the positive feedback that we have heard thus far we believe these projects provide […]
While checking out the new features on Universal Press/uClick’s GoComcs.com, I noticed that in the A-Z list of features, when you mouse over the name of the feature, a little pop-up shows a brief description of the feature and how many people subscribe to it. Given that they offer that kind of information, the next […]