» Toby, Robot Satan has been cut from the NYC and Boston Metro papers to cut costs or someone put the fear of God in them.» The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA) has reduced the paper’s width which actually created more room on their comics page. They brought Dilbert back from the business section and […]
The Vinyl Café is an hour-long radio variety show, hosted by Canadian author and comedian, Stuart McLean, and heard across the U.S., Canada, and Britain each week. I have a vintage-style Mickey Mouse radio in my studio that’s usually softly tuned to CBC Radio One, but when Stuart comes on the air, his distinct voice […]
Eight cartoonists, Jef Mallett (Frazz), Bill Amend (Fox Trot), Bill Hinds (Tank McNamara, Cleats, Buzz Beamer), Dave Coverly (Speed Bump), Jack Davis (Mad magazine), Michael Ramirez (editorial cartoonist for Investors Business Daily, Rob Smith Jr. (editorial cartoonist for Glen Beck) and Jeff Bacon (cartoonist for Navy Times and Marine Corps Times) recently visited wounded troops […]
Alt Comics» Slowpoke creator Jen Sorensen is profiled in the Washington Post. Children’s Books» Jules Feiffer spoke at Katonah Museum of Art to promote the second book that he collaborated on with his daughter Kate. The book is entitled “Which Puppy.”College Cartooning» Chris Sharron who cartoons for the Daily Kent Stater was named one of […]
The latest Funky Winkerbean story-line is taking widowed character Les into a bi-racial relationship. Les lost Lisa to cancer a couple of years ago in a multi-month story-arc that sparked a national dialog on the appropriateness of death on the comics page. So far, the inter-racial story-line hasn’t generated much discussion aside from a blurb […]
The ABC network will premiere a new animated prime-time television series called “The Goode Family” created by “Beavis and Butthead” and “King of the Hill” creator Mike Judge. The show’s premise is centered around The Goode Family who is “obsessed with doing the ‘right’ thing whether it’s environmentally, politically or socially. Unfortunately their efforts often […]
» The Worcester Telegram & Gazette replaced Tokyopop’s Undertown with Frazz.» Mary Worth, Rex Morgan, M.D. and Mutts are dropped from the Herald-Tribune’s comics pages as of today. Dilbert was moved to the Business section and joining the line-up are Non Sequitur and Bliss.» Pharos Tribune (Logansport, IN) has picked up Get Fuzzy daily as […]
Les McClaine’s adventure comic Jonny Crossbones can only be described as a reincarnation of Tintin. The staggeringly accurate, yet stylized figure drawing contrasts perfectly with the constantly overwhelming landscapes to create a world that will suck you in immediately. Starting today, May 4, Johnny Crossbones is accelerating from a M-W-F schedule to full-on, five-times-a-week until […]
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is featuring a series of short “Making of” documentaries and teasers online for Cordell Barker’s all new animated short, Runaway.Cordell Barker, who directed The Cat Came Back and Strange Invaders, is once again at his best with Runaway. Set to the music of Ben Charest (composer of The […]
The question was raised in another article about how comics artists feel about being topical with their comics. The “why” of being topical is obvious enough; to bring in fresh viewers that aren’t acclimated to your pre-existing story. But the “how” and “when” aspects of this conversation raise some pretty interesting points.Artist Jorge Cham of […]
April and May are crunch month for a number of projects that I’m working on for my day job. I’ve been working long hours and opting to sleep through my normal blogging hours as a result. As such, blogging will be minimal today and tomorrow. If there is a news story that you think ought […]
From the Character Design blog, comes this little gem featuring some of the character designs for the movie “Monsters vs. Aliens.”
Former Rocky Mountain News editorial cartoonist Ed Stein has been picked up by the Coloradoan – though from the announcement, it’s more likely that they’ve picked up his syndication work, not original, local work. The article also mentions that RMN sports cartoonist Drew Litton’s work is also getting print in the same paper.
Jonathan Shapiro (“Zapiro”), one of the leading cartoonist/satirists in South Africa, has been sued twice by Jacob Zuma who will be sworn in this Saturday as the new president. The legal cases are still in the courts. Despite that threat, Zapiro pledges that he’ll continue to draw Zuma with a shower nozzle over Zuma’s head […]
Editorial cartoonist Matt Bors has written a 5 minute tutorial to create an iconic caricature of the Ayatollah Khomeini by John Sherffius. I wanted to see how fast I could replicate this master so I hit up Google image search and grabbed the first result. Then I opened it in Photoshop and applied the Threshold […]