The once graphically brilliant Dick Tracy has fallen on hard times, if last Sunday’s strip is any evidence. Take a look at http://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2009/04/12/ and see for yourself: the sadly deformed woman in the Crimestopper panel, Tracy’s amputated fingers in the last panel, the way his trenchcoat appears and disappears…is this what’s passing for professional cartooning […]
In an effort to be more efficient and give aspiring cartoonists and columnists a break on postage, Universal Press Syndicate is moving toward an electronic-only submissions process.An electronic submission process has several benefits, says John Glynn, vice president of rights and acquisitions for Universal Press. Creators will save money on postage and time packaging their […]
Comic Strips» Lynn Johnston has been working on a children’s book entitled, “Farley Follows His Nose.” They’ve posted the front cover on her blog. » Gay comics pioneer Jeff Krell, creator of the groundbreaking comic strip Jayson and longtime translator for famed German cartoonist Ralf König, will appear at Pittsburgh’s Steel City Con on Saturday, […]
This year’s Will Eisner nominees have been announced. The Eisner Awards are each year at the San Diego Comic-Con to recognize the best in comic book, graphic novel and digital comic art. This year’s nominees are:Best Short Story “Actual Size” by Chris Ware, in Kramers Ergot 7 (Buenaventura Press) “Chechen War, Chechen Women,” by Joe […]
Last night’s episode of Big Bang Theory featured a scene in a comic book shop. Amongst the many comics in the background included Brock Heasley’s webcomic Super Fogeys.You can watch the comic store scene on CBS’s website.Hat tip to Norm Feuti.
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) has announced that this year’s winner of the 2009 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship is Chris Houghton, a junior at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan where he studies illustration. Houghton was chosen from among 120 applicants for the award, which includes a $5,000 scholarship and a trip […]
Jack Ohman, editorial cartoonist for The Oregonian has been honored as this year’s recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the category of editorial cartooning. The judges wrote that Jack’s “cartoons tackle a range of difficult topics including poverty and unemployment in Oregon, the practice of shuffling Oregon teachers suspected of molesting children […]
Editorial Cartooning» Marshall Ramsey, editorial cartoonist for the Clarion-Ledger will be on the campus of the University of Tennessee’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy today speaking to students about politics and cartooning.InternationalA recent raid by Iraqi police on an exhibition featuring a cartoon lampooning their prime minister is being criticized by an […]
Expect more Manga in the coming years. The UK’s Guardian is reporting that one of the strategies for economic correction in Japan is to export more Manga. Part of the 15 trillion Yen stimulus measure unveiled last week contains language to boost Manga comic exports from 2% to 18 over the next decade resulting in […]
Who’s going this year? Discuss.
Editorial Cartooning» Mike Beckom is now freelancing for The Palmetto Scoop (SC).» Recently laid off editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail emails Daryl Cagle about his future plans.Comic Strips» The Chronicle (Geneva, IL) is returning the comics to their original size after reader complaints. The Born Loser and The Family Circus were brought back as well.Television» iO9 […]
» The BBC talks to Ed Stein about his career and state of the industry.» Arkansas News Bureau’s Vic Harville will be doing a fictional series of cartoons starting next week depicting what life would be like without newspapers.» Mother Jones magazine interviews Steve Brodner. (Via Mike Rhode).» Guy Gilchrist’s Night Lights and Fairy Flights […]
King Features has unveiled their official Zits Motion Comics. From Comics Kingdom: Comics Kingdom™ now showcases the hilarious, first-of-its-kind Zits Motion Comics, based on the widely-popular comic strip, Zits. These 30-second motion comics are a cross between the beloved print newspaper comic strip and animated comics.” A channel for “Jeremy” has been set up on […]
The Chicago Tribune has moved its Sunday comics to a broadsheet format and in the transition lost five Sunday strips: Lio, Brewster, Scary Gary, Tundra and Argyle Sweater.The Antelope Valley Press (Palmdale, CA) picked up Rip Haywire and will running the first week of May. Rip Haywire will also start in the Tribune (Sparks, NV) […]
After the talk of the growth and acceptance of graphic novels as literature, I stopped into the local, independently owned bookstore around the corner from where I work. The selection was sparse and heavily geared toward DC and Marvel super hero novels. Not that I have anything against spandex laden men and women (capes optional), […]