E&P is reporting that Jerry Scott will not be attending this year’s Toonfest due to a “medical condition requiring surgery” and that Michael Jantze will be joining Dave Coverly, Jan Eliot and Greg Evans instead.Toonfest is held each year in Walt Disney’s home town of Marceline MS and will be held on September 19-20. The […]
The Norm creator Michael Jantze has launched a new feature called “Audio Comics.” According to the Director of Animation at the Jantze Studio, Kelly McNutt, the emphasis of this new feature is the performance of the strip. Michael has named them Audio Comicsâ?¢ because the emphasis is on the performance of the strip; using motion […]
» Rob Rogers tries to find protestor, but can only find disgruntled Hillary supporters.» David Horsey explains why he isn’t attending this year’s convention. (h/t: Rob Tornoe)» Tom Tomorrow/Dan Perkins writes of his experience covering his fourth convention.» Denver locals Mike Keefe, Drew Litton and Ed Stein continue to post their cartoons.» Jen Sorensen has […]
For those who follow politics like sports (blood sports, nowadays), today marks the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO. Attending in person to cover the event is Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Rogers. He’s posting his cartoons and musings on his new blog. Last week I reported that Drew Litton, the sports cartoonist […]
Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher is touring once again with the comedy group Second City. New shows are scheduled for October 7th in Philadelphia and on November 1st in New York City. See web site for details. Kal will also be attending both the Democratic and Republican conventions and providing daily sketches for the Economist’s web site […]
Dick Locher has been the editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune for 38 years and as he nears his 10,000 cartoon, he hints that it might be time to retire. In a story in the Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) he says that he’s looking forward to other things. Locher. 79, also has drawn the syndicated […]
The Daily Green, a web site dedicated to living green, is offering its readers a one-time caption contest of a cartoon created by Arctic Circle creator Alex Hallatt. The Daily Green editors will whittle the choices down to 10 and then Alex will pick the winner who will receive a signed and framed print with […]
Drew Litton, sports cartoonist for the Rocky Mountain News, has teamed up with Rich Moyer to produce five political animations in time for the Democratic National Convention that will be held in Denver starting the 25th of August. See the other four at Drew’s site.
Bob Andelman (AKA Mr. Media) will be conducting a live interview with Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman and Rick Kirkman on Tuesday August 26th at 4 p.m. EST. The show is live and listeners can call in or participate via a webchat. See Bob’s Talkshoe site for details.
» Dan Piraro will be doing more stand up comedy in California on September 10, 11.» Dilbert creator Scott Adams was featured on ABC’s Medical Mysteries last Tuesday night. See my earlier article on his speech disorder that was featured on TV.» Zippy the Pinhead fans in Baltimore are working hard to get Bill Griffith’s […]
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has announced this year’s winner of their Science Idol: Scientific Integrity Editorial Cartoon Contest. The winner is Justin Bilicki. The annual contest hopes to draw attention to the growing problem of political interference in federal government science. “It has become increasingly difficult to trust anything or anyone associated with […]
Universal Press is apparently working hard to get the word out to editors regarding the For Better or For Worse transition from new material to “new-runs” material. After last years transition to the “hybrid” that left both editors and readers scratching their heads, they have good reason to make sure everyone is prepared. Not to […]
» Editorial cartoon Yahtzees are embarrassing when we navel gazers spot them, but when the general public can point them out, it doesn’t make the profession look that great.» Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon wrote an insightful write up on the current status of the American comic strip.» John Hambrock has posted an early (1992) comic […]
Comics Riff blogger Mike Cavna interviewed Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson on the topic of doing a kids strip after Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes. Richard sums it up: Oh boy, has it ever. Calvin’s little sneakers are big shoes to follow, and don’t even try to fill them. Watterson pretty much permanently defined […]
Kerry Soper has written a book entitled “Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire” which argues that social satire is vital to a democratic society and that Garry Trudeau’s work with Doonesbury should rank up there with Mark Twain, Walt Kelly and Thomas Nast.A full review of the book can be found on the […]