The German government is developing a comic strip in an attempt to drive Muslim youth away from Islamic extremism and the cartoon is being met with a great deal of resistance from the Muslim community. You can listen to an interview about the comic strip with Taris Ahmad, a representative of the Islamic Human Rights […]
Clay Bennett added the Ink Bottle Award to his 2008 honors at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention on Saturday.AAEC President Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle and WPWG said a major reason for the Ink Bottle honor was Bennett’s work as AAEC president in 2005-6. During that “tumultuous and eventful” time, recalled Anderson, […]
In the months of July and August, F Minus creator Tony Carrillo will teach classes at Changing Hands, a Tempe, Ariz. bookstore, for teens and tweens. Classes are focused on everything from basic cartoons to visual storytelling. Info at www.changinghands.com.
The moustache of John Oates (of Hall & Oates fame) will star in an animated series. Billboard reports that ‘J-Stache’ follows the adventures of Hall & Oates star John Oates, who is coaxed out of his family man life and back into the music world by… his moustache (voiced by comedian Dave Attell). Speaking to […]
JG Jones, a former layout man and editorial cartoonist for The Brooklyn Paper, is the steady hand behind the new movie â??Wanted.â? The action movie, starring Angelina Jolie, is based on a graphic novel Jones created with writer Mark Millar.â??I was amazed that it even got made [into a movie],â? Jones said. â??And there I […]
Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Fox Television’s “Family Guy”, will unveil a new project of animated cartoons that will appear exclusively on the Internet. The experimental project is called â??Seth MacFarlaneâ??s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedyâ? and will debut in September.The cartoons will be paired with advertisements placed on targeted Web sites, and will also be […]
England’s Martin Honeysett and Iranian Shahrokh Heidari are among the winners of the Kyoto International Cartoon Contest. The contest is designed to raise the awareness of the public and of governments alike on the critical issue of global warming.
The Mail Tribune in Medford, Oregon decides not to discontinue Peanuts due to reader reaction.Fort Wayne, Indiana’s Journal Gazette will add â??The Brilliant Mind of Edison Leeâ? and “Bound and Gagged” to their daily comics pages.
Jessica Abel and Matt Madden, who teach comic art at New York’s School of Visual Arts, have authored Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: A Definitive Course from Concept to Comic in 15 Lessons and were interviewed on National Public Radio.Abel and Madden have been teaching comic art at New York’s School of Visual Arts for […]
Turner Broadcasting has acquired the rights to The Garfield Show, will be shot in HD, and debut on the Cartoon Network in 2009. The series will air in territories across Europe, Middle East and Africa; Asia Pacific and Latin America.
Editorial cartoonist Kal (Kevin Kallaugher) recently returned from a cartoon diplomacy trip to Azerbaijan and notes that the country is trying to find itself in terms of freedom of expression after years of Communist single party rule.An excerpt from Kal’s post:You would expect to find suppression of free thinkers like cartoonists in authoritarian regimes. But […]
Rich Stevens‘ Diesel Sweeties will come to an end, at least in newspapers on August 10, he has announced on his blog. In an interview over at Fleen, he suggests that the additional work to produce DS for family friendly newspaper standards and the lack of significant income contributed to the decision.From the Fleen interview: […]
» Mike Keefe has won first place in the Best of the West award for journalism. » Jerry Craft, creator of Mama’s Boyz, has illustrated a new children’s book called “Hillary’s Big Business Adventure” for children ages 4-8. » Hong Kong-based cartoonist Larry Feign has had his comic strip Do Not Disturb adapted to stage […]
Daryl Cagle asks an interesting question on his blog regarding the many George Carlin tribute cartoons depicting him, an outspoken atheist, at the Pearly Gates. He asks: Does the cartoonist’s religious view trump the celebrity’s religion in an obituary cartoon? For a Christian cartoonist, who believes that his own religion is the only correct religion, […]
This year’s grand marshals and featured guests at the 10th Annual Walt Disney’s Hometown Toonfest will include Dave Coverly (Speed Bump), Jan Eliot (Stone Soup), Greg Evans (Luann), and Jerry Scott (co-creator of Zits and Baby Blues).The event runs September 19-20 in Marceline, Mo, the birth place of Walt Disney. The four cartoonists will discuss […]