E&am;p reports that Continental Features is launching two new features entitled Gilley & Wynn by Daryl Jay Frank’s and Blackouts by Ellsworth E. Jackson. A quick search for cartoon samples could not be found.
A recent Matt Bors editorial cartoon regarding Salim Hamdan, the alleged Al Qaeda terrorist and Osama Bin Laden driver, made its way to Guantanamo Bay where it was translated for Salim by his attorneys. Apparently to his glee.Matt writes on his blog: Through the miracle of e-mail forwarding technology, the comic made its way down […]
Cul De Sac creator Richard Thompson talks to Panels and Pixels blogger Chris Mautner about his career and work before the launch of his syndicated daily. Before there was Cul De Sac, Richard did (and still does) a weekly feature called Richard’s Poor Almanac. Q: How would you describe that strip? Was it a social […]
The New England Associated Press News Executives Association (NEAPNEA) has announced the winners of its 2008 design contest. In the Illustration category Class I, Don Landgren, Jr. of the Telegram & Gazette won first and third place awards. Bob Rich of the The Republican won second place and Dave Granlund formerly of The MetroWest Daily […]
The artwork of Tak Toyoshima, creator of Secret Asian Man, will be featured in two upcoming exhibits. Beginning Aug. 15 and running through Sept. 14, Tak’s work will be featured in the Napa Valley Museum for their “Manga & Anime: An Exhibition of Popular Cartoon Art” exhibit. Also featured in this exhibit is Deb Aoki […]
For Better or For Worse creator Lynn Johnston will be the guest of honor at this year’s Doug Wright Awards ceremony. She’ll also be inducted into the “Giants of the North” Canadian Cartoonists’ Hall of Fame this Friday night in Toronto.
Jack Shafer of Slate has written a commentary in Business Spectator about the demise of the print newspaper. In essence he maintains that the social web (Facebook, etc.) has replaced the newspaper’s traditional role of social currency. Not that long ago, the daily newspaper was an indispensable coiner of social currency, and it gave its […]
» Scott Hiburn, creator of The Argyle Sweater gets a call from Dear Abby.» Brad Veley, gag cartoonist, is profiled by WLUC.» Clarion Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey will be on MPB Radio’s Mississippi Edition tomorrow morning at around 8:30 a.m.» French cartoonist Maurice Sinet (AKA “Siné”) wrote a scathing (and some call anti-Semitic) article […]
The Times Union marks that 40 years ago last Thursday was the first time the Peanut character Franklin appeared in print and its significance in race relations in America during that time of U.S. history. Franklin was never as big a star as Linus, Lucy, Snoopy, Schroeder or Pigpen. He didn’t have a last name […]
I believe we’ve discussed this topic on this blog before, but Mike Lynch ran a poll among his readers asking which 20th century cartoonist was the most influential. According to his readers, Charles Schulz, Jack Kirby, Bill Watterson, Gary Larson, and Milton Caniff were the top five. He discusses the results on his blog.
Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist for The Indianapolis Star, is having an art show at the JCC (Jewish Community Center) in Indianapolis on Thursday night at 6:00 p.m. The show, called “Varvelous” will include around 30 of his original political cartoons, caricature paintings of Tony Dungy and Peyton Manning and a few sketches and prints. His […]
Jerry Beck of Cartoon Brew has crowned Uncle Funny Bunny and Chumpy by Jack Pierce the worst comic strip ever. When I seek out films for my Worst Cartoons Ever! screenings or Cartoon Dump I look for animation so bad it’s unintentionally funny. So when I came across a batch of old issues of My […]
The Washington Post has cobbled together interviews with Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonists Steve Breen, Mike Luckovich, and Signe Wilkinson on how they approach caricaturing the Democratic and Republican Presidential hopefuls. Below is an interview that they did with Steve, presumably at the San Diego Comic Con. Also, check out the photo gallery of their cartoons.
Nick Anderson, President of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists and cartoonist for the Houston Chronicle, has released the following statement regarding the recent number of editorial cartoonist positions being eliminated. Everyone understands that these are tough times for newspapers, but they have gone from full panic mode to suicide mode. Many editorial cartoonists are […]
What is becoming known as “he Midsummer Massacre” may not be over. A couple of news reports indicate that more job cuts are coming for select chain newspapers. Bloomberg reports that A.H. Belo Corp., the publisher of the Dallas Morning News and three other dailies, will trim 500 newspaper jobs. It’s unreported how many of […]