Scott Hilburn, creator of the soon-to-be-launched-to-papers Argyle Sweater has posted part two of a continuing history of how his feature advanced from Comics Sherpa, to Gocomics to print.Australian cartoonist Jason Chatfield, who took over on Ginger Meggs after James Kemsley passed away last December, says that he plans to spend the rest of his career. […]
Guy Gilchirst’s Cartoon Academy will begin hosting a monthly series of seminars featuring well known artists beginning in March with Dick Ayers. Dick is best known for creating some of comic books’ legendary characters such as The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Sgt. Fury, and Captain America. He’ll spend the afternoon talking about his career and demonstrating […]
Several editorial cartoonists will be featured in a new exhibit at the Art Institute of Seattle’s Burnley Gallery. The exhibit entitled “LEFT, RIGHT, & WRONG: Celebrating the Art of Editorial Cartooning” will feature several cartoonists including: David Horsey, Pat Moriarity, Peter Bagge, Donna Barr, Lew Andrus, Dan McConnell, George Jartos and others. The show opens […]
While the “best of” editorial cartooning collections elicit a yearly debate on their true “best of” status, Pelican Publishing is releasing a new book entitled “Prize Winning Editorial Cartoons” edited by Dean Turnbloom. The book does not set out to be a “best of” book but a collection of the award winning editorial cartoons from […]
Universal Press has announced that Close to Home creator John McPherson is coming out with a new collection entitled “Great Sex After 50! And Other Outlandish Lies About Getting Older” and contains over 100 Close to Home panels dealing with age. The book will be hit book stores next week.
The Washington Post has a lengthy article regarding the upcoming awareness campaign by many African-American cartoonists to highlight a perceived injustice that their strips are being miss-categorized as minority strips.Post writer Teresa Wiltz interviewed top brass at Universal Press and Creators who both insinuate that race isn’t much of a factor. She also contacted The […]
Regulars here have often read Wiley Miller assert that no other portion of the newspaper is selected by reader polls and so why should comic strips. Well, the TCPalm.com news site (a news compilation site for The News, The Tribune, the Press Journal, the Jupiter Courier, and the Sebastian Sun) allows readers a daily vote […]
Joe Heller, editorial cartoonist for the The Press-Gazette in Green Bay Wisconsin, has posted a Green Bay Packer season wrap-up video to the tune of “This old man.” The slideshow consists of 18 cartoons that he drew in a period of 10 days. The song is sung by his daughter Chelsea.
A run down of items of note.Scott Hilburn, creator of The Argyle Sweater that is launching with Universal Press in April, has written a blog post discussing how his feature made into syndication.Brooke McEldowney, creator of Pibgorn and 9 Chickweed Lane is recovering from having his gallbladder removed. Notes he: “The surgery, I’m afraid, wasn’t […]
There is still quite a bit of movement on the comic pages across the country. Here are the changes I’ve been able to document:Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac has been picked up by the Deseret News (Salt Lake City), The Star Bulletin, and The Daily News (Murfreesboro, TN). All of these three mentioned that Cul […]
The Comics Coast to Coast gang has posted their latest podcast with Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller. In part one of this eye-opening conversation, Wiley tells us what is wrong and right with everything cartoony. The artists’ approach, the point of view one should have as a commercial entity, and most interestingly- how to think […]
For those who wish to be considered for a National Cartoonists Society division award, the deadline for submission is February 23rd. Each entry must have been published between December 1, 2006 and December 31st, 2007. Though I’m not 100% sure, I believe the list below outlines which NCS chapter will be judging which category. To […]
The March issue of MAD magazine (out February 19) will feature 10 Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist who have cooperated in creating a two page spread entitled “Why George W. Bush Is in Favor of Global Warming.” Participating editorial cartoonists include: Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Steve Breen, San Diego Union-Tribune, Matt Davies, Journal News, […]
Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis will be on “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch” tomorrow night to discuss his success with his comic feature. “The Big Idea” is a nightly discussion between host Donny Deutsch and a guest who have made it big.Catch it on CNBC at 10pm EST.
Several of you have written in to alert me to the passing of Gus Arriola, creator of Gordo, who died at age 90 in his home in Carmel California. Gus’ feature was launched in 1941 and appeared in over 220 newspapers and ran in The San Francisco Chronicle for 43 years and was one of […]