For those webcomickers or cartoonists looking for an easy way to post your comics daily to your website, the ComicsPress theme for WordPress has been upgraded to version 2.5. The new release offers five different page layouts to accommodate several different types of comics and a new Comicpress Manager has been released to help configure […]
A columnist in The Advertiser recounts the use of comics to sell newspapers in the early 20th century and as American circulations are in decline, circulations in Latin American and Asia are growing in part because of a resurgence in comics. Just recently a friend of mine, Terry Brown, shared with me an illustrated history […]
A new comic community has launched today called Tall Tell Features. The new website is the home for a group of well known syndicated and webcomic creators including: Brian Anderson (Dog Eat Doug), Dave Reddick (Legend of Bill and The Trek Life), Mike Witmer (Pinkerton), Scott Metzger (Stewart), Brock Heasley (The SuperFogeys), and Lucas Turnbloom […]
Andy Marlette, the nephew of Kudzu creator and editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette who died last summer in an automobile accident, recently spoke at Columbia College Chicago department of journalism’s John Fischetti Award ceremony about the legacy left behind by his uncle. A text transcript of his speech has been printed in TheSequitur.com. And now to […]
With Allison Burrow’s Preteena being retired this week, there are a couple of changes mentioned.The Daily Times has picked up Cul De Sac to replace Preteena and Pooch Cafe replaces it in Honolulu Star Bulletin.Keith Knight’s Knight Life is picked up by the Washington Post.And the St. Petersburg Times reports that it will be running […]
PVP online webcomic creator Scott Kurtz reports that “How To Make Webcomics” that he co-authored with Brad Guiger, (Evil Inc), Kris Straub (Starslip Crisis), and Dave Kellett (Sheldon) has sold out at the distributor level meaning the only books left are basically the ones sitting on book store shelves. The performance of this book has […]
Today at 12:30 (CST), Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson will be featured on Blog Talk Radio’s Small Biz Trends to talk about how he took his love of drawing cartoons and turned it into a business, including: harnessing creativity; working on a schedule; growing a business online on a shoestring; business models for cartoonists and other […]
I’ve just been informed that Jake Fuller, editorial cartoonist for the Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, FL) has been laid off. Jake has been with the paper since 1992 and their full-time cartoonist since 1997. More details to come as they become available.
AfterElton.com, a blog providing news and commentary on gay men in entertainment, has a three page write-up on the topic of gay characters on the comic page starting with Lynn Johnston’s 1993 For Better or For Worse story-line about the Lawrence character coming out of the closet up to a recent subtle reference to a […]
Tom Spurgeon has an extensive write up and analysis on the announcement that Fantagraphics has signed a deal with Diamond Comic Distributors to be the exclusive distributor to the comics direct market. As for why Fantagraphics made this move, the fundamental reason is likely to be found in what they describe as the declining fortunes […]
This year’s Glyph Comics Award winners have been announced, and Keith Knight, creator of the newly launched Knight Life comic has been honored with Best Comic Strip for his comic The K Chronicles.Other winners include: Story of the Year: Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm; Percy Carey, writer, Ronald Wimberly, artist Best Writer: James Sturm, […]
The Norm creator Michael Jantze‘s animation short “Mr. Lux: At Your Service” has been accepted into the Short Film Corner at this year’s Festival de Cannes. “Mr. Lux: At Your Service” is a fast ride of traditional animation utilizing both pencil to paper animation and the latest in computer software. A new character from Jantze, […]
Will Elder, one of the pioneering MAD Magazine cartoonists has passed away at the age of 86. Tom Richmond, a current MAD magazine cartoonist wrote a personal tribute to Will on his blog. All cartoonists get asked about who their major influences are, and among the usual suspects it sometimes surprises people when I name […]
A Dutch cartoonist was arrested and released this week for “suspicion of publishing work that is discriminatory against Muslims and people of colour.” The cartoonist, who goes by the name “Gregorius Nekschot,” is an established cartoonist whose work appears in magazines, but publishes most of his cartoons on the web because Dutch print media refused […]
The Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has been awarded this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for editorial cartooning. Regarding her cartoon, judges wrote her cartoons were instrumental in moving the issue of violence in disadvantaged neighborhoods and schools to the top of the city’s agenda. Her cartoons offer a “steady drumbeat […]