The Borgblog, Jim Borgman’s blog, has passed the 2 year mark with 526 posts and nearing 20-30 comments a day. He has posted a review of the evolution of his blog which started out as a means of posting his sketches and rough drafts and then turned to posting his final cartoons and writing longer […]
Des Moines Register editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy has a close up view of the presidential election as a cartoonist in one of the key primary (or in this case caucus) states. He was recently interviewed by NPR about his creative process and how he draws the candidates. “The first couple of times it will look […]
Bob Andelmanâ??s Mr. Media blog will feature Pearls Before Swine cartoonist Stephan Pastis. This interview will also feature a call-in number, so you can talk to Stephan himself.Details about this interview can be found here.Thanks to Mark Tatulli for the tip.
On December 4th, The K Chronicles cartoonist Keith Knight wrote about being interviewed for a film about Calvin and Hobbes and Bill Watterson on his blog.I was drawing in my local cafe when I struck up a conversation with an elderly man about a big influence, Jules Feiffer. Another guy approached and told me his friend was doing a […]
Universal Press and Lulu.com are now offering four more titles for their print-on-demand partnership service. A Very Merry, Happy Non Sequitur Holiday by Wiley Miller Close to Home for the Holidays by John McPherson Ho Ho Ho! A Stone Soup Christmas by Jan Eliot Bark to Work Legislation: A Pooch Cafe Collection by Paul Gilligan In […]
Professor Garfield Foundation, an educational organization founded by Garfield creator Jim Davis, has recently acquired SparkTop.org, according to E&P.“One of the unexpected joys of being in this line of work has been hearing from the parents of children who learned to read thanks to the ‘Garfield’ comic strip,” Davis said in a statement. “After nearly […]
Chad Carpenter has signed with King Features for an international syndication of his comic strip Tundra, according to E&P.The 1991-launched strip, self-syndicated by cartoonist Chad Carpenter in the U.S. and Canada, currently appears in nearly 150 newspapers. Under the new deal with King, “Tundra” will now also be distributed to papers around the world. “Tundra,” […]
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee cartoonist John Hambrock writes on his blog that he will introduce a new character to his strip.Stay tuned! Starting January 7th, Iâ??ll be running a week-long series introducing our new addition to the Edison Lee cast. This part-time character will provide a voice Iâ??ve felt has been missing from […]
David Gantz, cartoonist behind comic strips Dudley D. and Don Q., has passed away at the age of 85.Gantz was also an comic book artist, working on titles such as “Mighty Mouse” and “Patsy Walker,” and an freelance illustrator.Mike Lynch has a write-up on his blog.
Editorial cartoonist Matt Davies wrote his take on the “Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year” series, which sparked discussion in this post.My take? I think it was my friend Ted Rall who recently said â??One manâ??s great cartoon is another manâ??s pile of crapâ? or something like that. Most readers are quite capable of deciphering which […]
Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall has recently written a three-part column on the future of the newspaper industry.Part I Part II Part IIIBoth Ted Rall’s editorial cartoons and columns are distributed by Universal Press Syndicate.
Apologies for not posting yesterday and today (unless you count this notice). I am deeply involved in multiple projects at work that are requiring most of my waking hours. I hope to be back again sometime next week. If you have been a guest contributor to this blog this year, I’ve restored your access rights […]
Time magazine as compiled their top 10 editorial cartoons of the year and R.J. Matson not only had the #1 cartoon, but also the 5th. Other cartoonists included: R.J. Matson, New York Observer Bob Englehart, Hartford Courant Mike Peters, Dayton Daily News John Sherffius, Boulder Camera R.J. Matson, St. Louis Post Dispatch Daryl Cagle, MSNBC […]
American Heritage has a great article on the original The Katzenjammer Kids – which turns 110 years old today. The original Katzenjammer Kids was a pioneer in cartooning – establishing the basic visual language used in comics today. Around the turn of the twentieth century, two popular art forms began parallel transformations. Up until that […]
After worrying about the effects of an Opus cartoon on his 3 year-old (and who hasn’t been worried about that!), a reader asked the editor of the Spokesman Review why papers can’t create a separate comics page for adult/older audiences. Question: I’m writing to express my concern with a particular cartoon that captures the first […]