The much talked about “Cartoonists of Color Sit In” is underway today. All participating cartoonists are using the same script, originally written by Watch Your Head creator Cory Thomas. You can see their own take on the joke through the links below. Candorville Watch Your Head Herb and Jamaal Cafe Con Leche Momma’s Boyz House […]
Several comic collections are being released soon. Here’s a run down of what’s coming out:Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman are releasing a new Zits book entitled “Jeremy and Mom” which contains more than 200 son/mother themed strips from the last 10 years. Book to be released next month.Jim Davis is releasing the 45th Garfield book. […]
The ToonSeum in Pittsburgh, PA will honor Morrie Turner, creator of Wee Pals on the 16th of February as part of their Black History Month celebration. An exhibit of Morrie’s work will also run until February 27th. Also scheduled to appear that day will be Jump Start creator Robb Armstrong and former editorial cartoonist Don […]
The Albany Herald (GA) has brought back a full page of comics after dropping the number of comics from 22 to 12. The editor, Jim Hendricks, told E&P that “making the change to reduce the number of comic strips we run on a daily basis was an economic decision, making the change to bring them […]
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 […]