How cool is this? Over on Tom Tomorrow’s blog he writes that he created a series of cartoons that can be projected onto sides of buildings in San Francisco and Seattle as part of promotional efforts for a new mobile service. Passers by can text their punch-line into the empty word balloon, completing the cartoon. […]
Robert “Bob” Bindig, the artist for the comic strip Big Boy from 1985 to 1995 passed away on Tuesday at the age of 87. Bob was drafted into World War II where he served in the Pacific theater from 1943 to 1946. According to the Veterans History Project, he was assigned to the Psychological Warfare […]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has announced plans to buyout 55-60 employees as part of a cost reduction effort due to sagging ad revenue. The employee buyouts are voluntary. Stuart Carlson, who has been the paper’s editorial cartoonist for 24 years, reports that 22 employees have taken the paper up on its buyout option, but he […]
Fanatgraphics books is opening an exhibit in their bookstore called the “Unseen Peanuts“ a small collection of little known works by Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. The features are deemed “unseen” because they were one of thousands that were left out of published collections until the Complete Peanuts Project. The exhibition will showcase nine of […]
I’m scheduled to interview B.C. cartoonist Mason Mastroianni tonight. If you have any questions about B.C. or Mason’s work on the feature, feel free to email them to me or add them into the comments and I’ll be sure to ask him.UPDATE: Had a good interview with Mason and he was very open to all […]
Secret Asian Man creator Tak Toyoshima will be the featured speaker at the Asian Festival on the campus of Baylor University (Waco, TX) tomorrow night. He will be speaking on the topic of “Asian Americans in the Mainstream.” Tickets are required for the banquet (where Tak will speak). Check the above link for details.
The 2008 Glyph Comics Award nominations are now being accepted for its 2008 competition. The award spotlights the best black comics and creators in the industry. If your comic strip or it’s material is black-themed, you’re eligible for the award. The award defines black-themed as: any comic with any combination of the following: a black […]
King Features Syndicate has committed $100,000 to establish an endowed scholarship fund in honor of Jay Kennedy, who served as King Features Syndicate Editor in Chief from 1997 until his untimely death earlier this year. The fund will be administered through the National Cartoonist Society Foundation, the non-profit art of the NCS dedicated to advancing […]
Five of the nations largest newspaper companies are in talks to create their own advertising network in hopes of recapturing ad revenue that hasn’t been made the leap from their print products to their web offerings. The consortium will create a common ad sales force to help compete against ad networks set up by Yahoo […]
Just heard from Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey on the results of his election night live blogging efforts. He reports that from 4:42 p.m. to midnight he wrote 46 blog posts with 8 cartoons – “seven sketchier ones and one that ended up being my cartoon for print.” His blog traffic doubled and was the […]
From E&P we learn that Keith Knight, creator of the K Chronicles and (th)ink will be at the Cartoon Art Museum on November 17 as part of their “Cartoonist-in-Residence” program. He’ll be there to talk shop, sign books, etc.
Paul Norris has passed away at the age of 93. Paul began his career with the Dayton Daily News and then later co-created Aquaman and Brick Bradford, a comic strip that he worked on for its 35 year run (1952-1987). Tom Spurgeon has the most detailed obituary on his career and accomplishments.UPDATE: A video tribute […]
Between Friends creator Sandra Bell-Lundy is detailing her early efforts to get Between Friends into syndication. So far it’s a part 4 series with more coming. Head over to her blog: Part One deals with her first attempt at national syndicationPart Two details a humorous story on her first attempt to pitch the strip to […]
Investor’s Business Daily has an interesting article on how Dilbert creator Scott Adams got into comics. The article might not shed a great deal of new information on Dilbert history, but it’s worth your time. Adams continued to draw, but mostly for amusement at the office. “I would often draw little comics on a white […]
WBNG has a follow-up to their story yesterday about Johnny Hart’s family taking over the B.C. feature after he passed away last April. This segment reveals some of the changes that have been made with the strip and who in the family is working on the strip. From the story we learn that Johnny’s daughter […]