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ToonSeum Gallery to open in Pittsburgh

The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh will open up the ToonSeum Gallery this October that will feature exhibits of cartoon art from comic books, comic strips, illustrations, editorial cartooning and animation. The gallery’s first exhibit is entitled “From Illustration to Animation: Picture Books Come Alive Through the Art of Animation” and opens up in October of […]

GoComics to release first mobile phone comic book

From Universal Press Syndicate comes news that GoComics will be releasing the first mobile phone comic book on August 20th. The comic entitled, “Thunder Road” will be delivered as a slideshow to the phone. “Thunder Road” is created by Sean Demory and drawn by Steven Sanders and is a “post-apocalyptic, diesel punk action adventure” – […]

Lio is an easy sell in Asia

Mark Tatulli’s wordless comic feature Lio is an easy sell in Asia. According to a press release from Universal Press Syndicate, Lio can be found in every major English language newspaper in Asia including the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, the Straits Time in Singapore, the New Straits Time in Malaysia and the […]

Stone Soup Is Colored by a 15 Year-Old

Here’s an interesting story from The Register-Guard (Eugene OR) about 15 year-old Olivia Clingman-White who is Jan Eliot’s assistant on the Stone Soup comic. Olivia has been working with Jan for the last five years and is responsible for coloring the comic in Photoshop. She’s also been a source of inspiration for some of story […]

Lee Judge: Endangered Species: Political Cartoonists

E&P reported that Kansas City Star editorial cartoonist Lee Judge will be speaking at the National Conference of Editorial Writers on September 29th. The topic of his speech? “Making the Case for an Endangered Species: Political Cartoonists.”When I wrote last week that today’s editorial cartoonists are “infatuated by their own victim status” this is an […]

Mark Tatulli, cartoonist, motivational speaker

Mike Lynch has posted a motivational review of Mark Tatull’s rise as a comic strip cartoonist that was first posted on The Wisenheimer. So what’s the point of all this? Well, back in ’97 I thought it was all over. I had to give up my dream out of necessity. Sales weren’t there and there […]

Jesse Springer wins this year’s American Science Idol

The Union of Concerned Scientists who sponsor the annual “American Science Idol” cartoon contest has announced this year’s winner. Jesse Springer of Eugene Oregon.Finalists (which will be featured in the calendar) include Matt Bors, Brian Orr, Matthew Shultz, Jen Sorensen, Tim White, Phil Witte, and Alejandro Yegros.Judges included Garry Trudeau, Tom Toles, and Dave Coverly. […]

Steve Greenberg gets an updated blog

Ventura County Star editorial cartoonist Steve Greenberg writes in to share news that his section of the paper’s web site has been updated to include a blog, better bio, space for larger images, and shorter URL. He mentions that he’s also started adding animations, sketches and commentary on the blog as well. The new URL […]

Bill Kitchen dies at age 78

Bill Kitchen, the former Miami Herald cartoonist, has died at the age of 78 of pancreatic cancer. Bill began working for the Herald in 1960 and officially retired in 1985 but continued to freelance to the paper until 2000. The Herald reports that in the 1960s, Bill was so popular that if he took a […]

Cartoonists in the news: John Graziano

The St. Petersburg Times has a write up on John Graziano who draws the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! feature. First drawn nearly 90 years ago by Robert L. Ripley, the illustrations have a distinct mission: Bring the unusual to people. “Everybody is always curious about something out of the ordinary or different than what […]

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