La Cucaracha creator Lalo Alcaraz will be speaking and signing books at the 5th Annual Houston Latino Book & Family Festival in Houston on Saturday and Sunday.On Saturday he’ll field questions from other attendees regarding his comic feature and then on Sunday he’ll panel a discussion entitled, “How to Be a World-Famous Cartoonist” where he’ll […]
Richard Thompson, creator of Cul de Sac and Richard’s Poor Almanac has started blogging. The blog features sketches and an interesting story of a dinner with syndicate executives. It was only started Monday, so we’ll see where it goes.
Comic Book Resources has an excellent interview with Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller about all his feature, his book and his move to Maine. Was it hard to sell the syndicate on a strip without characters or themes, just focusing entirely on the funny? At the time, yes. I created this during a severe recession […]
Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the PinHead will be a featured speaker at this year’s Small Press Expo (SPX) in Maryland on Oct. 12 and 13. Bill “will deliver a heavily illustrated slideshow talk about his life and work to date.” SPX will also present its 11th annual Ignatz award for outstanding achievement in comics […]
While we all sit around trying to think of what the newspaper based cartooning industry is going to look like in the next 5-10 years, I’ve found three stories that I believe indicate factors and trends that will have a big impact on print cartooning.Firstly Gannett newspapers are looking to reduce their paper size from […]
From Collected Comics Library blog, comes news that Vanity Fair is running an excerpt of the soon to be released biography of Charles Schulz.Link hat tip: Tom Spurgeon
The Executive Editor of the Telegraph Herald (Dubuque IA), notes that most calls of complaints he gets from opinions on the editorial page is overwhelmingly about the editorial cartoons, but from a historical perspective, editorial cartoons have always been controversial. “Newspaper cartoons that ridicule and vilify rival presidential candidates have been seriously criticized in the […]
I’ve received confirmation from King Features that the Funky Winkerbean character, Lisa Moore, will pass away on Thursday October 4. The story-line will ultimately conclude on October 26th upon which the comic feature will leap 10 years into the future and focus on the sons and daughters of the strip’s original characters.In addition to the […]
Readers of the Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY) were asked if they should replace Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse now that it was 28 years old and starting to run old material. The response was 95% no. The paper has responded that it won’t drop the feature.
Over on Comic Book Resources is a great, and lengthy interview with Gary Gianni who began to take over on the art work on Prince Valiant in 2000 while John Cullen Murphy transitioned out. Gary also talks about a Prince Valiant art book that is due out next year which will include reproductions of preliminaries, […]
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive (A-HAA) blog has posted some great Chic Young and Blondie material that’s worth a few minutes of your time. Hat tip: Dirk Deppey
Months after its rumored return, Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks is scheduled to return to the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim on October 8. The second season is only 15 episodes, but will feature the voice talent of many celebrities including: Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Ghostface Killah, Cee-lo, Lil Wayne, Donald Faison, Aisha Tyler, Kym Whitley, Tichina […]
Peanuts creator Charles Schulz will featured on an upcoming episode of PBS’s “American Masters” program. The episode, according to E&P includes interviews with members of the Schulz family, Jules Feiffer, Lynn Johnston and Schulz biographer David Michaelis.The episode is scheduled for October 29th.
Canadian Editorial Cartoonist Peter Whalley, whose career started before World War II when he was 16 has passed away at the age of 86. The Gazette has an excellent article about his life and accomplishments. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Smith whom he married in 1948 and his three daughters.
Brad McMillan, whose editorial cartoons appeared in the Memphis Business Journal since 1983, has passed away at age 61. Brad originally taught english in Jackson Tennessee, but switched careers and moved to Memphis to pursue a career in art. He was a successful artist in Memphis in the 70’s and 80’s, eventually settling in Texas, […]