Daryl Cagle has posted his answer to an age-old questions: “what kind of pens, papers, inks to you use to do your cartoons.” The surprising answer is that he doesn’t ink his drawings. After he does a his pencil sketch he does: At this point most cartoonists would pull out their pen, brush and ink […]
In response to Stephan Pastis using the term “Bite Me” in his December 2nd Pearls Before Swine, Amy Lago, comics editor at Washington Post Writers Group, has posted her comments on the quirkiness of using off-color language on the comics page. How DO newspapers compete with other forms of entertainment that are attracting the very […]
The movie Over the Hedge – based on Michael Fry and T. Lewis’ strip of the same name – has been nominated for eight Annie Awards including Best Animated Feature. Steve Moore creator of In The Bleachers has two animated features also up for awards. Steve was the executive producer of Open Season which is […]
Bill Amend has announced that December 30 will be the last daily for his popular FoxTrot comic. Reruns of the daily will be available on web. Says Bill, “After spending close to half of my life writing and drawing FoxTrot cartoons, I think it’s time I got out of the house and tried some new […]
Last month, Scott Adams blogged/opined that he thought that Bill Gate should run for president. Such a casual mention of the topic seemed not worth a comment, but apparently the topic has been picked up in other regions of the blogosphere. Here is the pertinent post regarding his support for a Gates candidacy. I think […]
Corey Pandolph announced on the R.A.C.s that he is ending his comic strip Barkeater Lake on the 6th of January. The comic strip has been featured on comics.com for the last three years. Corey cited as other opportunities and projects have emerged that his comic strip has faded in importance. Corey mentions among some of […]
Last spring, I posted a story about Henry cartoonist Don Trachte Jr. who painted a forged Norman Rockwell painting and then hid the original in a false wall of his home during his divorce in 1970. The original painting was just discovered and according to E&P it was auctioned off at Sotheby’s for a mere […]
E&P reports that John Cole, editorial cartoonist for the Times-Tribune in Scranton, Pa has launched a blog. Like most other cartoonists, he uses his blog to post his editorial cartoons and offers up some comments about the topic of the cartoon. He tells E&P that at some point he plans to offer sound and animation […]
PBS is producing a special feature on Jules Feiffer according a cartoonist who was recently interviewed for the special. The air date hasn’t been set but it should “sometime this month.” A quick look at PBS.org reveals that they have previously featured him on several occasions over the years. I’ll keep my eye out and […]
A parody video of Calvin and Hobbes has been posted on YouTube. It appears that the original video was aired on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. The one minute 24 second video ends with Calvin being committed to a mental institution after killing his parents with a chain saw. I suspect that Bill Watterson would […]
Stan Lee has committed to writing six how-to books on the topics of writing comics and drawing comics. The first title will be available in early 2007 with the second title in mid to late 2007. The book will be published through Dynamic Forces. Stan, among a plethora of other books he’s written, wrote the […]
Mike Lynch has posted photos of the last nights NYC NCS get together. Photos include Brendan Burford, Caroline Dworin, Rina Piccolo, Marc Bilgrey, Tony Murphy, Mort Gerberg, Doug Bratton, Anne Gibbons, Isabella Bannerman, Garry Trudeau, Dan Piraro and of course Mike Lynch. Looks like they had a great time.
I’ll be in Las Vegas this Sunday through Tuesday for a tech conference. If there are any ‘toonists in the area who’d like to get together and talk shop over a favorite beverage or lunch, drop me an email. Likewise, if there is some event or exhibit related to cartooning in the area that would […]
David Fitzsimmons, editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Daily Star, has created a “Best of Fitz” calendar for 2007. He’ll be personalizing and signing copies at the newspaper’s office on Saturday Dec 2 from 2-4 pm. Cost of the calendar is $6.95.
E&P’s Dave Astor interviewed several editorial cartoonists about whether they believe the incidents of plagiarism has been on the increase with the rise of the internet. The response was that it hasn’t. Cartoonists also opine on why there seems to be so many common ideas generated by editorial cartoonists.