Just last week, I wrote that the Bristol Herald Courier was giving Jeff MacNelly’s Shoe the boot to make room for a new feature and that a good ol’ fashion paper ballot poll was underway to find out which new feature (Get Fuzzy, Zits, For Better For Worse and Pickles) ought to take its place. […]
I received an e-mail noting I haven’t posted anything about the recent passing of Roger Armstrong, who was a career cartoonist drawing Bugs Bunny and The Flintstones. In such passings, I struggle whether it is within the scope of this blog (which narrowly focuses on newspaper based cartooning) to mention the passing of other giants […]
I mentioned back in April that the AAEC was planning a exhibit of cartoons on the Bush Administration to coincide with their convention in D.C. in a couple of more weeks. Details on the exhibit have been announced. The exhibit is entitled “Bush Leaguers: Cartoonists Take on the White House” and will cartoons from over […]
Jerry Robinson, co-author of Manga comic Astra, has a musical play based on the comic that will be performed at the Warehouse Theatre from July 7-14 in Washington D.C. The feature is a tongue-in-cheek parody about Astra who is “a fearless, no-fuss woman who visits Earth for the first time, attempting to save her all-female […]
I’ve upgraded the blog software for this here blog. I’ve fixed a few issues that came up, but if you see anything misbehaving, please let me know so I can fix it.The next project – trimming the number of spam that is still getting through the spam blocker!Thanks, Alan
Flemming Rose, the now infamous editor of the Jyllands-Posten which published the Mohammed cartoons that elicited a violent reaction in the Middle East and around the world, has started blogging over at Pajamas Media. Mr. Rose will also be on a panel called “Caricaturing A Nation: Americans and Muslims Draw Each Other” at this year’s […]
Mike Rhode, over at ComicsDC, notes that Richard Thompson is slowly taking over the Washington Post In addition to his Saturday panel, Richard’s Poor Almanack in Style, and his Sunday (and soon to be daily and syndicated) strip Cul de Sac in the magazine, RT is now doing spot illos for a column in the […]
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, has posted a “visual tour” of his comic making process from the time he wakes up through the creation of one of his strips. Included are many photos of his work environment and talk of the equipment he uses.
From E&P comes news that Jerry Craft, cartoonist for Moma’s Boyz, will be honored for the work he did for the DC Campaign to End Teen Pregnancy.
Marshall Ramsey, editorial cartoonist for The Clarion-Ledger, “live blogged” his cartooning yesterday. Today, I am going to show you, real time, how I draw a cartoon. It may be as exciting as watching paint dry to you, but it will give you an idea of the process I go through every day. You will see […]
Daryl Cagle will be moderating a panel on editorial cartooning at this year’s San Diego Comic Con on July 28th. The panel includes (so far) Steve Breen, Mr. Fish, Patrick O’Connor, Monte Wolvertoon, Brian Fairrington, and Lalo AlcarazWhile he’s there, he’ll also be on the panel for the National Cartoonist Society and will also be […]
Chester Gould’s daughter Jean Gould O’Connell has written a biography of her father entitled “Chester Gould, a Daughter’s Biography of the Creator of Dick Tracy” and will be available during the annual Dick Tracy Days in Woodstock IL. The festival includes a band concert, mystery dinner playhouse, art exhibit, sidewalk art contest, and a parade.
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon posts Patrick McDonnell’s commencement speech given to the first graduating class of the Center for Cartoon Studies. We have a 100-year-plus history. You stand on the shoulders of some true giants. The classic illustrations of Winsor McCay, the poetry of George Herriman, the surrealism of EC Segar, the humanity of Charles […]
From a story out of the Cleveland Free Times comes news that Lisa Moore, a leading Funky Winkerbean, character will die this fall ending speculation as to whether Tom Batiuk would kill off one his main characters. The story suggests, however, that Lisa’s death may not be from the re-emergent cancer that the current story […]
Ruben Bolling has been honored again for his comic feature Tom the Dancing Bug by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. The association gave Ruben the 2007 Best Cartoon Award. It is the only alternative weekly cartoon to have one the award more than once AND Tom the Dancing Bug has been a finalist every year […]