From the Baldo web site comes news that the world premiere of the first Baldo television episodes will showcased at the San Diego Film Festival (March 8-18). Baldo creators Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos will be on hand March 14 to be part of a panel entitled “From Paper to Screen: Getting Comics Produced for […]
The LA Times recently looked at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, VT. The school currently has 18 students who have pay $14,000 a year for the two-year course. Interestingly the school was financed through a state grant and other cartoonists – including Jean Schulz who was quoted as saying, conventional colleges […]
Daryl Cagle is turning up the heat on the debate of which “best of” book is, well, best. With the recent release of Charles Brooks’ Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year 2007 (BECY), Daryl, who creates the The Best Political Cartoons of the Year 2007 (BPCY), is challenging readers of his blog to count the […]
This article over at E&P reminds me that “Open Season” has been released to DVD. Open Season is based on a movie treatment written by In The Bleachers cartoonist Steve Moore. You can read my interview with Steve and his work on Open Season here. If you haven’t had a chance to see Open Season, […]
E&P is reporting that there is a new exhibit planned at the Charles M. Schulz Museum that is focusing on the influence of Peanuts on cartooning and pop culture. The exhibit runs March 3rd through January 28 of 2008 and will include over 50 comics and 50 editorial cartoons that reference Peanuts.
Congratulations are in order to Patrick McDonnell and his Muttscomics.com web site which is celebrating its fourth year in operation. When it launched in 2003 with 5,000 daily visitors which has ballooned to well over 25,000 today.In other Patrick news, a Best of Mutts collection will be released this fall along with another children’s book […]
There’s been quite a bit of news regarding comic strip cartoonists attending this year’s New York Comic-Con next month. From Rina Piccolo’s web site is news that she’ll be there on the 25th to sign prints of her feature Tina’s Groove. As I reported yesterday, she’ll also be panelling a discussion on non-traditional paths into […]
Charles Schulz was posthumously inducted into the World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame this month. Gold medalist Scott Hamilton presented the medal to Charles’ wife Jean.
From the Comic Rack is a tidbit that The Complete Dick Tracy volumes that were origninally planned to roll out every quarter have been rescheduled to roll out every twice a year. The first volume was released in October by IDW.
Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has posted her first animated editorial cartoon on her web site. The flash piece runs about less than a minute and uses actual audio from President Bush as opposed to other editorial cartoon animators who use their own voices.Hat tip: E&P
A leadership conference in Reno NV has been organized to give seventh and eighth grade students learn public speaking, time management and school spirit and Pickles creator Brian Crane will be one of the featured speakers.
In a cost-saving move, the Trentonian has suspended its use of freelance editorial cartoonist Rick Cole who was informed that this two-cartoon-a-week contract was being broken. He’s been a contributor to the paper since 2002. In an e-mail that was published on the AAEC web site, he writes, “Freelancing editorial cartoons is certainly something you […]
Mike Rhode over on ComicsDC is taking the Washington Post to task for removing last weeks Get Fuzzy that contained marijuana overtones. According to Mike, the Washington Post has a history of running comic repeats during any feature’s episodes that it feels are offensive. Yanked features over the years include Scott Adams’s Dilbert, The Boondocks, […]
Jules Feiffer will be honored at this years Writes Guild Awards as he will receive a lifetime achievement award for animation writing. Jules was the editorial cartoonist for the Village Voice, but he is also a playwright, novelist, screen writer and children’s book author and illustrator. His film credits include “Little Murders,” and “Carnal Knowledge.”The […]
According to one source, the New York Comic-Con will feature a panel to discuss self-syndication vs traditional syndication. Those panelling the discussion include: Doug Bratton, creator of online comic and self-syndicated feature Pop Culture, Andrew Feinstein, co-creator of Girls & Sports, Francesco Marciuliano, writer for Sally Forth and creator of Medium Large, Rina Piccolo, creator […]