Industry news for the professional cartoonist
I’m going to start with something substantive before moving on to trivia today. I don’t entirely disagree with Mike Lester (AMS), but, then again, I don’t entirely agree with him, either. The more argumentative point is that, from my side of things, we are paying for the Pigs in Space Race, based on the way…
I’m often impatient with Gary Markstein (Creators). He keeps up his partnership with Tony Rubino at their daily strip, “Daddy’s Home” consistently, but posts his own political commentary so rarely that I’m sometimes tempted to drop him from my GoComics lineup. However, it’s paid off this time around, because he posted this one January 12,…
There seems to be quite a number of pantomime panels in today’s strips. So naturally the normally muted Lio has word balloons. From the top:Alley Oop © U.F.S.Animal Crackers © T.C.A.Arlo and Janis © U.F.S.B.C. © J.H.S.The Barn © Ralph HagenBeetle Bailey © K.F.S.Daddy’s Home © Rubino & MarksteinHeart of the City © A.M.S.Heathcliff…
Riding Mike’s coattails (again). Over The Hedge © MFry & TLewis The Four Horsedudes of the $#!+show is my favorite comic art this week (though the jokes are laughable; wait..what?). The Over the Hedge sequence starts on the 17th and ends today. Shoe © MacNelly Let’s also take note of the extra effort into…
I understand there’s an ingredient in jellyfish that improves your memory, which is why I can look at this Reality Check and remember that we recently had a whole discussion of plastic bags that look like big fish. Well, they look like jellyfish, too, and this made me giggle. I suppose at some point grandfathers…
This Andertoons doesn’t require a lot of explanation, though you have to be old enough to remember giant, air-conditioning-required, tape-driven mainframe computers. My first major freelance job was working for a company whose entire business was keeping track of oil and gas leases for landowners on one of those behemoths. I was charged with writing…
Fathers get so little positive play on the comics page that, having been a single dad, I’m gonna lead with today’s Brevity. Cargo shorts notwithstanding, it’s good to see a father in the funnies who isn’t a clueless, annoying loser. My father, who was otherwise very present and attentive, didn’t teach me to shave. I…
Let’s dismiss the politics first, so we can talk about the Sunday Funnies instead. Rob Rogers charges that a lot of “It’s over, let’s move on” messages are coming from the Russian troll factories, and you’d have to be pretty foolish to disagree. We know they’re already working on the 2020 elections. But there are…
Today’s Zits struck home because it’s not only true but something I hate because (A) I think the people doing it are idiots and (B) that makes me feel like a cranky old man. And while I think Jeremy’s mother is in a state of perpetual over-reaction to things that don’t matter, I’m with her…
The Chicago Sun-Times in an effort “to reinvest in the quality journalism you’ve come to expect” will “[pare] back some comics.” Today marks some changes to the comics and classified pages of our Monday-through-Saturday print editions. Rather than three dedicated pages of comics, we’ll be publishing one comics page with the New York Times…
Daddy’s Home co-creator Gary Markstein has started doing cat cartoons for a local non-profit to deal with the issue of overpopulation of feral cats. The cartoons aren’t the LOLcatz kind of thing. It’s all about bringing awareness to a program called “Trap, Neuter and Return.” Gary got involved after visiting with a friend in Grand…
As part of the Cartoonists Remember 9/11, The Society of Illustrators are presenting a forum entitled “The Impact of Comics and Visual Art on Culture” tomorrow night (Sept. 8). Panelists include Rick Detorie creator of One Big Happy, Tony Rubino Daddy’s Home and Brian Walker Hi and Lois. King Features Syndicate Comics Editor Brendan Burford…
On Sunday, September 11, more than 90 syndicated cartoonist will dedicate their features to pay homage to those who lost their lives or or were injured in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This year is the 10th anniversary of the attacks in New York City, Washington DC and Pennsylvania. The themes will feature a wide range…
Here’s the run down of April Fools day related comic pranks that I’ve found so far. John Glynn announces the Calvin and Hobbes Live Action Movie There’s a bit of Daddy?s Home in Scary Gary and a bit of Scary Gary in Daddy?s Home Michael Cavna reports that Disney outsourced Toy Story 4 to a…
ComicsDC blogger Mike Rhode interviewed Daddy’s Home co-creator Tony Rubino for the Washington City Paper about his career in comics. WCP: Who are your influences? TR: Cartoon-wise, the usual suspects: Larson, Watterson, Schultz, Hart & Parker. And also, Callahan (RIP), Groening, who I first saw in the Washington City Paper long before The Simpsons when…