Charis Jackson Barrios has won the 2018 John Locher Memorial Award.The John Locher Memorial Award is a contest for aspiring cartoonists, ages 18-25, whose work demonstrates both clear opinions and strong artistry on political and social topics. Single panel, multi-panel, and animated editorial cartoons and comics [are] accepted.“Charis is producing well-crafted, smart, affecting comics that […]
Over at The Washington Post site, Comic Riffs’ Michael Cavna writes on the growing influence of women at this year’s San Diego Comic Con Awards — The Eisners.From the story:“There was an energy in the room that kept growing with every victory for a woman, a person of color or a queer person,” Walden, who […]
In the current Monty arc, he’s decided to be an author, complete with tweed jacket and pipe, and today’s not only cracked me up but resonated with an issue in children’s literature that I’ve been pondering.Inclusion matters. But you don’t gain another perspective by chatting with somebody, whether it’s bringing a woman’s perspective to your […]
A series of public service ads created by King Features’ Barney Google and Snuffy Smith cartoonist John Rose won First Place in the Tennessee Press Association’s Ideas Contest for Best Use of Humor in an Ad. In late 2016, when portions of eastern Tennessee were hit with devastating wildfires, Rose was deeply affected…After seeing news of […]
Great news last week – a couple of old favorites are returning to print. The Comics Journal and nemo: the classic comics library are two completely different takes on comics. I would say “bigger and better than ever” but The Comics Journal seems to be downsized a bit, even from its old magazine format. But […]
The North Shore News out of North Vancouver, B.C., has a fun story about Lynn Johnston’s work with a young art student.From the story:“But the trouble is it’s so much fun to just draw the characters because there’s a spirit in you that is the character,” says Johnston. “If you are drawing a dog, you […]
Per Variety, “LaCucaracha” and editorial cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz has been named the cultural consultant for Nickelodeon’s new animated series “Los Casagrandes.” The series is a spinoff of Nick’s “The Loud House” and follows the life of a 11-year-old boy with 10 sisters.Alcaraz had served in a similar role on Pixar’s Academy Award-winning “Coco.”@laloalcaraz www.gocomics.com/laloalcarazhttps://www.gocomics.com/lacucaracha
Erik Pederson at the San Gabriel Valley (Calif.) Tribune does a short profile of Korean-American cartoonist Dami Lee. Lee’s new book from Chronicle, “Be Everything at Once” hits the streets on August 7th.From the story:So are her parents wishing she had a more traditional career path that didn’t include cartooning?“Not really, because in Korea comics are […]
The Comics Reporter and Telesur are reporting that comic character Mafalda is being dragged into the abortion debate in her native Argentina.Mafalda cartoonist Quino has released a statement:“Images showing Mafalda wearing a blue scarf, which symbolizes opposition to the voluntary interruption of pregnancy law, are spreading. I don’t authorize it; it doesn’t represent my stance, and […]
There has been a boatload of editorial cartoons on Trump’s threat to start yet another unwinnable land war in Asia, but Matt Wuerker‘s raises the issue of whether it’s a classic blunder, an attempt to distract, or, perhaps, a blundering attempt to distract.Wuerker is going for (C) a blundering attempt to distract.(BTW, for those just discovering […]
We thought this was worth breaking out from D.D. Degg’s earlier post. In comics’ news from the National Football League, the Chicago Bears have announced that the intend to launch what they’re calling a ‘Monsters of the Midway’ comic strip. It looks and feels far more “comic book” than “comic strip” but check it out […]
“Join, or Die” is widely heralded as America’s first newspaper political cartoon.It was published in the May 9, 1754 edition of Benjamin Franklin‘s Pennsylvania Gazette.An original of that publication will be auctioned off July 26.The original May 9, 1754 “Pennsylvania Gazette” newspaper featuring Benjamin Franklin’s famous “JOIN, or DIE” cartoon will be auctioned by Nate […]
Mutts Comic Con Tribute Title PanelPatrick McDonnell‘s annual Comic Con comic strip appeared yesterday. Some may have missed his Mutts title panel tribute that is usually dropped. Above: the July 22, 2018 Mutts title panel and the inspiration from 1963. The full Mutts strip can be read at the Arcamax site. Cartoonist Learns She’s AmbidextrousLiza Donnelly […]
Brian Fies has announced that Abrams ComicArts will publish a full-color graphic novel of his true-life account of the 2017 Santa Rosa fires. Publication is slated for Spring 2019.From his Facebook post:Publishing lead times being what they are, I’m actually in the throes of deadline woes right now, with just a few weeks to wrap it […]
DC: John, your new comic with King Features, “Daddy Daze,” launched on June 17th. How did you come up with the concept? JK: I was looking for a new project and ended up reviewing some old projects for inspiration. One of those was a on-line weekly strip I did in grad school about being a first time father. They […]