Did you know King Features co-produced The Beatles 1968 film “Yellow Submarine”? Well, they did. And this summer they’ll be celebrating its 50-year anniversary.The film will be re-released this summer in theaters.From a Rolling Stone story:For the 50th anniversary screening, Yellow Submarine was restored in 4K digital resolution, though no automated software was used in order to […]
The Library of Congress has announced a multi-million dollar donation of comics and memorabilia from Diamond Comics owner and CEO Stephen Geppi. The collection includes original work from Walt Disney and Richard Outcault.From the Library of Congress release:The Library of Congress announced today that collector and entrepreneur Stephen A. Geppi has donated to the nation’s […]
I really like Steve Sack’s commentary on the rollback of banking regulations.If you remember back when post-Depression banking regulations were first eased under Carter and Reagan, there was a lot of talk about how it was okay because they wouldn’t make the same mistakes that had been made in the 1920s. And we promptly fell into […]
The Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) is reporting that jailed cartoonist Ramón Nsé Esono Ebalé (aka Jamón y Queso) has been released from prison in Equatorial Guinea and is now safe and free in Spain.From their site:Esono Ebalé, a prominent artist and cartoonist often critical of the government, who traveled to Equatorial Guinea to request […]
The Library of Congress’ Herblock Gallery is updated every six months. Recently Curator Sara W. Duke posted about the newest additions. From 50 years ago – the more things change… Last week this site informed about Image Comics’ coming Li’l Donnie collection. Now comes news that Image Comics will be collecting Pia Guerra’s political cartoons as […]
Ann Telnaes’ new comic, Mo, posted its second edition yesterday, as scheduled, but we were back in 1918 yesterday, so I held it.I also clipped it, because the format is ginormous enough that you should go read the whole thing yourself. Constant Readers will know I’m a longtime fan of Telnaes’s work, but this new thing […]
Arnold Roth joined Rube Goldberg and Mort Walker as the only recipients of the Golden T-Square (for 50 years as a professional cartoonist). Who’s next on this august list? Is a Huntington Beach California fest-type-Reubens a done deal for next year’s? Sounded like it. Kudos to the NCS Voting Base for once again not forgetting […]
Since Memorial Day cartoons seem predictable, I thought I’d go back a century and see what they were doing then, when it was still called Decoration Day. E.A. Bushnell kicks off our coverage. The US was in the middle of the World War, on the verge of having a million men in Europe and not far […]
The notice from The Meadville (Pa.) Tribune:Soup to Nutz ends its run in print syndication the week of May 21. The final daily is release date May 26.Soup to Nutz by Rick Stromoski March 27, 2000 – May 26, 2018 Newspaper Enterprise Association/United Feature Syndicate/(Universal Uclick/Andrews McMeel Syndicate for UFS) [daily reprints since March 5, […]
Start with the news, from DD Degg at the Daily Cartoonist via Tom Heintjes of Hogan’s Alley, with the smiling, self-posted face of Mark Parisi, who won the “It’s Not Actually A Reuben” award last night in the category of Newspaper Panels for Off the Mark.Here are the rest.Only the big one at the end […]
The National Cartoonists Society, on May 26, 2018, handed out awards at its annual Reuben’s Dinner. Nominees for divisional awards with winners in bold. – – – Updated June 2, 2018 – – –Editorial Cartoons Clay Bennett Mike Peters Michael Ramirez Newspaper Illustration Greg Cravens Glen Le Lievre Dave WhamondFeature Animation Benjamin Renner and Patrick […]
KaBOOM! has announced Peanuts: Dell Archive, a collection of Peanuts comic book stories originally published by Dell Publishing. Nat Gertler has a few details. Local Legend: Tom Batiuk in ‘Funky’ cold Medina Story from Cleveland.com about local cartoonist made good. Richard Pietrzyk to write and draw original Dick Tracy graphic novel ComicList has the story and an […]
I’ve criticized — perhaps even “railed against” — young cartoonists for either misinterpreting history or presenting it as some new discovery when it’s always been there for anyone who wanted to know it.It’s only fair, then, to praise this piece from the Nib, “1968: The Revolution That Almost Was,” by Julia Aleksayeva, who looks at 1968 […]
The A/V Club has a story on a person who’s set Rush’s 2112 album to Peanuts animations:From the story:If you had to describe the internet to somebody, you might say, “It’s a place where people waste an inordinate amount of time when they could be doing productive things in the real world.” Or, you could […]
Heart is a cute little kid whose irrepressible pretensions are adorable. One of my favorite strips.Because she’s about seven years old.By junior high, it becomes silly.If it persists into adulthood, we’re talking delusional and creepy. The unseen driver at the end is that guy, getting the hell out of town but now with the germ of […]