Over the weekend an article was posted in the Los Angeles Review of Books by Luke Epplin contrasting the careers of Bill Watterson and Charles Schulz and their approach to commercializing their strips (or not). It’s an interesting read and I know there is no shortage of opinions on which of the two was “right”. […]
Great news from Cartoon Brew:Mexican-American political cartoonist and La Cucaracha comic creator Lalo Alcaraz made an announcement on Twitter yesterday: he?s been hired to work on Pixar?s just-announced Day of the Dead feature Coco. Alcaraz did not make clear whether he will work on the upcoming Lee Unkrich-directed film as an outside consultant or in-house […]
The State (Columbia, SC) has rehired full-time its long-time editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail. Robert resigned from the paper in 2009 when his position was cut to part-time. He had been at the paper since 1984. The paper made the announcement in July as part of “an ongoing initiative to strengthen print and digital coverage.”With his […]
Hamilton Spectator editorial cartoonist Graeme MacKay has been on a tear this week chasing after a Twitter account (@HarpersGotaGo) that was allegedly taking editorial cartoons, removing the artist’s signatures, scrubbing out any original dialog and replacing it with his/her own wording to completely change the original cartoon’s meaning. @HarpersGotaGo appears to be politically driven account […]
From CNBC:Disney Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter confirmed on Friday what fans have speculated about for the better part of a year: “Toy Story 4” will revolve around a romance between the blockbuster’s main character, a toy cowboy voiced by Tom Hanks, and a nursery rhyme doll. “It’s a love story with Woody and?and this […]
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: More single-panel cartoon greatness appears on Tall Tale Radio! The very funny Lonnie Millsap is here to talk about his long road through middle management to his cartooning career, what […]
From Mike Lynch:A Memorial Celebration will be held at 10am Saturday, August 15, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church, Chapel Street, Sherburne, NY, followed by internment in West Hill Cemetery, also in Sherburne.There’s also a viewing as well as a celebration of his life planned. Everyone is encouraged to attend if possible. Visit Mike’s […]
Great interview from 1993 with the legendary Herbert Block (Herblock) regarding his career and his work.
Illustrator Mike Miller has created a series of posters casting Calvin and Hobbes as other sidekick duos from comic books and the big screen. Think Rocket and Groot, Batman and Robin, Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. Below are a couple of my favorites. He created 25 of them in total which you can see in […]
Jeff Koterba, the editorial cartoonist for Omaha World Herald, has an exhibit of his work that opens September 11 and runs through October 10. The exhibit is entitled “Drawing Many Sides: Cartoons by Jeff Koterba“. If you’re in the Ohama area, the exhibit is at Gallery 72.
The Herblock Foundation is sponsoring a new category in The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers’s annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Three $1000 scholarships will be awarded to teens for their “outstanding drawings, illustrations, or animated short films offering commentary on current events or political topics.”From the press release:The Alliance for Young Artists & […]
Cartoonists Rights Network International has bestowed its 2015 Courage in Cartooning award to Iranian artist, activist Atena Farghadani.From CRNI: CRNI’s 2015 Courage in Cartooning award is being given to Iranian artist-activist Atena Farghadani. Ms. Farghadani was jailed in Tehran in August of 2014 after publishing a cartoon in protest of proposed legislation that would restrict […]
Randy Glasbergen, who is perhaps one of the most prolific cartoonists in America, has passed away at the age of 58. During his career he was the cartoonist for The Better Half which he took over in 1982 and just retired last year to concentrate on his cartoon licensing operation Glasbergen Cartoon Service. He also […]
Charles Brubaker has posted a fascinating piece over at Cartoon Research about the 1980’s ?The Fantastic Funnies? television show wherein actress Loni Anderson, best known for WKRP in Cincinnati, introduces and talks to cartoon characters from newspaper comics of the day. Here’s the intro video. Charles has posted seven other YouTube videos from that program […]
From Loudwire:Are you a fan of the ?Garfield? comic strip, but always thought it needed a few Metallica references? Well, here?s a treat for you. Since May of this year, a cartoonist has been churning out a comic strip called ?Hetfield,? which clearly spoofs the popular ?Garfield? comic while cleverly throwing in some fun nods […]