Universal Uclick adds maybe 37 or so comics a day to the GoClick roster. That might be a slight exaggeration, but they certainly add a substantial number each month. I noticed that they started a new feature by Dan Collins called Looks Good on Paper – which is an ironic title for a webcomic.Good luck […]
Brian Walker, comic historian, author and son of Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker, posted the first week of proposed strips to be included in the 1950 launch of the iconic comic, but three of the strips were rejected by the syndicate and were never published.Here’s the first one.Head over to Beetle Bailey to see the […]
Last week Doonesbury creator Garry Trueau was honored with the George Polk Awards – the first cartoonist to ever be so honored. His speech as has created a stir in cartooning circles (and anyone in the larger free speech circle) because he laid the blame of the attack at Charlie Hebdo on the magazine’s cartoonists. […]
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: Tall Tale Radio tackles the ongoing beast that is Social Media! In a wonderfully fun roundtable discussion, Lucas Turnbloom (“Imagine This”), Irma Eriksson (“Imy”), and Francesco Marciuliano (“Sally Forth”) join […]
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: Dana Simpson is back to talk about her amazing strip “Heavenly Nostrils” which is now “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” and has launched in 110 papers, in one of the biggest […]
Tom the Dancing Bug creator Ruben Bolling has published a new book for children called Alien Invasion in My Backyard. It’s getting strong reviews and publicity. It seems like if you’re a cartoonist and want to get paid for it, a children or middle-grade book is the way to go. Hmmmm. Cartoons in print form. […]
I found the “A Case for Pencils” blog this morning via Michael Maslin’s Inkspill. It’s a blog where New Yorker cartoonists show the tools and process they use for their cartoons. Some are more in-depth than others. The latest one from Shannon Wheeler is excellent. Photo below is one from Shannon’s process.
Cartoon Brew reports that former Disney CEO Michael Eisner purchased the rights to the iconic Bazooka Joe character and is working to update the character for a potential animation film.From Cartoon Brew:Bazooka Candy Brands, a division of The Topps Company, owned by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, is collaborating with animation artists to give Bazooka […]
The Huffington Post’s Bryan Young talks to Weird Al and MAD Magazine’s John Ficarra about Weird Al’s Guest Editor edition. BY: Al, how did this work on your part? I’m sure your schedule is already pretty busy, I mean you just got done shooting all kinds of music videos for everything and about to go […]
Dave Whamond?s comic panel Reality Check turns 20 years old this month. Dave notes:“I just frame some of the silliness of everyday life in the comic and invite people to take a double-take — to look at life from another angle. Reality Check is more a state of mind than anything else. The characters could […]
From the Straits Times: KUALA LUMPUR AFP – A Malaysian political cartoonist known for skewering the country’s ruling regime was charged Friday with what his lawyer called a record nine counts of sedition, one of dozens of targets in a deepening clampdown on civil liberties.Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque – who goes by the pen name Zunar […]
If you didn’t buy The Art of Richard Thompson (and why didn’t you???), you can at least read the an excerpt from the interview between Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson and Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson.BW: I?ve changed my mind about things–I think comics have gotten too sophisticated for their own good! You […]
I really enjoyed RC Harvey’s obit on Roy Doty over at The Comics Journal.Doty, too, was unadulterated. But not silent. In declining health since suffering a stroke late last year, he died March 18, defiant, I like to think, to the very end. He was 93. He always scoffed at the idea of retirement. ?Retire […]
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: Jason Chatfield, artist of the long running Australian comic strip, “Ginger Meggs” joins me to talk about how a 23-year old kid in 2007 took over an iconic 90+ year […]
The National Cartoonist Society has announced the 2014 Division Awards aka Silver Reubens (or tongue in cheek the “Steckleys”).The winners will be announced during the annual NCS Reuben Awards dinner on May 23rd. This year’s Reuben Awards will be held in Washington D.C.Congratulations to the nominees.EDITORIAL CARTOONS Clay Bennett Michael Ramirez Jen Sorensen NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION […]