NPR did a story in the return of Berkeley Breathed and “Bloom County“. After re-reading a letter from To Kill a Mocking Bird author Harper Lee, asking him not to retire the strip, he renewed his interest in the strip. BREATHED: When I pulled that out – I hadn’t seen it for 25 years. And […]
From Amnesty International:A recent revelation by satirical cartoonist Atena Farghadani that she was forced to undergo a ?virginity and pregnancy test,? prior to her trial for a charge of ?illegitimate sexual relations? for shaking hands with her lawyer, has added another stain on Iran?s shameful record of violence against women, Amnesty International said today. In […]
Peter Sciretta at Slashfilm:I?ll be completely honest ? the cartoony dinosaur designs in the posters and advertising did not excite me. It wasn?t until I really got to take in some of the movie that I fully understood the vision of this film, and how the cartoony character designs are used as a wonderful contrast […]
I’ve always admired Bob Scott work on his comic Molly and the Bear, so I’m happy to see the comic being printed in book form. The book will hit shelves in March of next year. You can pre-order from Amazon.
King Features celebrates 100 years in syndication this year. During the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards weekend, they paneled a session on comic history at the Library of Congress. Here’s the video of that discussion.
Michael Sangiacomo of the The Plain Dealer:Roger Bollen, writer and illustrator of the “Animal Crackers” syndicated comic strip, artist of dozens of children’s books and producer of television shows, died Saturday at Hillcrest Hospital. He was 74. Bollen, who lived in Chagrin Falls, was a prolific creator who started out in newspaper comics strips and […]
Tom May, associate editor at Creative Bloq, reviews Apple’s newly announced Pro tablet iPad Pro along with the new stylus Apple Pencil.Having dropped the ball so much in the film-making arena (bad-mouthing Final Cut Pro seems to have become a professional sport within the movie industry), we weren’t sure could ever get back into the […]
From the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention in Columbus, OH, comes video of the panel on the topic of cartooning in the post-Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack. Panelists included Dr. Mark McKinney (author of Redrawing French Empire in Comics), Michael Kahn, attorney and author (Puck: What Fools These Mortals Be), Matt Wuerker (Politico), and Rob […]
This is the first Pixar I’m excited about in a while.
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: Carlos Gomez of the comic “Robots N’ Aliens” joins us once again, having helped out the great Irma Eriksson with her recent Indiegogo by buying a slot to have a […]
For those of us who missed the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning, this video was shown at the opening. It features The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee creator John Hambrock drawing directly with ink, in one shot, no undo buttons, all of the characters from this year’s guest artists line-up. Amazing talent. Kenosha Festival Of Cartooning […]
Eddie Pittman’s webcomic Red’s Planet will be collected, published through Amulet Books and hitting your neighborhood bookstore next spring. The online story will no longer update. Future stories will be in print.Congratulations, Eddie!
Politico looks at who is winning the free speech debate 10 years after the Danish Newspaper Jyllands-Posten printed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad and ignited a debate, violent and deadly protests and retaliation, and has sent cartoonists into hiding. Despite the 10-year anniversary of the event, which set off the biggest political crisis in Denmark […]
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: Graphic Novels and comics are finally coming out of the ridiculous shadow cast by Werthan’s inflammatory “Seduction of the Innocent (1954),” and into the classrooms! I hosted a panel at […]
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: One of my favorite comics of recent years is “Zen Pencils” by Gavin Aung Than. Gavin takes all sorts of quotes from a wide variety of sources, and illustrates them […]