I’m a big Wumo fan, so I’m highly excited that the first Wumo book collection was released yesterday by Andrews McMeel Publishing. The book is entitled WuMo: Something Is Wrong. If you’re not familiar with the strip, head over to GoComics and give it a read. Also, if you don’t want to pay for the […]
From Gambit:Bunny Matthews, who created the quintessential comic-strip Yats “Vic and Nat’ly” in 1982, announced today in a Facebook post that he is suffering from brain cancer. Matthews, whose cartoons appeared in Gambit for years (along with every other local publication), has provoked, skewered and amused the New Orleans arts, music and media communities in […]
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: It’s incredibly cool that I get to talk to artists and writers like I do, so this time, it’s four times as cool! Lucas Turnbloom and I took a little […]
Nate Beeler, the host of this year’s AAEC convention in Columbus, OH, has revealed some of the weekend’s plans. Attendees will hear from Mike Peters, Steve Brodner, Jules Feiffer, Liza Donnelly, Michael Kahn and Richard West. Topics will include Charlie Hebdo, free speech, Puck and of course being hosted in the hometown of the Billy […]
On the topic of major comic strip milestones, Hilary Price just cleared 20 years of serving up Rhymes with Orange to the world. She blogs about what it means to her, what she did to commemorate the day and what the highlight and lowlights of the doing the strip for 20 years.Here’s her first cartoon: […]
My headline is wordy, but there are several updates to the The Montgomery Sentinel cartoon plagiarism case since it was first revealed three weeks ago. Tom Moore, the city councilman who brought attention to the issue, wrote the paper’s owner hoping that perhaps if he went high enough into the paper’s chain of command, that […]
Howard Tayler’s Schlock Mercenary debuted on the web 15 years ago. A lot of comics flame out long before that regardless of where they run, so 15 years is a major milestone.My congratulations to Howard for a great strip and for always being so willing to share how he’s built up a webcomic into a […]
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: Two of the biggest names in both comics AND kids books are here to talk about a very cool event they’re involved with…Drawn Together! This Saturday, June 20th, Stephan Pastis […]
I knew reporter/journalist/news anchor Jake Tapper had inspired to be a cartoonist, I wasn’t aware that he was once a cartoonist for Roll Call. That aside, the paper asked him to provide a cartoon for their 60th anniversary, which he did (see below).I think Jake might be a candidate for the National Cartoonists Society’s ACE […]
A blonde-haired boy and his pet stuff-animal tiger Hobbes were recently separated at the Tampa International Airport before boarding a flight to Houston, TX. Hobbes was found by airport employees and when the boy’s mother reported Hobbes as missing, they assured her that Hobbes would be there when the family returned back to Tampa. An […]
The Wall Street Journal profiles Jules Feiffer, how he got into cartooning and how at age 86, he’s still going strong drawing graphic novels.I began drawing at age 3, and the more I drew, the better I became. I soon discovered that if I took this skill out in the street using chalk, the kids […]
Today 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios released a new trailer for THE PEANUTS MOVIE!. It’s the most extensive peek into this anticipated release (November 6, 2015). My first reaction to the announcement was of worry that this was going to totally wreck any positive feelings for the original Peanuts. As more of these […]
As if the news of Iranian activist and artist Atena Faraghdani’s being sentenced for 12.5 years for posting a cartoon on Facebook was outrageous enough, Global Village is reporting that Atena’s attorney has also been arrested for … shaking her hand.From The Global Village: Mohammad Moghimi, the attorney of the Iranian activist and cartoonist Atena […]
I want to thank this last week’s sponsor, Carvtober.com. Carvtober.com is a unique project that provides cartoonists such as yourself a way to help fund your favorite charities with no financial risk to the charity or yourself. Simply create a pattern with your line-art, register your charity and upload your art to Carvtober.com. The pattern […]
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