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 […]
Steve Sicula’s Home and Away is going away. On GoComics Steve confirmed the end by stating:Thank you all for the kind words. Yes, unfortunately the strip has ended but Go Comics will be rerunning from very close to the beginning. Just working out some details. Thanks again, it was a fun ride.The last day was […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has released a statement calling for an independent investigation of the audio tape that the LAPD provided to the LA Times that resulted in the newspaper’s decision to end its relationship with columnist and cartoonist Ted Rall.Here’s the full statement:The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists board calls for […]
From Real ScreenHBO Documentary Films has acquired the U.S. rights to Leah Wolchok?s Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists (pictured). Directed and produced by Wolchok, the film takes a look behind the scenes of the iconic American magazine and follows cartoon editor Bob Mankoff as he reviews piles of weekly submissions […]
Over the weekend, cartoonist and columnist Ted Rall released what he describes as “enhanced” audio of the recording provided to the LA Times by the LAPD refuting claims Ted made in an online column he wrote on May 11 describing an “ugly scene” created by police while giving him a jaywalking ticket in 2001. Ted […]
Brainpickings.org reports that previously unpublished Dr. Seuss book has been found and now published. In the spring of 1957, almost two decades after his little-known ?adult? book of nudes, it was an animal book ? The Cat in the Hat ? that led critics to declare Dr. Seuss an overnight success, despite the fact that […]
Fun Home, Dykes to Watch Out For creator Alison Bechdel was on Late Night with Seth Meyer’s on Wednesday. Her segment comes in at about minute 28. Also part of the segment includes actors performing a scene from the Broadway play Fun Home based on her graphic novel.
The LA Times has run a notice to readers that they will not run any more work by editorial cartoonist and columnist Ted Rall after the LA Police Department releases an audio recording rebutting claims of an interaction between Ted and a police officer over a jay walking ticket in which Ted claims he was […]
From 1940, the first Bugs Bunny animation wherein he delivers his famous line, “what’s up doc?’Merrie Melodies – A Wild Hare (1940)
Longtime Washington Times editorial cartoonist Bill Garner has passed away.From his paper:Bill Garner stopped drawing political cartoons for The Washington Times six years ago, but he never stopped being an artist. He had several showings of his paintings at an Annapolis gallery. He would sketch passers-by as his wife Patricia Garner did mall-walking. Sometimes people […]
From Australian Broadcasting Corporation:A new exhibition at the Museum of Sydney highlights how important Ginger Meggs has been in charting the changing nature of childhood and Australian society over the past 90 years. It contains examples of strips drawn by the five artists who have worked on Ginger over the years as well as other […]
J.D. Crowe explains why Donald Trump is a brilliant candidate for U.S. president.
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: Marc Goldner and Rachel Korsen are here to talk to Justin Thompson and I about their very cool and ambitious project, The Sunday Comics! They’re putting together a newspaper-style publication […]