Disney/Pixar’s Peter Docter was featured in the New York Times on Sunday during which he revealed that he was inspired by Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson. Here’s the snippet:DRAWING I just bought a pile of crow-quill pen nibs. You know, the kind you dip in ink before you draw. Richard Thompson, the author of […]
Congratulations to The Indianapolis Star editorial cartoonist Gary Varvel who will be inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.From the The Indianapolis Star:Nationally syndicated through Creators Syndicate, Varvel counts graphic-novel projects “Path to Hope” (2010) and “The Father Factor” (2012) among his career highlights at The Star. The former addressed child poverty, while the […]
From the Huffington Post:Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) said Wednesday that he’d like to shoot the cartoonist for the Bangor Daily News, a joke that fell flat in light of the January shooting that killed five Charlie Hebdo cartoonists in France. LePage made his comments about cartoonist George Danby on Wednesday in front of a […]
So a really cool thing is in the works – not just in the works, it is happening this January. National Cartoonists Society Foundation President Steve McGarry has organized a week-long Caribbean Cartoonist Celebrity Cruise. These aren’t just B-rated or has-been cartoonist “celebrities”, we’re talking four Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonists (two of which have been […]
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: Animator Jim Lujan joins me to talk about his cool and edgy animated shorts, as well as the hugely amazing project he’s working on with legendary animator Bill Plympton, “Revengeance!” […]
I’m not sure a third movie in a sequel series is ever good, but I like the comedic timing in the teaser.
The San Diego Union-Tribune has kicked off a comic poll. Yes, the bane of every cartoonist’s existence wherein a newspaper editor (who may or may not have a sense of humor or appreciate for comics) kicks the responsibilities of determining what should appear in their newspaper to most 65 year-olds (who may or may not […]
Washington Post columnist Michael Cavna, AKA Comic Riffs, has been awarded four awards in the Society of Features Journalism contest. He was honored with first place for his blog Comic Riffs, video storytelling and two third place wins in arts and entertainment and short feature.Congratulations to Michael.
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 […]