Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine) and Lincoln Peirce (Big Nate), along with Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) and Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants) will be presenting at a Drawn Together Fundraiser to raise money for Access Books which provides books to inner-city school libraries in the Los Angeles, CA area.From GoComics:At GoComics, we love […]
I mentioned Atena Farghadani back in May. She’s an Iranian activist, artist who depicted certain Iranian leaders as goats after they passed legislation restricting birth control. That led to an arrest, a hunger-strike and a heart attack.Now she’s been sentenced to 12 years for ?gathering and colluding against national security?, ?insulting members of parliament through […]
The Broadway musical Fun Home, based on the graphic memoir of the same name by Alison Bechdel, was nominated for 12 Tony awards and walked away with the big prize of Best Musical as well as Best Lead Actor, Best Direction, Best Book and Best Original Score.I’m not sure how much involvement Alison had in […]
Opening in theaters on November 25, 2015.
I’ve seen Mark present a couple of times now. He’s both funny and informative.
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: Brian Fies, Eisner award winner for his amazing graphic novel “Mom’s Cancer,” recently finished up his latest foray into the comics world with “The Last Mechanical Monster.” It’s 170 pages […]
We’re down to the last six days of the Kenosha Festival Of Cartooning Indiegogo campaign and Anne could use your help. The festival is a 3 day festival in (you guessed it) Kenosha WI. Those three days are packed with presentations, workshops, comic art exhibits, and panel discussions by some really great cartoonists. Putting on […]
Matt Bors explains changes are afoot at The Nib, which in the last couple of years has become a notable place the web for comics.But a daily lineup was in many ways a very traditional approach to publishing. And a traditional approach to publishing has never been Medium?s thing. So we?re making changes to focus […]
Outgoing National Cartoonist Society President Tom Richmond explains the difference between the new Medal of Honor and the Caniff award – both are lifetime achievement awards. At issue is the Caniff is the only lifetime achievement award, but if the cartoonist has already won a Reuben, the Caniff is not a possibility. What to do? […]
Brian Karem, the Executive Editor at The Sentinel Newspapers, has issued an apology and statement to the cartoonist’s whose works William Charles copied, manipulated and signed off as his own. But the troubling line in the statement was that the paper will continue to use cartoons by William Charles in the future.Here’s the full statement:On […]
Rockville MD councilman Tom Moore has exposed an ongoing blatant case of mass editorial cartooning plagiarism wherein the artist is removing the original artists’ name and signing it as his/her own. A cartoonist is identified only as William Charles who used a variety of editorial cartoonist and New Yorker cartoonist’s work. The Montgomery Sentinel is […]
Vulture interviews Daniel Clowes about his career and books. The topic of Shia LaBeaouf came up.Speaking of grudges: Have you forgiven Shia LaBeouf? I don?t know. No, not really. I mean, I don?t hold a grudge. I don?t think about it that much. But I don?t think what he did was really forgivable. I don?t […]
If you’re in the Glen Echo, MD area, Garfield: The Musical with Cattitude is a new musical written by Jim Davis and Michael J. Bobbitt. The show begins June 19 and runs through August 23. The plot: Garfield, a chubby and sarcastic tabby cat fantasizes about having the most amazing birthday in the history of […]
Last month the Cartoon Art Museum announced that they were losing their current space on Mission street due to higher lease rates in the Bay Area. They’ve now announced that they’ve been able to extend their current lease until September 2015.From their press release:In light of the booming commercial rental market, the museum?s situation is […]
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: The great Dan Piraro, writer and artist of “Bizarro,” one of my all time favorite comics, is here to talk about his recently announced path of riding off into the […]