From Comingsoon.net:On July 20, 2018, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the directors of The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and 21 and 22 Jump Street, are taking Spider-Man back to his graphic roots with the first-of-its-kind animated Spider-Man feature, it was announced today at CinemaCon by Tom Rothman, chairman of the Sony […]
Bob Andelman (AKA Mr. Media) talks with editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle on a variety of topics including the boundaries of free speech, the speech given by Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau. © Daryl Cagle
The Independent has published a long excerpt from a book (“Letter to the Islamophobia Frauds Who Play into the Hands of Racists”) penned by Charlie Hebdo editor Stéphane Charbonnier, better known as Charb. The book was finished just two days before the attacks on Charlie Hebdo.A snippet:People who accuse Charlie Hebdo cartoonists of Islamophobia each […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will gather in Columbus, OH this year for their annual convention. Columbus is home to the Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and the Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD) which makes it a prime venue for ink-slingers. The dates for the convention are Thursday, […]
This year’s Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Looking though the list (below), I’m seeing several familiar names. Glad to see Richard Thompson nominated for The Complete Cul de Sac in the Best Humor Publication category. Brian Fies has been nominated in the Best Digital/Web Comic category for his comic “The Last Mechanical Monster”. I’m […]
New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast has had quiet a run lately since the release of her book “Can?t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?”. The book has won the Kirkus Prize, the National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award. It also was cited as a reason for being honored with the Heinz […]
Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price does this from time to time – takes a week off and brings in a guest cartoonist to keep the strip going. This week’s guest cartoonist is Susan Camilleri-Konar. Her cartoons started on Monday and continue through Sunday.Hat tip: Rina Piccolo
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will lose its current space in June after a lease ends.From the San Francisco Chronicle:The institution, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, has to vacate its home in downtown San Francisco after its longtime lease ends in June, but it has not yet found a new one. ?It?s […]
Bill Holbrook’s Kevin & Kell, one of the longest running webcomics ever, relaunched on King Feature’s Comics Kingdom yesterday starting with strips from 2009. Bill has been producing the strip since 1995.“Bringing classic “Kevin & Kell” strips to Comics Kingdom is an exciting development, as it opens up a whole new audience for the tale […]
K Chronicles creator Keith Knight hinted that the reaction to the cartoon above that was posted on DailyKos was so bad, he felt he needed to take it down.The Raw Story has more on the reaction both by Keith and DailyKos readers.But Knight assured us that he himself made the decision to pull down the […]
A great piece by Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes regarding recent comments made by Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau about the terror attack on the French publication Charlie Hebdo.Ann writes:Unfortunately, whether he meant it or not, some of Trudeau?s words sounded like the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists had it coming. This is a dangerous suggestion to even […]
There’s a lot of positive press surrounding the release of this last issue of MAD Magazine with Weird Al as the guest editor. National Cartoonist Society President Tom Richmond as the run-down on who contributed to the issue.IGN has a nice interview with Al and MAD Editor-in-Chief John Ficarra.IGN: [Laughs] Al, you said you’re a […]
Today the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning was announced. The winner this year goes to Adam Zyglis of the Buffalo News. You can see his cartoon entries over at Pulitzer.org.Adam has had a tremendous year. He was awarded the Aronson Award for Cartooning with a Conscience just last week. He was also the recipient of […]
(click above for larger view)The City Paper opted to drop Tony Millionaire’s (aka Scott Richardson) Maakies because they felt the comic was no longer fresh and often misogynistic. The paper’s editor Evan Serpick writes the background on why they decided to cut Maakies after a 15 year run.“Maakies” by Tony Millionaire (aka Scott Richardson) for […]
Arizona Republic editorial cartoonist Steve Benson is this year’s National Headliner Award winner for cartooning. The award is given by the Press Club of Atlantic City for journalism excellence.Adam Zyglis (Buffalo News) came in second place with Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News coming in third place.