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Video: Michael Ramirez on editorial cartooning

by Alan Gardner 2 comments April 17, 2015

Investor?s Business Daily editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez spoke at the Freedom Center?s 2015 West Coast Retreat in March. Here’s the video.The transcript has been posted on Front Page MagFunny bit from Michael:The Pulitzer ceremony?s actually a noontime thing. It?s a luncheon. It?s at the Columbia campus library. So we pull up in the limo, and […]

Steven Spielberg to direct Roald Dahl’s The BFG

by Alan Gardner 1 comments April 16, 2015

BFG is a Gardner family favorite of the Roald Dahl books. I’m excited to see Steven Spielberg will be taking on this film. It’s due out in July 1 2016. The movie will be co-financed and co-produced by Disney. Bill Hader has been signed as one o the mean giants.

Podcast: Episode 213 ? Ruben Bolling

by Alan Gardner 0 comments April 16, 2015

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: Ruben Bolling, writer and creator of “Tom the Dancing Bug,” one of the greatest comics ever, is branching out into the world of kid’s novels with his first EMU Club […]

Milt Priggee stands by cartoon criticizing American gun culture

by Alan Gardner 2 comments April 15, 2015

Editorial cartoonist Milt Priggee has come under filre for a cartoon (above) that is claimed to be in very bad taste considering recent shootings.From MyNorthWest.com: “A cartoon is a simple machine to make the reader think, not joke,” Priggee said. “It’s not a comic strip, it’s not entertainment, and this is where newspapers have fallen […]

Brian Fies’ “Mom’s Cancer” returns to the web

by Alan Gardner 1 comments April 14, 2015

Brian Fies has announced that his graphic novel, Mom’s Cancer is returning to the web where it started. Starting next Monday, the comic will be hosted on GoComics.Mom’s Cancer started as a free webcomic, on a primitive site I hosted myself. When I signed my book contract with Abrams, they quite reasonably asked me to […]

Adam Zyglis wins 2015 Aronson Award for Cartooning with a Conscience

by Alan Gardner 3 comments April 14, 2015

Buffalo News editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis has been named as this year’s recipient of the Aronson Award for Cartooning with a Conscience. The award is given to journalists whose work “brings to light widespread injustices, their human consequences, underlying causes, and possible reforms.”Adam will be given the award during a ceremony on April 24 at […]

GoComics adds new feature by Dan Collins

by Alan Gardner 4 comments April 14, 2015

Universal Uclick adds maybe 37 or so comics a day to the GoClick roster. That might be a slight exaggeration, but they certainly add a substantial number each month. I noticed that they started a new feature by Dan Collins called Looks Good on Paper – which is an ironic title for a webcomic.Good luck […]

Check out the very first Beetle Bailey strip. And it was rejected

by Alan Gardner 0 comments April 13, 2015

Brian Walker, comic historian, author and son of Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker, posted the first week of proposed strips to be included in the 1950 launch of the iconic comic, but three of the strips were rejected by the syndicate and were never published.Here’s the first one.Head over to Beetle Bailey to see the […]

Garry Trudeau: Charlie Hebdo “wandered into… hate speech”

by Alan Gardner 24 comments April 13, 2015

Last week Doonesbury creator Garry Trueau was honored with the George Polk Awards – the first cartoonist to ever be so honored. His speech as has created a stir in cartooning circles (and anyone in the larger free speech circle) because he laid the blame of the attack at Charlie Hebdo on the magazine’s cartoonists. […]

Podcast: Episode 212 ? Social Media

by Alan Gardner 0 comments April 13, 2015

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: Tall Tale Radio tackles the ongoing beast that is Social Media!  In a wonderfully fun roundtable discussion, Lucas Turnbloom (“Imagine This”), Irma Eriksson (“Imy”), and Francesco Marciuliano (“Sally Forth”) join […]

Podcast: Episode 211 ? Dana Simpson and ?Phoebe and Her Unicorn?

by Alan Gardner 0 comments April 9, 2015

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: Dana Simpson is back to talk about her amazing strip “Heavenly Nostrils” which is now “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” and has launched in 110 papers, in one of the biggest […]

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