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Soup to Nutz turns 15

by Alan Gardner 1 comments March 27, 2015

Rick Stomoski’s Soups To Nutz turns 15 today. GoComics is giving away prints of the first strip. Head over to enter. Congratulations to Rick. 

Happy Friday and yes, there will be an Incredibles 2 movie

by Alan Gardner 2 comments March 27, 2015

The Incredibles was one of my fav Pixar films. Ten years after the first, the word is the sequel is in development. CinamaBlend has details what we do know and what we don’t about the film. At this time, The Incredibles 2 is evidently developing without an official director attached, but fans can be assured […]

Check out Rina Piccolo’s Centuries Old Doodles

by Alan Gardner 2 comments March 27, 2015

Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo has a fascinating find:Picture this. A monk. A monk in a high tower. In the monk?s hand is a writing instrument that today would be found behind glass in a museum. What?s this lonesome scribe writing? There?s parchment on the unevenly carved desk in front of him, and on it […]

Pixar releases free Renderman for non-commercial use

by Alan Gardner 3 comments March 26, 2015

Do you have that itch to create a 3D animation of one of your creations, but don’t want to drop $500 on Pixar’s Renderman? This week Pixar released a free version of Renderman for non-commercial use.From their website:RenderMan is now free for all non-commercial purposes, including evaluations, education, research, and personal projects. The non-commercial version […]

U.S. drops propaganda cartoon leaflets on ISIL

by Alan Gardner 1 comments March 26, 2015

The US is dropping an illustration/cartoon on the city of Raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State, to discourage new recruits (see cartoon above). From USA Today: WASHINGTON ? The Pentagon has launched a propaganda program in Syria aimed at creating fissures among Islamic State fighters by dropping 60,000 leaflets at the center of […]

Two Turkish cartoonists sentenced to jail for insulting president

by Alan Gardner 0 comments March 26, 2015

From The Daily News:Two cartoonists for the popular satirical weekly Penguen have been jailed to 11 months in prison, over a satirical piece on free speech in which they were convicted of including a hidden gesture ?insulting? Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. Cartoonists Bahad?r Baruter and Özer Aydo?an were sued for the Aug. 21, 2014, […]

Comic strip only newspaper launches Kickstarter

by Alan Gardner 8 comments March 25, 2015

A Nashville entrepreneur is trying to launch a weekly 6-page comic page delivered via mail.From the press release: Seeking to preserve a uniquely American art form, Nashville based media entrepreneur Logan Sekulow announced the launch of Laugh-O-Gram?, a weekly, family friendly comic strip only newspaper delivered by mail. Acknowledging the importance of grassroots support, Sekulow […]

Bill Day hired as full-time cartoonist in Florida

by Alan Gardner 7 comments March 25, 2015

Daryl Cagle announced that former Memphis Commercial-Appeal and the Detroit Free-Press editorial cartoonist Bill Day has taken a full-time position with the Florida web site FloridaPolitics.com.Daryl writes: I was please to learn that my talented, cartoonist buddy, Bill Day, just got a full time job as an editorial cartoonist for FloridaPolitics.com. New jobs for editorial […]

Zunar sues cops for damage to artwork during raid

by Alan Gardner 0 comments March 24, 2015

After yet another raid and arrest, editorial cartoonist Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ulhaque (AKA Zunar) is fighting back.From MalayMail:Zulkiflee, popularly known as ?Zunar?, said he is holding the police responsible for damage as the item had been kept in their custody. ?I will not tolerate this and will instruct my lawyer to take the necessary legal […]

AAEC releases mission statement underscoring free speech and human rights

by Alan Gardner 1 comments March 24, 2015

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has released the organization’s mission statement outlining its purpose. AAEC President Jack Ohman tells me that even though the organization has been around for over 50 years, the recent violent events in Europe has motivated the board to declare its support for free speech and cartoonists rights around […]

Profiled: Dave Coverly and his new book Dogs are People Too

by Alan Gardner 1 comments March 24, 2015

Speed Bump creator Dave Coverly has a new book out called “Dogs Are People, Too: A Collection of Cartoons to Make Your Tail Wag“.From The Ann Arbor NewsThough Coverly found plenty of material, he assumed that he’d need to find a “small, boutique-y publisher” for the book. But then an editor at Macmillen threw him […]

Former AAEC president Jack Jurden passes at age 88

by Alan Gardner 0 comments March 23, 2015

From The News Journal (Delaware):Delaware’s best-known cartoonist, Jack Jurden, whose pen-and-ink drawings spanned more than six decades, has died at the age of 88. The charming and quick-penned artist, who met and drew every president from Kennedy to Carter, died quietly at his Brandywine Hundred home Tuesday night, surrounded by family and friends. Although he […]

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