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Toy Story 4 rumors grow – a romantic comedy?????

by Alan Gardner 3 comments March 5, 2015

Upcoming Pixar sums up a few rumors regarding Pixar’s fourth installment of their Toy Story series.Morris also mentioned that the film will be a romantic comedy. And that?s not all, the relationship the toys have with children and people will not be explored. Now this is interesting, because we would have to infer that Bonnie?s […]

Another Lars Vilks speaking event cancelled

by Alan Gardner 0 comments March 5, 2015

Sputnik News is reporting another Lars Vilks speaking event has been cancelled. An earlier lecture was cancelled at Sweden’s Karlstad University due to security concerns. This event, sponsored by Sweden’s Pirate Party, was cancelled after a teacher’s union meeting in the same building on the scheduled day expressed concerns about safety.It is suspected that the […]

Mike Peters pays tribute to 120 years of comic history

by Alan Gardner 0 comments March 5, 2015

Monday’s Mother Goose and Grimm paid tribute to 120 years of comic strip history. Mike Peter’s cartoon depicting The Yellow Kid as the “First Comic Standing” surrounded by iconic comic characters such as Dick Tracy, Hagar the Horrible, Beetle Bailey, Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, Dilbert, Zits, For Better or For Worse, Annie, Garfield among others.I […]

Great Story How Jason Chatfield Did a Caricature of Larry David for Katie Curic

by Alan Gardner 1 comments March 4, 2015

Ginger Meggs cartoonist, stand-up comedian and caricaturist Jason Chatfield relates how he ended up creating a caricature of Larry David. I can?t quite explain why, but being insulted by Larry is a great honour. The job came through a fellow New York illustrator and great friend, Ed Steckley. He passed the job on through an agency, knowing full well […]

Jason Chatfield going toe to toe with Parisian caricaturists

by Alan Gardner 1 comments March 4, 2015

Speaking of Jason Chatfield and caricatures, he has another great story about how he ended up in the seat of a Parisian caricaturist for a caricature and ended up switching the tables. Or, um, seats. I felt kind of guilty about the whole photo debacle, so wanted to make amends. I walked over and said […]

National Cartoonist Society announces nominees for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year

by Alan Gardner 1 comments March 3, 2015

The National Cartoonist Society has announced the nominees for the 2014 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. The nominees are New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast, Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis and Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price.This is Roz’s first nomination for the Reuben; Stephan has been nominated 52 times (actually, seven); […]

Stan Lee Media hopes to go to Supreme Court

by Alan Gardner 0 comments March 3, 2015

Kind of like a super hero that just can’t be defeated, Stan Lee Media is filing yet another lawsuit – or in this case an appeal of an earlier loss with the hope of going to the Supreme Court for final resolution.From Robot 6:After losing one lawsuit after another in its eight-year battle for many […]

Luann turns 30. All month long

by Alan Gardner 3 comments March 3, 2015

March 17th will mark the 30th anniversary of Greg Evans’s Luann (see the first comic above). From GoComics:?If time flies when you’re having fun, then I’ve had a blast the past 30 years!? Evans said. ?I feel lucky that I’ve been able to spend nearly half my life doing the thing I love most: creating […]

Iranian artist Atena Farghadani in precarious condition from hunger strike

by Alan Gardner 0 comments March 2, 2015

From Cartoonists Rights Network International:Iranian artist-activist Atena Farghadani, who has been on a hunger strike in Gharchak Prison south of Tehran since February 9, 2015, is in precarious medical condition according to her lawyer, as reported by Amnesty International. ?Her life is now literally in the hands of the Iranian authorities. She must receive the […]

8-year old calls newspaper “shitholes” for dropping his favorite comics

by Alan Gardner 3 comments March 2, 2015

Oy! Sometimes you can’t make this stuff up. Here’s a voicemail posted by The Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN) from an eight-year old boy who demanded the paper reinstate his favorite comics. He concludes by calling the paper (or editors) “idiots, jerks, [and] shitholes.” The profanity is in the last 15 or so seconds.The demand includes reinstating: […]

Kevin Kallaugher awarded Herblock Prize for 2015

by Alan Gardner 3 comments March 2, 2015

The Herblock Foundation has announced that this year’s winner of the Herblock Prize is Baltimore Sun and The Economist editorial cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher .From the Herblock Foundation: In a distinguished career that spans more than 36 years, KAL has created over 8,000 cartoons and 140 magazine covers. His resume includes six collections of his […]

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