Big news from the Verge:Amazon has just announced that it’s acquiring Comixology, the highly successful digital comics platform. “We’ve long admired the passion Comixology brings to changing the way we buy and read comics and graphic novels,” said Amazon VP of content acquisition and digital publishing David Naggar. “We look forward to investing in the […]
Yesterday, Alison Bechdel was in town to deliver the Center for Cartoon Studies’ Will Eisner Spring Lecture at Dartmouth to an audience of CCS students, Dartmouth students, fans from the community and Ed Koren, who, after all, is Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont, where both the CCS and Alison Bechdel are headquartered. It was a very different […]
This year’s nominees for the Glyph Award have been announced. The award is given out during the 13th annual East Coast Black Age of Comics convention on May 16. The category of comic strip now includes webcomics. Not sure when that happened, but the pool of eligible cartoonists has grown, which is a good thing […]
Mary Lawton with a seasonal note. Until the leaves come back, this is how chic trees make a fashion statement.And Willie & Ethel with a related take.I’ve lived in a couple of places where paper production was a major part of the local economy, given which the idea that grocery stores would even dare to […]
King Feature Syndicate’s Comic portal Comics Kingdom launched last December with several new features and some planned features set to debut at a later date. This week, some of those are now available. Comic fans can search the comics by keywords and phrases and find comics using that word. They also display keywords under each […]
Archie will die a hero’s death in July – at least in one of the many comic book series bearing his name.From CNN:CNN: Can you explain the “Life With Archie” series for the uninitiated? Goldwater: “Life With Archie” is Archie’s future — it gives readers a look into what his life would be like after […]
You may not know that Zits and Baby Blues writer Jerry Scott also does oil painting. He has an exhibit of his work at the 1821 Gallery & Studios in Fresno, CA. The exhibit runs through May 31.From the Fresno Bee:“I’ve spent the last 25 years being the guy behind the scenes,” Scott muses about […]
There have been floods of selfie cartoons lately, most likely as a result of a convergence of the faux-outrage over the selfie the Prez was in at the joyous commemoration of Nelson Mandela’s life, plus the annual announcements of what is new-and-hip that come up each January.Selfies are tiresome not so much for the form, […]
Michael Cavna talks to Craig Schulz about the new Peanuts movie. The result is a very long and in-depth story about how the family selectively picked the animation studio and efforts to stay true to the strip.Amid this lasting appeal, the cartoonist?s son had a short-format concept for a ?Peanuts? film. And once he had […]
While publishing my last post about Brian Fies’s discovery of a Kids say the Darndest Thing book illustrated by Charles Schulz, it reminded me I had a miss-fired blog post that never went live a couple of months ago about Brian’s latest endeavor, a web comic called The Last Mechanical Monster. Very much worthy your […]
Interesting find by Brian Fies who came across a book entitled Kids Say the Darndest Things by TV and radio personality Art Linkletter who hosted a radio show of the same title. The book had an introduction by Walt Disney and was illustrated by Charles Schulz.Brian writes:The wild card is Schulz. Peanuts had debuted in […]
Okay, after two days of “Guess you had to be there” Andy Rooneyisms, here’s a Pardon My Planet that falls under the category of “I was there and I still don’t believe it.”While the young folks — that is, everyone under about 55 — get all rhapsodic about “Mad Men,” I watched a little bit […]
Below are two excerpts from an unsold pilot for a 1966 live-action Li’l Abner television show. The show was produced by Gilligan’s Island’s and Brady Bunch producer Sherwood Schwartz and starred Gilligan Island’s Bob Denver.Part 1: Part 2:
Mike Lynch reports that Jeff Pert, who was a frequent participant in the comments here, has died from a massive heart attack. He was only 55. Jeff was an award-winning cartoonist in Maine who did a lot of cartoons and merchandise for New England tourists. He also did two years with DreamWorks animation in the […]
First, this word:The Indiegogo campaign for the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning is down to the last five days, and they’re at about 90% of goal, which is good, except that, if they don’t make goal, they pay a higher processing fee. So figure that your support, if it helps them raise that last grand, is worth […]