When the comic strip Annie was retired from the comics page in 2010, the story-line left readers with a cliffhanger with Annie in clutches of a war criminal known as “The Butcher of the Balkans.” The assassin promised he wouldn’t kill Annie, but she’d spend the rest of her days with him on his “deadly […]
Congratulations are in order to Detroit Free Press editorial cartoonist Mike Thompson who took first place in the 80th National Headliner Awards. The award recognizes the best in journalism in several categories.Second place this year goes to Columbus Dispatch cartoonist Nate Beeler with third place going to syndicated cartoonist Stuart Carlson (formerly of the Milwaukee […]
From Cartoonbrew:This weekend, Disney?s Frozen became the highest grossing animated film of all time. Its $1.072 billion worldwide gross has surpassed the $1.063 billion of Toy Story 3, which was the previous record-holder for biggest animated feature. Frozen now ranks number 10 on the all-time list of highest-grossing films. The film has has earned an […]
I’ve got a poster Darrin Bell did of Barack Obama’s inauguration in which he is surrounded, not by the current crowd of politicians and bigwigs, but by the iconic figures of black history.And yet here Bell depicts the president as scoring a touchdown by having moved the goal line.I find it compelling because it’s not […]
GA Voice Art Director, former Association of American Editorial Cartoonists president and former East Valley Tribune and Scottsdale Tribune editorial cartoonist Mike Ritter has passed at the age of 48. His death was sudden and reportedly related to a recent surgery. (Correction: GA Voice Twitter account is stating that Mike died last night after emergency […]
It’s pure happenstance that Classic Shirley & Son came around to one of my very favorite segments in one of my very favorite strips just as the term “conscious uncoupling” became a buzz word.When the phrase popped up in a pair of otherwise unrelated political cartoons, I Googled it and discovered that Gwyneth Paltrow had […]
Backgrounder for non-sports fans: The National Labor Relations Board ruled this past week that Northwestern’s scholarship football players are employees of the university and thus entitled to form a union if a majority chooses to.This does not mean that all college athletes can form unions. It doesn’t even mean that all scholarship athletes at all […]
New Yorker cartoonist and Bliss creator Harry Bliss has been named as a 2014 Sendak Fellow. The Fellowship is a residency program for artists “to nurture the talents of artists who tell stories will illustration”. The Fellowship gives recipients five weeks of country isolation to complete their work. It’s named after notable illustrator Maurice Sendak.From […]
For you digital inkers out there, I’ve come across a post by Kyle T. Webster who has created several Photoshop brush plugins and is releasing a bundled version of all his brushes in one “megapack”. Cost is only $14 (regularly $19). I’m not sure what the going rate is for digital brush, but it seems […]
The summer when I was 15 years old, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles became a really big thing. I purchased a couple of those early comic books and my cousin and I spent way to many hours pretending to be ninja turtles. So I have a soft place in my heart for these pizza eating mutants.
WGBH has posted an hour long video of Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich talking about his job as an editorial cartoonist with the AJC.It’s an hour long, but it’s highly entertaining.
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the division awards for the 68th Annual NCS Reuben Awards. Looking through the different categories, I certainly have my favorites and hopefuls. Overall, strong contenders in each division. The winners will be announced during the annual Reuben Awards dinner Memorial Day weekend. Best of luck to all the nominees!Editorial […]
I’ll admit there are some cartoonists on each edge of the two lunatic fringes that I don’t even bother to follow, but it is a small and clearly crackpot group. I still see plenty of off-target takes. So when an issue draws a raft of 7-out-of-10-star commentary, that in itself is a good thing.Plus, it […]
Earlier this week, I received an advance copy of Bob Mankoff’s new book, How About Never–Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons. The first test of whether I’m excited about a book is whether after pulling it from the package, I sit down and read it or put it aside with a mental […]
Retail is in a story arc that both amuses and appalls me, based on the Target security breach (Ouch. Nice timing!)Of course, Retail always both amuses and appalls me, which is why I like it so much, but, in this case, Norm Feuti has an opportunity to deal with both the damage and inconvenience done […]