For those of you who follow this blog, you know I’ve promoted Smith Micro’s products before (Manga Studio, Anime Studio, etc.). I like their software. Much, much easier to learn and easier to make your static comics come alive. This week Smith Micro released Anime Studio® Pro 10 and Anime Studio Debut® 10. It’s a […]
From Yahoo NEWS: A Tunisian jailed for posting caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed online was freed Tuesday, his lawyer said, two weeks after securing a presidential pardon. … Mejri had been jailed for seven and half years in jail for posting the cartoons on his Facebook page. Bad reporting. Jabeur Mejri didn’t spend seven […]
From Michael Maslin’s blog: The brand new New Yorker (March 10, 2014) features what I believe to be an unprecedented single issue contribution by a cartoonist: a dozen pages, in color. The piece, by Roz Chast, ?Can?t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?? is also the title of her forthcoming graphic memoir (coming in May […]
As all eyes — well, all South African eyes at any rate — turn to the livecasts of the Oscar Pistorius trial, Jeremy Nell suggests that it’s perhaps not quite as riveting as everyone was hoping. Don’t try to tell that to Madam & Eve. Or, rather, you don’t have to tell Eve at all, […]
Pardon My Planet is a flashback not just to my days in an office, but to a particular set of them.I’ve mentioned more than once (including recently) a situation in which my employer began what might be, under the right conditions, termed “constructive dismissal.”The details don’t matter a whole lot, except that I was given […]
Alternative weekly cartoonist Jen Sorensen has won the 2014 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning and with that honor she becomes the first female recipient of the award and the third “altie” in a row to win the honor.Regarding her work, the judges stated: Jen Sorensen?s strong portfolio addresses issues that were important to Herblock, such […]
Please head over to Indiegogo and donate to The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning campaign. Anne Morse Hambrock puts a ton of time, heart, expense and work into this festival. It’s worth a donation – no matter the size. We believe cartooning is a wicked cool artform and have dedicated this festival to providing opportunities for […]
New Yorker cartoonist Michael Maslin: I asked three of the most recent additions to the magazine?s stable of artists to tell us a little about themselves and how it was they ended up at The New Yorker. Here’s the interviews: Liana Finck Edward Steed Charlie Hankin
Paige Braddock, creator of the comic Jane’s World, and executive vice president and creative director of the Charles Schultz Studio was honored at her alma mater.From The University of Tennessee Knoxville: Braddock, now executive vice president and creative director of the Charles Schulz Studio, returned to UT Thursday and was honored with the Accomplished Alumni […]
Mother Goose and Grimm creator and Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Mike Peters will be the grand marshal of the Ancient Order of Hibernians 31st Annual Patrick’s Day Parade in St. Louis. Mike has long standing roots to the city (raised in the Irish neighborhood) and the son of famed local TV hostess Charlotte Peters.
Roz Chast has just dropped a very good cartoon into our laps, a preview of her graphic memoir, “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant,” which will be released in May but is available for presale.Here’s a snippet of that significantly larger sample from the New Yorker, which you should definitely go read.A good narrative […]
LET KOREN’S REIGN BEGIN!!
The College of Charleston stands to lose about $52,000 in state funding because lawmakers dislike that the college is assigning Alison Bechdel award winning graphic novel and memoir Fun Home to incoming freshmen. Alison’s book delves topics such as sexual orientation, gender roles, suicide and dysfunctional family life.From the LA Times: South Carolina’s the State […]
Last night was the Oscars. In the animation categories, Disney’s Frozen took the Best Animated Feature category beating out The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Ernest & Celestine, and The Wind Rises. On a related note, the song Let It Go from Frozen took Best Music (Original Song). In the Best Animated Short, the winner was […]
Terri Libenson on a problem I rarely have but can really identify with. One of the issues with freelancing is that, since you are never on the clock, consequently, neither are you ever off the clock. I don’t juggle a boatload of projects, but there is always something lurking, and even when I don’t have a […]