Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to GoComics and give it a listen. In this episode: Todd Clark of “Lola” fame is on the show to talk about his long and wonderfully varied career in comics! Todd has collaborated with many of the biggest names in the biz […]
Earlier this week I posted a link over to Goldderby.com which speculated the odds of this year’s crop of animated features winning Oscar awards. As predicted, no animation feature was nominated for best picture. AND as calculated, Frozen was nominated in two categories – Original song and Animated feature film (that last category wasn’t exactly […]
(Chan Lowe) (Tom Toles)I’m ready to give up. What does it take to make people finally say they’ve had enough?There’s a cynical temptation to wish that a few hundred people in West Virginia (disclosure to forestall accusations of heartlessness: I have family in WV) had died from the chemical spill, because then maybe something […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced that Russ Heath will receive The Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award at this years Rueben awards. Russ Heath may be best known for his stunningly authentic work in DC Comics? war titles such as G.I. Combat, Our Army at War, and Star Spangled War Stories, but the versatile artist […]
MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond writes an informative piece on creating art with someone’s likeness without infringing on copyright or the person’s right of publicity.He writes: Doing a piece of caricature art of a famous individual or a cast of a TV show or movie and then attempting to sell reproductions of that art can […]
Goldderby.com looks at the competition for animated features vying for an Oscar this year. No animated feature has won more than two categories and never best picture. This year, the feature with the best odds: Frozen. Frozen has a good shot at tying the record of two category wins in Best Animated Feature and Best […]
(Nick Anderson)(Matt Bors)Yesterday, I was listening to our local NPR station do the top-of-the-hour local news and, in announcing that an area sports team had hired a new coach with extensive experience in the minor leagues, the fellow reading the piece placed emphasis on “minor league” in a way that suggested that the new coach […]
Cal Grondahl of the Standard-Examiner of Ogden, Utah, was cut this week. Cal is a great cartoonist, the Standard-Examiner was lucky to have him and the whole thing is depressing, but, first, let’s look at my favorite Cal Grondahl cartoon, which he did on the occasion of the death of Rosa Parks.I was going to pull this […]
I’m disappointed anytime an editorial cartoonist loses their staff job, but this weekend the news was extra sensitive. Pat Bagley texted me on Friday alerting me that Ogden’s Standard-Examiner had let go their editorial cartoonist Cal Grondahl. Cal is an institution not just for the Ogden daily, but Utah as well. I’ve known Cal since […]
We’re well into the big awards season. Last night was the Golden Globes. The People’s Choice awards were last Wednesday. In the category of Animated Film, Disney’s Frozen was the Golden Globe winner beating out The Croods and Despicable Me 2. I saw Frozen in the theater over the holidays. It’s a great film. One […]
This week’s sponsor is Chris Eliopoulos. I’ve been a fan of Chris’s work for, well… the first time I saw his stuff. His book Cow Boy is gorgeous. His latest project is illustrating a six book series on non-fiction heroes who were noted for demonstrating the resolve and powerful potential of individuals. The books were […]
During my year-long sojourn in talk radio, I learned many things, one of which was that you are not supposed to say “And we’re back!” every time you come out of a commercial break.But I’m live blogging again, so we’re back, and I’m glad most of you behaved while I was on the road. Some of […]
The legalization of marijuana seems to be getting as much joking here in Colorado as it has everywhere else, and, while I’m sure the pot shops are welcomed by a great many people, I was out here a decade or so ago when they opened a Krispy Kreme and I think that sparked more of […]
Let’s begin our on-going sojourn in the high country with one more from the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers:This was a classic primarily for the piece of eternal wisdom in the second panel, which was restated by them and then by pretty much everybody, with mild variations. And, in this one, unlike yesterday’s example, the payoff […]
It’s that time of year again. The National Cartoonists Society is open for entries for consideration in their Divisional Awards. You don’t have to be a member to submit your work, but eligibility is determined on whether you “earn the greater part of their living directly from cartooning/comic art” (i.e are you a “professional”).Visit Reuben.org […]