First, the weather:I would note that neither Rick Kirkman nor Jerry Scott live in a part of the country that actually sees much of what I would call “cold weather.” We’ve been grazing 20 below (Note to overseas readers: that’s F) this past week, so today’s Baby Blues is a nice bit of timing.On one […]

From the LA Times: DreamWorks Animation SKG is premiering its first computer tablet, one that will teach kids how to be their own animators. The Glendale-based creator of the “Shrek,” “Kung Fu Panda” and “Madagascar” movies has partnered with El Segundo-based Fuhu Inc. to create DreamTab, billed as a state-of-the-the art tablet designed for kids. […]

The New York Times reports that Colleen LaRose, AKA Jihad Jane, who plotted to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, has been sentenced to 10 years. The woman, Colleen R. LaRose, had faced the possibility of life in prison, but Judge Petrese B. Tucker accepted a government request to reduce the sentence, because of her cooperation […]

Great news from Comics Alliance: Rocky and Bullwinkle have had a few comics series to their names over the past few decades (often with the two characters? names transposed in the title), from publishers including Dell, Gold Key, Charlton and Marvel. But never before have the characters gotten a series with the creative pedigree of […]

I just looked at the list of top grossing movies in 2013. Interestingly five of the ten have some sort of connection to comics, graphic novels, animation or comic books. Rank Title 2013 Gross 1 Iron Man 3 $408,992,272 2 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $400,088,390 3 Despicable Me $367,860,095 4 Man of Steel $291,045,518 […]

A near 30 minute interview with Michael Ramirez on his conservatism and cartooning.

Matt Bors, who edits The Nib, over on Medium, has announced a new line up of regular cartoonists for 2014. Cartoonists include: Liza Donnelly, Rich Stevens, Ruben Bolling, Emily Flake, Brian McFadden, Zach Weiner, J.J. McCullough, Tom Tomorrow, Jen Sorensen, Scott Bateman, Erika Moen, Ryan Pequin, Ted Rall and Shannon Wheeler.And wait – there’s more… […]

… and the “snow means global change is wrong” cartoons are flooding in as they do each year at this time … but let’s talk about other things people should learn in middle school … Big Nate goes after a fairly fat, slow-moving target, but one with particular resonance for me.My pay-the-rent gig involves assigning and editing […]

Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to GoComics and give it a listen. In this episode: He’s baaaaack!  Doug Adams, author of “The Music of Lord of the Rings” who graced the halls of Tall Tale Radio back in 2010 in episode 98, joins me again to talk […]

I’m leading with Matt Davies’ excellent commentary on the Affordable Care Act, but I have little to say about it that wouldn’t echo what I’ve said before: The president’s political opponents are making a very big deal about the failure of the rollout and then either (yeah, right) misunderstanding or (yes) lying about the actual […]

  (Joel Pett)(Jen Sorensen)These takes on Rand Paul have been on the pages of Jen Sorensen and Joel Pett for several days and on my mind as well.I’ve wanted to feature them but wasn’t sure what the mutual resonance was and didn’t want to simply plop them in as a “Juxtaposition of the Day.” I […]

I haven’t heard any news in a couple of years about Colleen LaRose, AKA “Jihad Jane”, who plotted to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. The New York Times reports that federal prosecutors are seeking a “very lengthy” prison sentence citing, “her punishment should serve as a deterrent to ‘other lonely, vulnerable people who might be […]

I’ve heard of stories where cartoonists find themselves on the phone with the president. In this video Zapiro recounts the time he found himself taking a complaint from South African President Mandela. Watch the video. I won’t tease/spoil it any further.

Michael Maslin: Michael Maslin : You know, it?s funny, but I realized this evening while looking up your work on The New Yorker?s database that tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of your first appearance in the magazine, the issue dated December 13, 1993. What was that moment like for you, selling that first drawing, and […]

Matthew Sparkes at The Telegraph: Google has been awarded a patent for what it humourlessly calls “a system for electronically creating comic strip communications” which can be integrated into social networking websites and apps. The search giant noticed that many sites were offering an automated way to create short comic strips, allowing users to enter […]