Lots of little things today, starting with Non Sequitur. Wiley has bailed out of Facebook, but apparently has not managed to duck knowing about all the selfies on the Internet.If only every selfie had such a happy ending!I’ll admit that it’s kind of pointless to expect something called “Facebook” not to contain a lot of […]
Local news WBNG talks with B.C. cartoonist Mason Mastroianni’s about his USO/NCS trips overseas to draw cartoons for the troops.
Starting, for a change, with the Juxtaposition of the Day: (The New Adventures of Queen Victoria) (Blondie)Normally, I save the Juxtaposition of the Day for the end, sort of a “Moment of Zen” thing (don’t worry, you’ll get one), but these two strips tie into my recent theme of unscrupulous efforts to capitalize on people’s […]
The above headline sounds like it comes from The Onion, but alas, the story is true and is being reported on Boing Boing. He’s sharpened nearly 2,000 pencils and is thinking of hang the business up.From Mark Frauenfelder: “The whole point of the business is to remind people to appreciate yellow, No. 2 pencils because […]
Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo tears down the pieces of what goes into a syndicate sales kit or sales brochure. Putting together a sales brochure begins with a conversation between the cartoonist and the syndicate editor. What’s discussed ranges anywhere from the gist of the comic to who reads it, and why an editor of […]
This year’s honored guests at the Walt Disney Hometown Toonfest were Sandra Bell-Lundy (Between Friends) , Steve Kelley (Dustin), Jeff Parker (Dustin) and character designer Stephen Silver.Jeff has posted his thoughts about his experience as one of the four grand marshals. Highlight of the weekend? – being honored as one of four grand marshals in […]
If you’re a budding college cartoonist, Readers Digest is holding a contest for “the Next Great Cartoonist contest.” If you’re between ages 14-23, with talent for creating funny cartoons, comics, animations, or other hilarious visuals, then the Reader’s Digest first annual Search for the Next Great Cartoonist contest is for you. Make Reader’s Digest judges […]
Virginia Montanez has a highly entertaining post about a rubber duck death match between The Cultural Trust (Pittsburgh) and Toonseum founder Joe Woz. At issue is a local event featuring a giant floating rubber duck that will be built and floated down the river. The Cultural Trust has spent a tidy sum of money to […]
Cartoonist Lynda Barry has joined the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) and the UW-Madison Department of Art as an assistant professor. From the University of Wisconsin – Madison: Barry’s journey in studying the creative process originally brought her to the university in 2012 as an artist in residence at the Arts Institute. But beginning this […]
PC & Pixel not only picks up on a couple of pet peeves of mine — crappy, unnecessary Hollywood remakes and phony “archival” film — but reawakens some paranoia, in turn reminding me of the old graffito, “Even paranoids have some enemies.”Or, put another way, it reminds me of something I wrote nearly 20 years […]
IDW Publishing’s Library of American Comics has announced that it will publish a 25 years of Superman comics that appeared in the Sunday comics from the 1940s through 1960s. The first volume includes comics from 1943 through 1946. The first volume in the Superman: Golden Age Sundays series will collect 170 sequential Sundays, from May […]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has stated that he believes superhero idolization – or the excessive exposure to them is resulting in youth violence in his country. “This kid, at 14 years old, carries a 9mm with a mind filled by thousands of hours of shows where people are killed,” the Venezuelan leader told La Opinion. […]
Luann creator Greg Evans is turning over the writing of his comic strip to his daughter, Karen. Karen holds a degree in writing and literature and is the dean of students at a charter middle school – a good combination for a comic strip about a teen girl. For several years, Evans said he had […]
Nice piece from 12News about the Giddy-up statue being cast and erected in Paradise Valley honoring Family Circus creator Bil Keane.
Kevin Kallaugher has the best cartoon to date on our current economic situation: Fun art, simple concept, nice use of visual sarcasm and graphic metaphor.Even if you no longer read the paper, if you’ve been looking at political cartoons, you’ve seen references to the study behind it. The coverage boils it down to the fact […]