Mike Rhode was on hand (and one of the judges) for the Robert F Kennedy Journalism award ceremony in Washington DC. He’s posted pics of the goings on. Jen Sorenson was this year’s winner. Her great piece, “An Open Letter To The Supreme Court About Health Insurance” was one of her cartoon submissions.
I don’t feature David Horsey’s cartoons as often as I enjoy them, and that’s largely because, while his draftsmanship is among the best in the business, his cartoons don’t always stand alone terribly well, for reasons I can’t quite explain, since many of them absolutely do.But that makes his gig at the LA Times perfect, […]
The K Chronicles and The Knight Life creator Keith Knight has posted his first live-action comedy skit. From his blog: I’m very excited to be finally posting a live-action comedy piece. It has all the elements of your average Keith Knight cartoon (race, humor), and it’ll probably get me in trouble. It was amazing how […]
I enjoyed this interview by Jessica Salter in The Telegraph with comics journalist Joe Sacco.Regarding covering war: I?m really tired of drawing war. I?m really tired of drawing the AK-47. I still want to do journalism and I?m still interested in the subject of war, but I don?t want to report from war any more. […]
Rina Piccolo has posted an excellent two-part blog entry about creating a sales kit for a syndicated comic, in her case, “Tina’s Groove.” (Part One and Part Two)This is something that comes up after the strip has been accepted at the syndicate and after the cartoonist has been through the development process, which is when […]
Legendary comic book artist Neal Adams accidentally left two portfolio bags in a taxi earlier this month containing original artwork worth tens of thousands of dollars. He’s hoping they’ll be returned.From the New York Post: “The lack of certain details presents a challenge,” said TLC spokesman Allan Fromberg, a longtime fan of Adams. “But we’re […]
Universal Uclick’s Dave Coates has posted a third gallery of great cartoons by editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant and offers three reasons why Pat “has a few advantages over most satirists”.Dave’s third reason: 3) Harnessing the first two advantages, he is both willing and able to go beyond the usual eye-rolling, exasperated tone of “there they […]
Another write up about the recent USO/NCS trip. This time Ocala Star Banner profiles Rob Smith Jr..From Ocala Star Banner: The artists don’t discuss in detail what they draw during the tours. “We don’t use any of it for our promotion. It’s personal. It’s for them. It’s a way to show that we’re appreciative for […]
The minions of Despicable Me are getting their own feature film. Animated views the movie is slated for a summer 2015 release.I like the minion characters. They’re a pot of yellow comedic gold, I tell you. Despite thinking they got too much screen time in Despicable Me 2, having a movie dedicated to them has […]
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 […]