Noel Murray has a long (about 2500 words) and detailed article over at the AV Club about the history of the comic strip. In reducing the study of newspaper comics to its most essential titles, some significant artists and strips inevitably end up as outliers, even though they may be worth considering from either an […]
Podcasters Tom Racine (Tall Tale Radio) and Justin Thompson (Comics Coast to Coast) have launched a new website and podcast called GeekPapas aimed at “geeky dads” or better described on their blog as, “proud geek parents who have unbridled passion for their kids and want to share their lifelong love of all things Geeky with […]
From last weekend, The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced. Here they are: Best Short Story “Urgent Request,” by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, in The Eternal Smile (First Second) Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) Captain America #601: “Red, White, and Blue-Blood,” by Ed Brubaker and Gene Colan (Marvel) Best Continuing Series […]
John Read, publisher of “Stay Tooned!” magazine is opening his traveling exhibit of cartoon art next week in Jackson, Mississippi. The exhibit features 135 Sunday comics that were published on April 11 of this year. The exhibit will then travel to Missouri for Disney Toonfest then to Omaha, Nebraska and also north into Canada in […]
Today King Features launches a new comic strip entitled Oh, Brother! by Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids creator Bob Weber Jr. and Emmy Award-winning creator of Secret Saturdays and Tutenstein Jay Stephens. Oh, Brother! is centered around a precocious younger brother, Bud, and a more sensible slightly older sister, Lily. From King’s announcement to […]
During the American Editorial Cartoonists Association convention, I had a wonderful opportunity to sit down and talk with Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist and Dick Tracy cartoonist Dick Locher. He had mentioned in an earlier panel a couple of upcoming milestones in his career: drawing 10,000 cartoons, 40 years with the Chicago Tribune (stared in 1972) […]
Here’s a local story here in Utah. A mom bought a package of comic books for Easter at a local dollar store. The recipient was her 10-year-old son who got an eye full when the first two pages contained “naked ladies” in The Spectre. Linda Hurst bought the comics to put in an Easter basket. […]
Editor’s note: Some of the items below were set to publish on Dec. 2, but didn’t. They might be old news now, but for archive purposes, I’ve included them. Animation » USA Today reports that a fourth (and final) Shrek feature film is in the works for a May 21 release next year. The movie […]
With the close of the San Diego Comic-Con comes the results of this year’s Eisner Awards. Without delay, they are: Best Short Story: “Murder He Wrote,” by Ian Boothby, Nina Matsumoto, and Andrew Pepoy, in The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #14 (Bongo) Best Continuing Series: All Star Superman. by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (DC) […]
» San Jose Mercury News has picked up Baby Blues, Candorville, DeFlocked and The Duplex. Outgoing strips include: Garfield, For Better or For Worse, Hagar the Horrible and Frank and Ernest. » The Oshkosh (WI) Northwesterner is starting a poll asking three questions: Which two comics in The Northwestern are your absolute, cannot-do-without strips?, which […]
Children’s Books » Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell has a new book coming out this fall called “Wag.” The book is based on the characters in his comics strip. It’s due out in October. Editorial Cartooning » Steve Greenberg, taking a page from the Milt Priggee playbook, is now doing editorial cartoons for the news blog […]
Speed Bump creator Dave Coverly has an extensive write up in The Daily Gazette (NY) about his career in the comics. Regarding the book, Dave tells the Gazette that he has signed a four-book deal with New York publisher Henry Holt and Co., and is writing children’s books, with the first book is entitled, “Sue […]
Washington Post Writers Group has announced that Berkeley Breathed’s Opus will end syndication on November 2. According to the press release, Berkeley has vowed that this end is for good. “With the crisis in Wall Street and Washington, I’m suspending my comic strip to assist the nation. The best way I can help is to […]
Washington Post Writers Group has posted notice that they will be launching a new feature on June 23rd called Home and Away by Steve Sicula. The featute’s premise is about a husband and wife dealing with the juggling act that is maintaining a home in today’s hectic world. The husband, Sam, telecommutes and mostly manages […]
Tom Spurgeon has posted an extensive interview with Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson. Topics covered include the origin of Cul de Sac, dealing with doing a daily, his Richard’s Poor Almanac weekly strip that runs in the Washington Post, and Richard’s cartoon influences. SPURGEON: Am I right in that Cul De Sac grew out […]