Richard Schickel reviews the Herbert Block documentary “Herblock: The Black & the White” for Truthdig.com. But here’s a snippet from Schickel about Herblock: He seems to have had a quiet confidence, not particularly eager to force his favorites on those he consulted, apparently hiding his hand about the ideas he favored. He was, dammit, a […]

I said before that the Danny-Goes-To-University theme at Between Friends was going to be a rich vein for Sandra Bell Lundy, and it is proving to be just that.I also said then that she had set Kim up well, since Kim is not overly neurotic as a parent and so the issue can unfold on […]

Comic Book Resources writes that Archie and his fellow friends will be back on television as an animated program. CBR also talks to Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater about the development.Goldwater on Archie and Archie returning to animation: My overall goals were to revitalize the publishing, see where we were in the digital landscape and […]

For some reason, my internet connection isn’t getting to the original New York Times story, but the next best thing is available. From Robot6: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark grossed a record-low $966,952 in ticket sales last week, the first time since performances began in November 2010 that the musical – at $75 million, the […]

I’ve been busy lately with a house move and a business trip to abroad, so this whole Ben Affleck as Batman thing snuck up and passed me in a internet meme minute. But never fear, if you want a larger view of all things super-hero-summer-block-buster-Marvel-DC-comics-for-the-next-three-years go ahead and read this looooong but everything you need […]

Bob Harvey profiles the career of Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist and Dick Tracy cartoonist Dick Locher. Over the years, Locher reckons he’s had more than 10,000 cartoons published. “That’s a whole lot of getting mad six times a week,” he said. He has also racked up his share of awards and honors, including a […]

Several cartoonists commented on the lack of progress in the half-century since the March on Washington and MLK’s iconic “I Have A Dream” speech. I like Chan Lowe’s take because of its blandness.Start here: To say there has been no progress is to reveal your ignorance of the status quo in 1963.I guess some of […]

CPA3PO would be horrified at the Drawer of Money Things.That’s not “draw-er,” as in Hilary Price, who is the “drawer” of Rhymes with Orange.That’s “drawer” as in “the drawer of the end table tucked under my work table” or “the amalgamated filing system.” Or, to put it another way, “where I shove stuff that I […]

Wisconsin state journal editorial cartoonist Phil Hands has been added to the staff roster after eight years as a freelancer. He’ll continue to do three cartoons a week and a caption contest. As a staff job, he’ll continue to draw the same number of cartoons but will also manage the features pages including the comics, […]

Some days, you’re just in the mood for thoughtful silliness, like Deflocked.  And I don’t mean “thoughtful” in the sense of “absolutely new gags,” much less in the sense of “gags you need to really think about before you get them.” First of all, there aren’t a lot of new gags, at least not since […]

“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost […]

This August edition of Elle magazine has eight pages of Olive Oyl inspired fashion. Olive Oyl being the female love interest of E. C. Segar’s Popeye. The article is described as “Contrasting necklines and cuffs add new dimensions – and unexpected chic to Olive Oyl’s lanky proportions.” I haven’t considered Olive Oyl as some fashionista […]

It’s been awhile since I’ve had to care about this stuff, but young Edison Lee has an interesting twist on back-to-school shopping.The kid has a way of connecting the dots in a pattern that is sometimes amusingly paranoiac and other times, well, okay, still amusingly paranoiac, but in a way that I can relate to.There […]

From New York Daily News: Nancy Silberkleit, the co-CEO who was accused of harassing employees back in 2011, now claims she “has been and continues to be the subject of unwelcomed sexual harassment” at Archie’s offices in Mamaroneck, Westchester County. The worst offender, Silberkleit charges, is businessman and one-time friend Sam Levitin, who was supposed […]

I missed this nugget when first posted last month, but Sally Forth cartoonist and Flash Gordon writer/artist Jim Keefe has a great piece on how to price your work and efforts in comics. A must read for anyone engaged in freelance (or any creative) work.Jeff: What you always have in your corner when negotiating a […]