From your imagination to God’s ears, Edison Lee.The workshops are over and I’ll be flying home tomorrow, and I’m hoping for some screw-ups. Meanwhile, today is a day for R&R with the boss, which sounds terrible but is in fact quite pleasant. We’ve known each other since we met on a professional listserv (ask your […]
I’m still tied up with young journalist workshops. Here are some cartoons I would have blogged about if I’d had a blog about cartoons back when they ran, with dates if I marked them, without if I didn’t. I just kept’em ’cause I liked ’em. I didn’t know I’d ever actually use them for anything. […]
IO9 has posted several interesting graphics regarding comic-con attendance and who attends.
Michael Cavna interviews Baby Blues and Zits co-creator Jerry Scott about his work on the two comics. Jerry and Rick Kirkman are nominees in this year’s Eisner Award in the category of Best Humor Publication for their collection BBXX: Baby Blues Decades 1 & 2.
While I’m busy running workshops for young writers, here is a selection of cartoons and artwork from “The Best of Yank, The Army Weekly,” a 1945 collection of features from the WWII magazine written by and intended for enlisted personnel. (This one was not credited. Too bad — it’s a keeper!) Some of these amateur […]
A memoir penned by New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff is set to be released in March of next year. The book is entited, “How About Never–Is Never Good for You?: A Life in Cartoons”From the publisher’s description: With the help of myriad images and his funniest, most beloved cartoons, he traces his love of […]
Yeah, this is about right.
Since I’m tied up running workshops for young writers, here’s a little something from Walt Kelly’s 1956 collection, “Songs of the Pogo.” Also available as an audio book or some such.
This year’s Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for editorial cartooning went to Jen Sorensen for her cartoon “An Open Letter To The Supreme Court About Health Insurance.” Click the image above to go read the full comic. It is very well done and deserving of this honor.The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards recognizes outstanding reporting […]
Gocomics has just launched “Origins of the Sunday Comics,” and I guess the best way to explain it is to reprint their explanation:This series will present the earliest offerings—from 1895 to 1915—of the famous and lesser-known cartoonists who where there when comics were born—over 150 creations from more then 50 superb artists, most reproduced here […]
Jack Black will be signing posters at the National Cartoonists Society’s San Diego Comic-Con table this Thursday at 4:00 pm. During this time Luke McGarry and Jack will be signing the limited edition posters for Jack’s upcoming Festival Supreme. The posters and festival website was created by Luke.
Great news from Variety: Gravitas Ventures has acquired all North American rights to “Dear Mr. Watterson,” Joel Allen Schroeder’s documentary about Bill Watterson’s “Calvin and Hobbes” comic strip. Gravitas Ventures will partner with Submarine Deluxe on a Nov. 15 theatrical release and VOD release.
After yesterday’s conceptual extravaganza, I’m resting my brain, with the help of this silly “The Flying McCoys” panel.One of the questions anyone in the arts faces is “Where do you get your ideas?”There’s no real answer to that, because the really complex ideas start and build and grow … but the dumb ones, at least […]
Interesting catch by Nat Gertler of the Aaugh.com:Time Magazine has a book coming up announcing The 100 Most Influential People Who Never Lived ? and the team of Charlie Brown and Lucy made the list! In a one-page essay written by Time?s pop culture writer James Poniewozik, the book reflects not so much on them […]
Next Monday, Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein’s Daddy’s Home will feature a week long story-line about Hurricane Sandy relief and restoration efforts. The cartoon will also feature a “How You Can Help” box which directs readers to visit the relief organization websites in New Jersey and New York.The American Red Cross, Salvation Army and Feeding […]