Marian Kamensky bids farewell to the Iron Lady.The death of Margaret Thatcher on the same day as Annette Funicello suggests the aphorism with which Tolstoy began “Anna Karenina,” in that all beloved people are the same, but each despised person is despised in different ways.Neither death was particularly unexpected; both women were known to be […]
Universal Uclick editor Lucas Wetzel pulls a few of his favorite comics that reference the late Roger Ebert.While I could go on expressing my admiration for Roger and the joy de vivre with which he approached his life’s work, instead I’d like to pull a few classics from the GoComics vault to show how much […]
Salon looks at the reclusive nature of Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson: Some say that the “recluse” is an endangered species, but to my knowledge, there’s still one artist who is keeping the idea of the private public figure alive: Bill Watterson, writer and illustrator of the beloved comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes.” Depicting […]
King Features has posted a Question and Answer with Bill Bettwy, the creator of the new launched strip Take It From the Tinkersons.Q: Is there a character that most resembles you and your personality?Bill: Hands down, Ted. I didn?t intend for Ted to resemble me, but I have been getting that a lot from my […]
Interesting juxtaposition today, with Rhymes With Orange, the work of Gen-X feminist cartoonist Hilary Price, and … … “Gray Matters,” a self-consciously middle-aged Boomer strip by Stuart Carlson and Jerry Resler.Now, let me start with the disclaimer that it’s been nearly four years since I worked in an office. In my workplace, it’s just me and […]
I’m with you, Big Nate.Part of good educational theory is that we all learn differently, but the touchy-feely folks can be just as insensitive to that notion as the memorize-this-list people.Worst part, Nate, is that you can’t escape simply by graduating. I’ve been roped into business seminars where we had to take a large sheet […]
Dan Wasserman on gun control … … and Kevin KallaugherThere have been several cartoons recently about the lobbying power of the NRA over elected officials and the idea that the impact of Newtown has faded as the general bureaucracy of the legislative process has dragged things out.But I like these, because I think the problem […]
We’re well intaward season. The nominees for the Glyph Comic Award have been announced. The winner will be announced on May 17 at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention in Philadelphia. The nominees are: Story of the year The Call, Steve Broome, writer and artist KOBK, C. J. Johnson, writer and SMACK!, artist […]
Not sure how many years Jonathan Mahood has been using his strip Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog to promote National Robotics Week, but he’s doing it again this year. The weeklong series runs April 6-14.From King Features:This time, Karl takes center stage as he and the gang eagerly participates in all the week’s fun robotic-themed festivities. […]
The Atlantic Journalism Awards has announced their finalists in the 2012 competition. In the category of editorial cartooning, the nominees are: Bruce MacKinnon (The Chronicle Herald – Halifax, NS) Michael de Adder (The Chronicle Herald – Halifax, NS) Sean Leslie Casey (Cape Breton Post – Sydney, NS)
Okay, before I start blathering today, you have to go read Matt Bors’ review of the new GI Joe movie.Seriously. Go.I’ll wait….Was that awesome, or what?It brings up some great possibilities, only coincidentally related to the loss of Roger Ebert. But given the increasingly visual nature of our culture, given the decreasing attention span of our culture, […]
Earlier last month, Adam Brown, animator for Comedy Central?s Ugly Americans, animated one of Bill Watterson?s Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strips with really good results. You can read about it on my earlier post, but unfortunately the video has gone “private”. The blog Geekologie found this kid’s room all Calvinized. Nicely done.But now someone took […]
From the Arizona Republic:Hamway said that since an Arizona Republic article about the looming deadline was published March 23, at least one large donation has come in, putting fundraising above the minimum goal of $75,000. Hamway said the fundraising effort also was helped by coverage of the fundraising effort in other media. Manya Long, daughter […]
King Features has launched a new strip to newspapers called Take It From The Tinkersons created by Bill Bettwy. The press release says it launched in over 50 papers. The strip is centered a family named The Tinkersons. Here’s the write up from KFS: Bill Bettwy’s Take It From The Tinkersons is a contemporary daily […]
Bob Andelman (AKA Mr. Media) has been busy interviewing cartoonists of late. He just posted an interview with one of this year’s Reuben Award Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year Rick Kirkman. Rick is the co-creator of the strip Baby Blues.Listen to the interview: Bob also interviewed Nate Fakes, creator of Break of Day. Nate is […]