Today’s Broom Hilda is another example of ill-timed cartoon in light of the Aurora Colorado shootings. Francesco Marciuliano, writer for Sally Forth, issued an apology for Sunday’s Sally Forth strip that had a far looser connection to the events in Aurora. It kind of raises the question – at what point after a tragedy can […]
The Toronto Star has issued an apology for a Michael de Adder editorial cartoon that ran last week after a gang related shooting left two dead and over 20 injured – including a toddler. The cartoon depicted a toddler with a captions that read: “Injuries to expect before they are two: Boo boo from high […]
For those of you using Apple’s Mac OS, the newest operating system, Mountain Lion, is publicly available today for download through the App Store for $20. Before you download, Roaring Apps has the intel on which versions of different software are ready for the new OS (version 10.8). A quick summary of the more popular […]
I’m still on the road, so posting the day’s cartoons remains a problem, but the flipside is that I have more chances for inspiration. For example, visiting my niece, freshly back from the Peace Corps and heading crosscountry to NYC for grad school, brings to mind this 1980 cartoon by Richard Guindon.The distance from Colorado […]
Remember the Seinfeld episode wherein Elaine complains about how non-understandable New Yorker cartoons are and she sets out to “crack the code” using the J Peterman catalog as an excuse to talk to The New Yorker editor “Elinoff”?This week, 14 years after that episode ran, The New Yorker is using Elaine’s cartoon (see last video […]
Signe Wilkinson gets to sneak one more Aurora Shooting cartoon into the mix because it’s really a slap upside the head of a candidate who refuses to tell us anything about himself and denies the things we already know.Apparently, Romney was for assault gun bans before he was against them. Granted, it may be that in the […]
A few notable mentions as the comic community reacts to the shootings in Aurora CO. The Globe and Mail removed last Friday’s editorial cartoon because it contained a reference to the Batman movie. No information was given about the cartoon, so I’m not sure what exactly it was depicting, but because it was most likely […]
The Wolf, by Sgt. Leonard Sansone, was the kind of insider humor for GIs produced by GIs like Sansone, Bil Keane, Al Jaffee and others. Less biting than Mauldin, it still traded on experience rather than stateside fantasies and had its own type of edge.My dad had a collection of The Wolf, and I didn’t […]
(David Fitzsimmons) As it happens, I’m in Denver, where I just did two journalism workshops at the Post for young writers, one which is an annual event for kids who want to learn about reporting, photography, etc., and the second a more focused training session for the young reporters (roughly 8 to 14) at the weekly […]
I think VIP — Virgil Partch — was the first cartoonist I could identify by style, which is to say, I think seeing his work is part of what made me, maybe about the time I was six or seven, hip to the idea that, when the pictures looked the same, they were drawn by […]
In the St. Louis area? Check out the new Al Hirschfeld exhibit set to open September 7. Al is best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars. The exhibit includes 100 original pieces of drawings, paintings, prints etc. from his career. Al was born in St. Louis.
The Plain Dealer is reporting that a New York man, Roger Rautio, is hoping to build a Comic Book Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH. Aside from a logo, trademark and a handful of comics, it appears the vision is still very much a hope than on a track to reality.Also, he notes, comic books […]
Randall Munroe’s XKCD is a nerd’s webcomic. Randall answering hypothetical questions about physics is taking nerdom to the highest levels – with comics. Something tells me Randall wasn’t the cartoonist that sat at the back of the glass drawing to impress the girls.Here’s the first three questions (and snippet of an answer):What would happen if […]
From the NY Times:DreamWorks Animation is leading the bidding for Classic Media, the closely held owner of characters like Casper the Friendly Ghost and the Lone Ranger, according to a person briefed on the matter. DreamWorks Animation has offered more than $150 million. Like all studios, DreamWorks Animation needs a constant supply of source material […]
The Emmy nominations have been announced. The two categories involving animation include Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program and Outstanding Animated Program 2012. The nominees for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program include: Phineas And Ferb (The Doonkleberry Imperative), Disney Channel MAD (Kitchen Nightmare Before Christmas / How I Met Your Mummy), Cartoon Network Regular Show (Eggscellent), Cartoon Network […]