I think it took Richard Thompson a few strips after his enforced layoff to get back in the swing of things over at Cul de Sac, but he’s back to knocking them over the wall on a regular basis. This is the opposite of Saturday Night Live Syndrome, where, a few seasons in, you learned to […]
K. Shankar Pillai cartoon depicting Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the head of a panel drafting the Constitution, on a snail has caused a ruckus of major proportions in India. The Parliament, which deemed the cartoon an insult to the constitution and the Parliament and has ordered it removed from all books – including textbooks that have […]
Liza Donnelly writes a review of the book Blown Covers about the rejected New Yorker magazine covers:This is what I love about Blown Covers, the new book by The New Yorker?s art editor, Francoise Mouly. Despite the title of the book, it is about more than just rejected covers. It gives us a peek into […]
Our Constitution gives us the right to free speech. It is true that no freedom is absolute and is subject to certain reasonable limits but, at the same time, it is also true that the freedom of expression cannot be curbed at the flimsiest excuse.Yet, over the years, an atmosphere of intolerance has been created […]
Seems like the value of original cartoon art is rising. Heritage Auctions recently sold the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles illustration for $71,700. It was drawn by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle co-creator Kevin Eastman back in 1983. The winning bidder was anonymous. Profits of the auction go to The Hero Initiative, a non-profit he is […]
Four Iranian cartoonists were recipients of this year’s Cartooning for Peace award. The winners were Mana Neyestani, Kianoush, Firoozeh Mozaffari and Hassan Karimzadeh. The award is to honor cartoonists “whose talent, contribution and commitment to the values of tolerance, freedom and peace.” An international jury included three cartoonist: New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly, Swiss cartoonist […]
Via: Mike Rhode
Glenn Fleishman writes about the uptick in recognition for Matt Bors who was honored this year as a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Herblock Award winner and the SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Award.He’s scruffy, doesn’t own a suit, and lives in Portland. He expresses withering contempt at politicians, mainstream media, and what he views as hypocrisy. He’s […]
I told you last week The Cartoonist Studio was sponsoring another cartoon contest – two actually – but this time on a political theme. They’ve now posted all of the FAQs and contest rules. The prize on this go around is an advertising split from the advertising fees collected during the contest. The first contest […]
I have previously expressed my affection for strips that stick something permanently in your mind. Today’s “Home and Away” does a masterful job.I’ve worked as a pizza cook, which wasn’t terribly successful, since there’s a lot of fast hand-eye work involved. I was much happier when they moved me to the grill, which involves more […]
Last month I mentioned that Jake Parker had launched a Kickstarter project to raise money to create a hard cover collection of some of his short stories. The estimated amount he’d need was $6,000. With one day left he’s raised over $77,000. If you haven’t checked out his work, I encourage you to do so. […]
Augusta Chronicle Columnist Steven Uhles looks at the recent success of comic books characters raking it in at the box office and how comic strip characters have struggled to translate on the big screen. He looks at some of the notable attempts with Dick Tracy, Popeye, Prince Valiant, Flash Gordon, and Annie. It is, I […]
My college newspaper advisor had saying, “Save now. Save Often.” It’s been my mantra ever since. That and having an external hard drive.Via Scott Johnson
Michael Cavna reports that the Washington Post pulled a recent Zits because it was “mite too graphic and gruesome as breakfast-table fare“. Zits co-creator Jim Borgman wrote on the Zits blog, “sometimes we push the envelope on purpose, but we never saw this one coming.”This Arctic Circle strip by Alex Hallatt was killed by her […]
Joe Frankenstein, a comic book by Graham Nolan (illustrator of Rex Morgan, M.D. and his own webcomic Sunshine State) and Chuck Dixon (comic book writer on Batman), has been picked up by IDW.Great news Joe fans! We have found a publisher! The good folks over at IDW Publishing have agreed to help us bring our […]