Remember when I reported that Guy Endore-Kaiser proposed to his girlfriend in his comic, Brevity?. The happy couple were married Saturday evening and got a write up in the New York Times Weddings/Celebrity section.Congratulations to you both.
Andertoons creator Mark Anderson:I’m a cartoonist. I draw funny pictures with funny words that I send out into the world to earn my living. I love my job unquestioningly. That is until recently, when I ran across a TED Talk by Simon Sinek about how great leaders inspire action. Now, I am neither a great […]
Joel Pett writing in the Sacramento Bee:This past year, as he battled his mystifying, excruciating disease, he became one of my closest and most admired friends. He tried to teach me things, big, important things about life’s priorities, the utter foolishness of wasting energy on, well, the things we all waste it on. I last […]
Howard Tayler, creator of the webcomic Schlock Mercenary, has been nominated for two Hugo Awards one for “Best Graphic Story” and “Best Related Work”. This is his fourth nomination for Best Graphic Story and second time for Best Related Work for his work on the Writing Excuses podcast.From his blog:The “Best Graphic Story” ballot is […]
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) has announced they’ve selected Sarah Miller as this year’s Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship winner. She’s a student at Savannah College of Art and Design where she studies illustration. She also writes and illustrates comics, paints, and does caricatures at conventions. She recently completed an illustrated book based on a […]
Today’s triple-feature starts out innocently enough, in Between Friends: Kids take for granted the technology they have known most of their lives.Admittedly, it’s a bit of a stretch to assume Danny doesn’t know people who don’t have multiple cell phones (grandparents?). But, even if he wouldn’t likely be unaware of the concept of a home with […]
In today’s Non Sequitur, Wiley correctly points out the absurdity of whateverthehell is going on the minds of some gentlemen, many of whom may be Republicans. I’m making no generalities, no assumptions, no accusations.After all, it’s not fair to assume, for example, that the majority of members of the Augusta National Golf Club are Republicans. It […]
It’s been just over a year since Joe Staton and Mike Curtis took over and revitalized the venerable Dick Tracy franchise, and they’ve really hit a nice stride with shorter arcs and villains that are just evil enough to be villains and just silly enough to be fun. Any nitwit can create a hero or a leading […]
I’ve mentioned it before that Jonathan Mahood’s Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog is the official mascot for next week’s 3rd annual National Robotics Week April 7-15.King Features Syndicate has posted an interview about Jonathan’s involvement with the organization and the use of his feature characters for next week.Q. What inspired you to create a storyline based […]
A public memorial will be held to honor the Sacramento Bee’s late editorial cartoonist Rex Babin who passed away on March 30 at the age of 49 after a year-long battle with cancer. The memorial service will include editorial cartoonists Joel Pett (Lexington Herald-Leader) and Jack Ohman (Portland Oregonian) as speakers. The event will be […]
The Hamilton Community News has profiled Canadian illustrator and cartoonist Mike Cope.“When I was a kid, I remember always seeing cartoons in Reader’s Digest Canada,” Cope said. “The magazine is freelance-based. You’re up against a lot of competition, so when you get in there on your first try, it’s pretty cool and that inspires you […]
Students at the University of Texas have started an online petition hoping to support the reinstatement of the campus paper’s cartoonist Stephanie Eisner who was fired after the paper ran her cartoon commenting on the media coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida. She later apologized as did the paper. It should be noted […]
Brad Guiger has announced on his blog that he is making the full-time leap in to his webcomic Evil Inc. by taking a buyout from the Philadelphia Daily News where he has worked for 14 years. From his blog:A lot of people have asked me if I’m scared about leaving the regular paycheck I was […]
Okay, here is Lucas Turnbloom’s strip “Imagine This” for today:… and here is the little summary of the strip’s premise that runs on the GoComics site:Some adults wistfully wonder what became of the imaginary friends of their childhood. Not Darin. His are sitting on the couch, too-constant companions sharing every strange moment of his cheerfully […]
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau and legendary editorial cartoonist Herbert Block (“Herblock”) were named by the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University in a list of “the 100 Outstanding Journalists in the United States in the Last 100 Years.” The full list is the who’s-who of A-list journalists and writers.