Funniest part of today’s Arlo & Janis is that I didn’t place it from the first bit of dialogue, but I read it with the accent anyway. Which is to say, yeah, I got it from the start, but only back in the reptilian portion of the brain, back in the longterm storage bins.It took […]
In Candorville, Darrin Bell uses a multi-panel approach to commentary as well as, and generally better than, anyone else out there.His use of understated conversations rather than pious lecturing is very effective. By setting up the incongruities and then letting them dangle in the air, he forces the reader to finish the point, and engaging […]
Jen Sorensen created a 4-page comic entitled An Open Letter To The Supreme Court About Health Insurance. Head over to Kaiser Health News to view the whole series.Great cartoon, Jen.
Sometimes you can’t make this stuff up. Malaysia’s Election Commission has announced that it is banning caricatures during the next general election.From Free Malaysia Today:According to a Bernama report, Wan Ahmad said that the 2011 Sarawak state election saw “too many” examples of “inappropriate” political caricatures. “The election is a serious matter and we cannot […]
PC & Pixel with a cartoon that doesn’t try to do more than create a smile, and does it well. This demonstrates a point, which is that you don’t always need to think up a punchline. To start with, neither character is necessary for this gag. It would work in an empty gallery.But the use of […]
The Birmingham News, the Press-Register in Mobile, and The Huntsville Times are moving to a three-day-a-week-in-print schedule. The Press-Register is home to editorial cartoonist J.D. Crowe.J.D. writes on his blog:Through this blog, Facebook and Twitter, we’re practically mutual online stalkers already. If I’m part of the new configuration, I guarantee you, we’ll be even more […]
Starting today, you can buy five different Forever Stamps featuring Flik and Dot from “A Bug’s Life”, Mr. Incredible and Dash from “The Incredibles”, Nemo and Squirt from “Finding Nemo”, Woody, Bullseye, and Jessie from “Toy Story 2” and Wazowski and Sulley from “Monsters, Inc.” (2001).
Tom the Dancing Bug creator Ruben Bolling has posted results of his new INNER HIVE project. The INNER HIVE is a subscription model that gives subscribers a weekly private email that includes advance comics, contests, give-aways. It costs $9.99 for six months. As Ruben describes it:In fact, the INNER HIVE has gone so well, I’m […]
The Chicago Sun-Times announced changes to its leadership and reorganizing of its newsroom recently. This quote caught my eye:“We are no longer a newspaper company,” Sun-Times Media Holdings LLC Editor-in-chief Jim Kirk said in a memo to staff. “We are a technology company that happens to publish a newspaper. We deliver content. And we will […]
Sheldon, one of the more intelligent comics around, with an observation about stupidity.Or, really “cupidity,” since a lot of the stupidity on the Internet is simply a case of click-farming. This whole thing of “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” has gotten a little out of hand and has morphed into “On the […]
On Sunday, the Team Cul de Sac auction opened allowing the public to bid on original cartoon art donated by some of the biggest (and smallest) names in comics. Currently the big item – a Bill Watterson oil painting of Cul de Sac character Petey Otterloop is going for less than $3,000. Other notable pieces […]
Jeff Danziger on the kerfuffle over Trump’s endorsement of Romney, in a cartoon that over-analysis only improves.Rodeo clowns went through a period when they insisted on being called “bullfighters” rather than “clowns,” but, unlike pundits, they seem to have gotten over that and have embraced their dual role of protecting the cowboys while they entertain […]
Jim Unger, creator of Herman has passed away yesterday at age 75 at his home in British Columbia. His strip Herman ran from 1974 through 1992 and served as an inspiration to Gary Larson’s The Far Side. He was twice the recipient of the National Cartoonists Society’s Best Syndicated Panel. Dave Coverly, who has been […]
Neil Gaiman, author of short stories, comic books, graphic novels, and movies (with a long list of awards to go with those genres), was the commencement speaker at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA).In my book, this speech ranks up there with Steve Jobs’ now famous 2005 Stanford University speech. Worth the 20 minutes […]
After this weekend in Vegas I can now say that I have met the great Jack Davis (and have a signed sketch!). He has an incredible story and career. A foundation has been set up to “facilitate the study and appreciation of Jack Davis’s contribution to 20th-century art through development of databases, archives, education and […]