As Wiley Miller’s Non Sequitur enters its 21st year of non-feigned outrage, he brings to a head something that has been roiling in the back of my skull for a couple of weeks now.People do, indeed, flood to the purveyors of feigned outrage, which, I would note, is not a partisan commodity. There is feigned […]
Rob Tornoe was the first speaker on Sunday. He’s a freelance cartoonist, columnist, editor and publisher of the Delaware magazine Punchline. He self-syndicates his work in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania.Notes from his talk: Doing local cartoons allows him to charge more than bundled material from syndicates Sports cartoons sell well as first time runs […]
Brian Crane was the last speaker on Saturday. He’s the creator of the comic Pickles which is now in 800 newspapers. His comic launched with only 24 newspapers and was told by his syndicate that he might even get up to 50. I’ve met Brian before this seminar and despite the accomplishment of being in […]
Jan Berenstain, co-creator of the much loved Berenstain Bears books with her husband Stan, has passed away at the age of 88. According to NPR, she suffered a stroke while in her studio last Thursday and passed away on Friday. The first Berenstain Bear book was published in 1962 and more than 300 titles have […]
Creators Syndicate president Jack Newcombe was the second speaker. In what I’m assuming was a grab the audience’s attention, he told us he was going to talk about pirates, porn and ________. It got my attention, but only 2/3 of it. “Did he just say porn?” By the time I refocused, I missed the third […]
This last weekend was the 2nd Success in Comics seminar put on by Tundra creator Chad Carpenter and his marketing team of one Bill Kellogg. Attendee numbers were about double from the first one held two years ago with a mix of up-and-coming cartoonists and more established cartoonist. For those who have haven’t attended this […]
For a little over a decade, I would go into high schools and spend the day lecturing on political cartoons. I’d begin by talking about the partisan press, how, a century or so ago, each town had two papers — Republican and Democratic — and they would launch totally one-sided, predictable attacks on their opponents, which was […]
One thing I don’t understand in Zits is why Jeremy’s folks would let a young driver have a Volkswagen van. The first car should be some kind of tank that avoids damage to self or contents regardless of the ignorance or inexperience of the driver.That said, I had a red 1971 Volkswagen camper, which I […]
The Lost Side of Suburbia is a comic because it’s at GoComics and … well, no other reason. Actually, it’s a serialized, illustrated story. Or, rather, it’s a series of serialized, illustrated stories.And it’s brilliant.But don’t click that link yet, because you’ve got a little catching up to do first.The current story is so good […]
(Click to see larger image)Chris Sparks of Team Cul de Sac has released the dust cover art for their upcoming book of all the artists contributing to the fund raiser for Parkinson’s Disease. The book will feature Cul de Sac inspired art from over 150 cartoonists and artists.Buy either the regular edition book or the […]
The John Locher Memorial Award recognizing the best student editorial cartoonist in North America now offers a $1,000 prize in addition to the all expense paid trip to the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention in Washington D.C in September. The winners work will also be distribute to college newspapers nationally through McClatchy-Tribune Campus News […]
Local Seattle PBS station KCTS9 did a 30 minute profile on LA Times editorial cartoonist David Horsey. He talks about his move to the LA Times for and his political blogging among other things.Watch David Horsey on PBS. See more from Conversations At KCTS 9.
Arctic Circle, for the benefit of those who aren’t familiar with it, is designed to drive a certain type of reader mad because the main characters are penguins and, yes, I know and Alex Hallatt knows and constant readers know that these penguins purposely moved from their home in the Antarctic to the Arctic so […]
That rare Bill Watterson watercolor of Calvin and Hobbes created for a 1989-90 calendar cover fetched a handsome $107,550.00 at auction (requires sign-in to see results).The art received 34,745 page views and was bid on 22 times.UPDATE: For confidentiality reasons, my contact at Heritage Auction couldn’t disclose the winning bidder, but he noted that when […]
Reality Check, with a reminder of those left behind. Sigh. Poor Jeeves indeed.I never asked Jeeves much of anything because poorly constructed inquiries tend to send you off into the hinterlands, and it seemed to me that purposely making inquiries in “plain language” was an invitation to start in those hinterlands and then spiral your way […]