They’re the rage right now in social media – the “what my friends think I do… what I really do” meme. I’ve come across two that are comic related. The first is regarding creating comic books, the second by Michael Kandalaft, creator of That Monkey Tune on cartooning.
A departure from format today because of a bit of serendipitous synchronicity (as in the best it is). Two cartoons, not in opposition, not exactly in concert, but worth viewing together and not just in that NPR “on this hand but then again on the other hand” way.Matt Bors has posted this observation …… while […]
The Columbia Journalism Review has an interesting article about the future of cartooning. Discussed: The blessing and curse of syndication representation, websites that value cartoons enough to pay decently for them and alternative paths taken by artists in order to make a living.From CJR:Cartoons pass quickly around the web. Most cartoonists I spoke with said […]
This year’s Silver T-Square Award will be given to former NCS president Steve McGarry during the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Awards weekend in May. The award is given for outstanding dedication or service to the Society or the profession.Former NCS president Jeff Keane:Under Steve’s watch the NCS flourished both here at home and abroad. He […]
The National Cartoonists Society will honor comic book legend Stan Goldberg with the Gold Key Award at this year’s Rueben Awards in May. The award which also places Stan in the NCS Hall of Fame.From the NCS:But Stan’s career in comics goes all the way back to 1949 when he started as a staff colorist […]
Today’s Gil will probably ring truer with those of us who work from home, as opposed to that cute girl from New Hampshire who works at home and is seen in ads in the margins of all the articles I read on-line.She makes so much money that I’m sure she has hired someone to watch […]
RStevens, creator of Diesel Sweeties, has raised over $20,000 to create a complete ebook collection of his work. The amazing part of this crowd-funded project is that his intent is to give away the ebook for free. The original fundraising goal is $3,000 to compensate RStevens for this time to create the book as well […]
Tom Racine interviews Wiley Miller about his comic strip Non Sequitur which celebrates 20 years in syndication. From Tom’s Tall Tale Radio Podcast:Wiley Miller of the brilliant “Non Sequitur” joins me to talk about the fact that his comic just turned 20 years old! He’s been in syndication since 1992, and has seen a lot […]
Yesterday was Prince Valiant’s 75th birthday. The strip was created by Hal Foster in 1937. Hal was authoring the popular Tarzan comic strip when he was invited to create his new strip by William Randolph Hearst who distributed it through his syndicate King Features.The strip has since been adapted in many forms. It was made […]
The Simpsons creator Matt Groening unveiled his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday. His star is near the stars of Walt Disney and Charles Schulz. The Simpsons will air its 500th episode this Sunday.
I often get it down to two or three strips and then have to make a final decision.Today’s Ink Pen was — as is often the case — one of those two or three, but I’ll admit sentiment tipped the balance, given that the first posting on this blog was two years and 10 days […]
Stopped at the grocery store on the way back from the dog park tonight. There it was 5:30 at night, and there were people crowded around a little table to buy bunches of flowers and others — young, old, men, women — standing in the greeting card aisle, staring at the Valentine section in hopes […]
Fantastic news for Pickles creator Brian Crane. Washington Post Writers Group has announced that Pickles has crossed the 800 paper milestone earlier this month. It was first launched in 1990.From the WPWG:Crane began the strip 22 years ago, while he was working full time at an advertising agency. He would drive home, have dinner with […]
Hartford Courant editorial cartoonist Bob Englehart has been suspended without pay for a week over a blog post according to Daryl Cagle. As I mentioned yesterday, Bob wrote a critical blog post about the New Hampshire Governor’s education plan and used a poor choice in wording (“losers raise losers”). Both the paper and Bob have […]
There were — among the “I bought you some candy for me to eat” cartoons and the “Omigod I forgot Valentine’s Day” cartoons — some pretty good Valentine’s Day comics this year.But Agnes, as is her wont, cut through the sentiment and got right to the quick.Mind you, much of the charm of Agnes is […]