The Nucleus Gallery is opening an exhibit of homage art to Jim Henson’s influence tomorrow night.Their description:Jim Henson’s accomplishments have left a widespread and enduring impression on generations of admirers since his first endeavors in the late 1950s. From his iconic and colorful cast on Sesame Street to the groundbreaking fantasy Dark Crystal, Henson’s imagination […]
City Paper, a weekly in Philadelphia, is charging cartoonists to donate their cartoons AND pay $5 to submit cartoons for the annual Comics Issue. The collective $5 is then divied out to those cartoonists that are published.According to Jim Romenesko, the plan didn’t go over so well.I saw the one comment from a cartoonist who […]
Normally, I would bristle at an Irish drinking joke, except that there’s no suggestion of overindulgence in today’s Stone Soup and, rather to the contrary, the point is that Evie appreciates good beer.Evie appreciates a lot of things, to the continual consternation of those who keep expecting her to act her age.Whatever that means.Jan Eliot […]
Jerry Robinson, perhaps best known for creating Batman’s famous enemy The Joker, has passed away at the age of 89. From Comic Book Resources: Over the course of his early years in comics, Robinson proved a creative and social dynamo, moonlighting as a comics artist on projects such as the infamous “created in one night” […]
Reporters Without Borders and French newspaper Le Monde have announced the recipients of The 2011 Press Freedom Prize. Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat was honored for his cartoons that “depict the abuses of Syria’s regime, which has come under growing criticism this year for its efforts to tamp down a growing pro-democracy movement”Also honored was the […]
Bob Andelman talks to American Association of Editorial Cartooning President John Cole about plagiarism cases within the editorial cartooning community. John mentions that the association is looking at whether some kind of ethics guidelines is needed within the group or even what the role of the association should be in cases of alleged plagiarism.“There is […]
I’m not a Scrooge, but I’m not much for about 80 percent of Christmas stuff and I like to think that’s because about 80 percent of it is either too early or too … um … too much like drinking maple syrup.Which I did, by the way, at the age of about 10. And I […]
Charges against comic journalist Susie Cagle have been dropped according to Media Bistro. Susie was arrested on Nov 3 while she was covering the Occupy Oakland protest despite clearly showing her credentials. She was booked and charged with “being present at raid” – a misdemeanor.The charges were dropped after Co-Chairs of the Freedom of Information […]
About 50 cartoonists are featured in a new cookbook entitled, “Webcomics: What’s Cooking“. The book has 47 recipes with accompanying original cartoon art. They’ve posted five sample pages online.Below is the sample from Dog Eat Doug creator Brian Anderson.
Dave Brown, editorial cartoonist for the The Independent, has been named Political Cartoonist of the Year by the Cartoon Art Trust.From The Independent:He said after being presented with the award at a ceremony held at the Mall Galleries in London: “It’s very nice to be recognised. You do what you do but aren’t quite sure […]
Over at The Comics Journal Kristian Williams examines Mark Tatulli’s Lio collection There’s Corpses Everywhere: Yet Another Lio Collection and compares, contrasts and analyzes it against Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes collection “There’s Treasure Everywhere“.The comparison is not in Lio’s favor. Such are the hazards of parody, or even homage. Either way, the work announces: […]
John Lasseter sat down with Charlie Rose to discuss all things Pixar, his up-and-coming movie Brave, Disney, Steve Jobs, George Lucas, etc. Interview is just shy of an hour. Throw it on the background as you work.
Dave Kellett delivers one right into my wheelhouse with today’s Sheldon.”Authenticity” and “filth” have become one-and-the-same in Hollywood, and logic, romance and storytelling be damned. I don’t mind a little smut in a movie, but I hate gratuitous filth.Unlike Arthur, I was warned off “Waterworld” in time, but I’ve seen clips, and it’s certainly not […]
They took over Halloween. Why not Christmas too?Via Robot6
Steve Meyers of Poynter is now reporting that Jeff Staher has been suspended “indefinitely” until the paper can conduct an exhaustive investigation.On a related note, Michael Cavna has talked to Robert Mankoff who is giving Jeff the benefit of the doubt.“My guess is Stahler came up with the idea completely independently,” Mankoff told Comic Riffs. […]