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 […]
News Leader editorial cartoonist Jim McCloskey is leaving his post in Staunton, VA where he has spent 23 years as their editorial cartoonist and ad salesman. He is taking a similar position at the Sun-Herald in Gulfport, MS.
Lars Vilks, whose drawing of the prophet Muhammad as a dog was published in 2007, was attacked by students throwing eggs during a lecture at Karlstad University in central Sweden. He was unharmed and was able to continue his lecture on limits of free speech after the protestors were removed from the audience. This hasn’t […]
The Kickstarter project to fund a reprint project estimated to cost $57,000 has raised over $1.2 MILLION dollars for Order of the Stick creator Rich Burlew. Depending on the level of donation, backers of the project were promised several incentives from fridge magnets to a cameo in the webcomic. In total 14,952 individuals donated the […]
Caulfield has been setting up this scam in Frazz for a few days now, playing on the technicality that Mrs. Olson didn’t specify “US President” when assigning them to write a report.It’s been awhile since Caulfield pulled off a really epic prank like this. I enjoy them because it does create a flashback or two. My […]