Last week I posted news about a Roy Lichtenstein painting had sold at auction for $43 million. Jeff Darcy (in the comments) noted the original comic art upon which the Pop Art painting was based was recently sold on eBay for “a few hundred bucks.” Turns out it was $431 to be exact.Here’s a piece […]
Ted Rall takes a swipe at the latest highly qualified journalist hired at NBC.We’ve always had a flare for nepotism in this country, and I’m not referring to John Quincy Adams, whose bona fides were pretty well independently established before he ran for the White House. No, never mind, let’s include him, too. And throw […]
From Scott Adam’s blog:Today I’m declaring my candidacy for President of the United States. I’ll be running as an Independent. Getting on the ballot in every state won’t be a problem, thanks to Americaselect.org. … You might have some concern about the fact that I have no moral center, no relevant experience, a history of […]
Engadget reviews the Kindle Fire and Nook tablet as comic reading devices:So, how are Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet when it comes to reading comics? In a word: good. The Fire borrows a page from Comixology’s playbook, offering up the ability to read the thing panel by panel — a feature, Comixology has pointed out, […]
Disney Pixar has released a new trailer for Brave.Can’t help but think of Mulan and Mike Myers while watching this, but I love the detail and ‘epic’ feel of it. Movie opens June 22, 2012.
Last August Wacom created a bit of buzz announcing a new ballpoint pen called “The Inkling” that records what you write or sketch which can then be imported into your favorite program like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop or Autodesk Sketchbook Pro. Rosa Golijan, over at MSNBC’s Gadget Blog reviews the device:The Inkling’s ability to spit out […]
Chris Mautner interviews Art Spiegelman about the release of the book MetaMaus to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his seminal graphic novel Maus.To mark the anniversary, Spiegelman and his publisher, Pantheon, have released MetaMaus, a new book about the making of that seminal graphic novel, which features a lengthy series of discussions with editor Hillary […]
Hard on the heels of yesterday’s rant over facts-that-ain’t, we have this Jeff Danziger pot shot at poor old Bill O’Reilly’s book — described by its publisher as “A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O’Reilly” — which […]
Royden Lepp, illustrator, photographer and animator, writes to inspire artist to produce “creator owned” material.I’ve missed so much good TV (so..much..) Four days a week I get up before work, and draw for three hours. Sometimes I draw after work, but I try to not to. Did I mention how much good TV I miss? […]
I’ve mentioned Susie Cagle before regarding her reporting on the Occupy Oakland protests wherein she’s been tear-gassed and arrested while covering the demonstrations. Michael Cavna has a write-up of other cartoonists in other cities are that are reporting on the events through comic journalism. Featured include Susie, Matt Bors and Stephanie McMillan. You can see […]
Just a reminder to those college cartoonist readers out there. The Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship deadline is rapidly approaching (December 15). The recipient will earn a $5,000 scholarship and a trip to Las Vegas to hang with members of the National Cartoonists Society during their annual Reuben Award weekend. For rules and entry information, visit […]
MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond has posted a long, detailed and thorough report of the MAD SCAD Weekend held at the Savannah College of Art and Design last weekend. Seriously, what a line-up. Throughout the weekend people were enthusiastic about the gathering, but I think it might have escaped most how unique it was to […]
I have some problems with Wikipedia, but I think, on the whole, that its self-correcting structure actually works.Often.Depending on the topic.But today’s xkcd hits at a major vulnerability not just of Wikipedia but of history in particular and of writing in general, which is that, once they’ve found a citation, a lot of writers consider […]
Austrialian illustrator and cartoonist Anton Emdin took home two awards, including the Gold Stanley for Cartoonist of the Year, last weekend at the Australian Cartoonists Association’s annual Stanley Awards night. The other award was for Best Illustrator. Other nominees for the Golden Stanley include: Andrew Weldon, David Pope, David Rowe, Mark Knight and Peter Broelman. […]
Boom! Studios has announced that the following artists will be working on the Charlie Brown comic book: Vicki Scott, Paige Braddock, Shane Houghton and Matt Whitlock. The press release notes that the first issue will be “written and drawn by Charles Schulz” with additional stories by the above mentioned artists.They’ve produced a teaser comic book […]