I’ve mentioned the webcomic Axe Cop before. For those who aren’t familiar, the older brother, Ethan Nicolle, decided to have his younger brother (at the time at age 6) write a story that he would then illustrate. As you can imagine the mind of a six year old has no limits and the resulting work […]
A big thanks to those who donated yesterday (see below). Tyson Cole, creator of the college cartoon The Deep End Scott Nickel, MAD cartoonist and creator of EEK! Jerry Scott, co-creator of Zits and Baby Blues Howard Tayler, creator of Schlock Mercenary Tom Heintjes, Editor of Hogan Magazine Kelly Ferguson, creator of Basket Case Comix […]
I ran this Bil Keane cartoon, from the pages of “Yank the Army Weekly,” recently, and posted it again on Facebook yesterday when Bil’s son Jeff announced his death.Of course, Bil Keane is not remembered for the cartoons he did as a GI during WWII, though the war in the Pacific is how he met […]
From Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis:I was lucky enough to spend time with him on a couple of occasions, even interview him at his house for the Charles Schulz Museum. When I was there, we talked about the parodies I did of the Family Circus. He told me he didn’t mind them at all. […]
Bil Keane, the creator of the iconic Family Circus comic panel has passed away at age 89. He was born in Philadelphia in 1922 and according to his bio on his website he was a self taught artist. After WWII, he worked as a staff artist at the Philadelphia Bulletin for 15 years and created […]
A painting by Roy Lichtenstein, the father of pop art and noted for using cartoon images and techniques, has sold for $43 million. The painting, “I Can See the Whole Room! … and There’s Nobody in It!” was created in 1961. From the BBC:The comic strip-inspired work was part of a sale of post-war and […]
Great news for Scary Gary creator Mark Buford. His strip was optioned by Jack Black’s production company, Electric Dynamite, and William Morris Entertainment to create a television series based on the strip. As many of you know getting optioned is the first step. A draft pilot episode will be written and then the episode will […]
Another big thanks to everyone that donated yesterday. Typically each ensuing day of the drive the donations drop, but yesterday the drop wasn’t as big as I expected. I’ve also updated the “check” to reflect yesterday’s giving. The equivalent compensation is now $2.45/hr (I over-reported yesterday’s as $1.45 but it should have been $1.33).Here are […]
One of the frustrations of this blog is when I come across a comic that cracks me up, except …Except that they stepped on the punchline.Except that the setup is flawed and you have to assume what the cartoonist meant.Except that, while it’s funny, it relies on something that, while a lot of people believe […]
Zack Smith over at Newsarama interviews webcomic maker Howard Tayler, creator of Schlock Mercenary about his strip and production of his webcomic. Howard is one of the web guys I greatly admire and whose counsel I trust. He’s got a good business sense about what he does.A sample:Nrama: You have iPad and iPod apps for […]
OB Rag (Ocean Beach, CA) interviews La Cucaracha creator Lalo Alcaraz. A couple of things I didn’t know about Lalo: He has a weekly radio program in L.A. and is a faculty member at Otis College of Art & Design.Al Carlos interviews Lalo about his beginnings and how his cartooning focus has changed over the […]
The Farley Foundation is a Canadian charity that helps raise money for Veterinarians to provide services for animals of lower income individuals. Lynn Johnston’s Farley character has been the mascot since 2001. Here’s a video of Lynn explaining her involvement and the Farley plush toy.I want one of those plush Farleys! If you do too, […]
GoComics.com announces that starting tomorrow the Pibgorn “Mozart and the Demon Lover” story-line will kick off but will include Brooke McEldowney’s running commentary. Think of it as the director’s notes on a DVD extra.
Last week’s firebombing of its offices hasn’t stopped satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo from releasing its latest edition – which features a caricature of the editor and a Muslim character in a slobbery make-out kiss. Had the Muslim character been drawn with a turban I’m sure it would be inferred as the Prophet Mohammad (Gawker thinks […]
Yesterday I kicked off the annual donation drive with the goal to raising the equivalent of a minimum wage compensation ($7.25/hr). At the end of the yesterday I tallied it up, divided by the estimated number of hours per year and came up with $1.45/hour. Which isn’t bad as that is approximately 20% of the […]