The Cartoonists Rights Network International announced they are accepting nominations for their 2012 CRNI Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning. The Courage Award is given every year to a cartoonist who is in grave danger because of the power and impact of his or her work, or, to a cartoonist who has shown extraordinary courage […]
Former The State editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail has been honored by the The South Carolina Arts Commission with the 2012 Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts. The award is given to “recognize outstanding achievement and contributions to the arts in South Carolina” and is the highest award bestowed by the state.Robert has a […]
Keith Knight again. We’ve really gotta quit meeting like this.As occasionally alluded to here, there is a group of cartoonists whose work I like so much that I judge them more harshly than others, in part to avoid getting into a rut where the same people are featured here all the time.Sometimes I think it’s […]
Two weeks ago the New York Times announced it was going to begin publishing cartoons each Sunday in their Week in Review section, but their process for selecting (‘everyone send in finished work and we’ll pick the one we like’) and compensating the cartoonists ($250 a week) created a strong negative response from individual cartoonists […]
LA Times Television Critic Robert Lloyd interviewed The Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening about the longevity of his TV show which aired its 500th episode last night.“I think we were in the right place at the right time,” (Groening) said of the series’ long life and global reach. “Audiences were ready again for a prime-time animated […]
A departure from format today for something I think is well worth it.”My Friend Dahmer” is not a comic strip, though its creator, Derf Backderf, has been featured here for his strip, “The City,” more than once.It’s also not a graphic novel, despite the fact that, on its cover, it says “a graphic novel by […]
I enjoy Sinfest even when I don’t know what in hell is going on. Or what on earth is going on. Or even what in heaven is going on.The last couple of weeks have seemed a little vague in that regard, but the art always makes it worth dropping in, and I think that’s one […]
Betty and Alex have spent the week at a coffeeshop fussing over this zen garden. You rarely know how much real-time time is being depicted in a story arc, but I’d say finding enlightenment in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee is about par for the course.Any deep moral teachings that […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the nominations for the 2011 Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year. The nominees are Pickles creator Brian Crane, Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis and MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond. Brian’s strip has been in syndication since 1990 and this week Washington Post Writers Group announced that the […]
Michael Cavna reports that six cartoonists will fill in for Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac for a five week stint stating Monday and ending March 19 for dailies and the Sunday features run March 18 through April 15. The guest cartoonists include: Mo Willems, Stephan Pastis, Lincoln Peirce and Michael Jantze, Corey Pandolph and Ken […]
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 […]