Giving evidence that bad news comes in threes: Joe Simon, who co-created Captain America with Jack Kirby, has passed away at age 98. From AP News:For Timely, the duo created Captain America, debuting on the cover of “Captain America Comics” No. 1 with the champion of liberty throwing a solid right-hook at Adolf Hitler in […]
Rina Piccolo regarding applying logic to humor:And my message, if you haven’t gotten it by now, is pretty simple: We should interpret entertainment – in all it’s forms – in the spirit in which it was created. In other words, Hey you, Smarty-Panties, get your logical heads out of your asses and have some fun!Wonderful […]
From Crave Online:No, this isn’t an officiall sanctioned Calvin & Hobbes movie, like so many rumors have foretold, but it’s extremely cool nonetheless. Jim Frommeyer and visual effects artist Teague Chrystie (Feast III: The Happy Finish) have just released their short film A Very Calvin & Hobbes Christmas. It’s a loving homage to the classic […]
Eduardo Barreto, the former artist for the Judge Parker serial comic strip has passed away at the age of 57. He took over Judge Parker from Harold LeDoux in 2006 but had to end his association with the strip in 2010 after contracting meningitis. Previous to Judge Parker, he worked on several comic books such […]
Jeff Danziger needs to go on my list of cartoonists who would be here all the time if I didn’t pay attention.But this panel has some eternal truth to it, as well as some new truths and some things we really need to think about for the future but probably won’t.To start with, the Folks […]
I noticed a while back a website called “Ban Comic Sans”. The premise is simple enough – mock the font and question it’s very existence. A few comics use the font. Vic Lee’s Pardon My Planet comes to mind.i noticed a new site that celebrates the font. Their motto: WE ARE THE COMIC SANS DEFENDERS. […]
The Center for the Digital Future (part of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism) has released a study about the impact of the internet on Americans. They study touches on issues of privacy, social media, PC vs tablet computing among other issues. One prediction made is that most US newspapers will be gone […]
The gentlemen over at The Cartoonist Studios have sent me more news about their second annual cartooning contest. The contest will kick off on February 6th and a big change from last year is that there will be more weight given to contest judges (panel of professional cartoonists and syndicate representative) and less on the […]
Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has been awarded this year’s Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning. The Berryman is awarded to editorial cartoonists whose work “exhibits power to influence public opinion, plus good drawing and striking effect.” Nick will receive a $2,500 prize and attend the National Press Foundation’s Annual […]
Pros & Cons is always worthwhile and often laugh-out-loud funny, either because Kieran Meehan has found a new spot to tickle or because he’s gone back to one of his best and hit it yet again, sharply. (I’ve mentioned both Jack Benny and the old, classic Bob Newhart Show enough that readers should recognize by […]
I enjoy drawing on my iPad (ArtRage app), but there are a few quirks about it. This addresses two of them: Line quality and exactness and resting your hand on the screen:Already funded on Kickstarter. Should be available in January.
The always interesting and entertaining podcast interviewer Tom Racine talks to Pickles creator Brian Crane this week.Here’s the description of the show:Brian Crane, writer and artist of the great strip “Pickles” is with me today to talk about his road to syndication, how he goes about his daily business of bringing the funny old people […]
From Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot who writes about her writing process.Having secured two acceptable notebooks, I headed over to my favorite cafe. The requirements are this: 1) Not too quiet. Background noise helps me concentrate. If it’s too quiet my mind wanders away from the task at hand. College crowds are good ones- they […]
The AV Club has posted an extenstive interview with the legendary Jack Davis. AVC: What artists were important to you growing up? JD: Growing up, of course, Walt Disney. Donald Duck?the big feet?and Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. And Harold Foster, who drew Prince Valiant, and he also drew Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs? bit. […]
Earlier this month an Irish-Catholic fraternal group objected to the nomination of Thomas Nast to the New Jersey Hall of Fame due to Nast’s anti-Catholic cartoons of the era. The opposition has gained a bit of traction with the addition of two State Assemblymen Wayne DeAngelo (D) and David Rible (R).From NewJersey.com: “One cannot view […]