Bob Andelman talks to American Association of Editorial Cartooning President John Cole about plagiarism cases within the editorial cartooning community. John mentions that the association is looking at whether some kind of ethics guidelines is needed within the group or even what the role of the association should be in cases of alleged plagiarism.“There is […]
I’m not a Scrooge, but I’m not much for about 80 percent of Christmas stuff and I like to think that’s because about 80 percent of it is either too early or too … um … too much like drinking maple syrup.Which I did, by the way, at the age of about 10. And I […]
Charges against comic journalist Susie Cagle have been dropped according to Media Bistro. Susie was arrested on Nov 3 while she was covering the Occupy Oakland protest despite clearly showing her credentials. She was booked and charged with “being present at raid” – a misdemeanor.The charges were dropped after Co-Chairs of the Freedom of Information […]
About 50 cartoonists are featured in a new cookbook entitled, “Webcomics: What’s Cooking“. The book has 47 recipes with accompanying original cartoon art. They’ve posted five sample pages online.Below is the sample from Dog Eat Doug creator Brian Anderson.
Dave Brown, editorial cartoonist for the The Independent, has been named Political Cartoonist of the Year by the Cartoon Art Trust.From The Independent:He said after being presented with the award at a ceremony held at the Mall Galleries in London: “It’s very nice to be recognised. You do what you do but aren’t quite sure […]
Over at The Comics Journal Kristian Williams examines Mark Tatulli’s Lio collection There’s Corpses Everywhere: Yet Another Lio Collection and compares, contrasts and analyzes it against Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes collection “There’s Treasure Everywhere“.The comparison is not in Lio’s favor. Such are the hazards of parody, or even homage. Either way, the work announces: […]
John Lasseter sat down with Charlie Rose to discuss all things Pixar, his up-and-coming movie Brave, Disney, Steve Jobs, George Lucas, etc. Interview is just shy of an hour. Throw it on the background as you work.
Dave Kellett delivers one right into my wheelhouse with today’s Sheldon.”Authenticity” and “filth” have become one-and-the-same in Hollywood, and logic, romance and storytelling be damned. I don’t mind a little smut in a movie, but I hate gratuitous filth.Unlike Arthur, I was warned off “Waterworld” in time, but I’ve seen clips, and it’s certainly not […]
They took over Halloween. Why not Christmas too?Via Robot6
Steve Meyers of Poynter is now reporting that Jeff Staher has been suspended “indefinitely” until the paper can conduct an exhaustive investigation.On a related note, Michael Cavna has talked to Robert Mankoff who is giving Jeff the benefit of the doubt.“My guess is Stahler came up with the idea completely independently,” Mankoff told Comic Riffs. […]
Indie Wire reports that a second TinTin movie is already in the works before the first has yet to open here in the U.S. It seems like the domestic success or failure of ‘Tintin,’ which doesn’t open on our shores until December 21st, isn’t even a factor at this point – they’re moving forward whether […]
Boing Boing has posted several pages from the new Fantagraphics book, “ Pogo: The Complete Daily & Sunday Comic Strips, Vol. 1: Through the Wild Blue Wonder. ”Walk Kelly, born in 1913, started working as a Disney animator (Pinocchio, Dumbo, Fantasia)when he was 22 years old. He left Disney during the infamous labor dispute at […]
Eisner winner Shannon Wheeler recently took a trip to Portugal for a comic festival. He took a sketch book to record his trip that would start in New York City. His trip is being chronicled over on The Comics Journal. Day two is about his trip to the New Yorker office.
The Washintonian profiles Washington Post humor columnist Gene Weingarten who is also co-writer of the comic strip Barney & Clyde.Weingarten may also be the best writer in American journalism. He?s the only person to have won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing twice, once for the violinist story and once for a story about parents […]
Francesco Marciuliano is at his best this time of year, when his penchant for incisive bad taste becomes a delightful antidote to the cloying sentimental dreck that, really, is equally bad taste only more cynically applied.And Medium Large, his almost-always-funny blog, is currently featuring a riff on the Peanuts Christmas specials that was originally posted […]