An long but interesting read by Daniel Best about the $1 million purchase of a near complete Archie original art collection drawn by Bob Montana by Diamond Distributor’s Steve Geppi.When art deals go wrong they generally go wrong due to the money involved. Virtually anyone who collects art can tell stories of paying too much […]
The Herald-Sun in Durham, NC has posted news that they are replacing Shoe with The Born Loser and brining back the Family Circus (replacing Bizarro). The editor cites saving money as one of the reasons for making the change.
Omaha World Herald political cartoonist Jeff Koterba was one of the featured guests on Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know show on Saturday. You can still catch Jeff’s interview on the Whad’Ya Know website. Looks like his interview was during the first half of the two hour show.
Video: Team Cul de Sac’s sorting roomChris Sparks, the organizer behind The Team Cul de Sac project to raise money for Parkson’s Disease, has posted video of all the cartoon original submissions. It looks like a great collection and the scope of which the Cul de Sac cast can be inserted into other cartoons and […]
Robert Crumb was the headlining artist at the Australian Graphic arts festival in Sydney, but cancelled after a newspaper ran a headline that read, “Cult genius or filthy weirdo” and quoted anti-child abuse campaigner Hetty Johnsto who raised questions about the appropriateness of Crumb’s attendance.In an open letter published in the Sydney Morning Herald, Crumb […]
Madam & Eve comments on the London riots. I like the crappy “universal” style that turns what should be a loveable mascot into the sort of international icon you’d find on signage telling you which restrooms are for men and which are for women, or asking you not to litter.There must be something in the […]
Bill Holbrook is incredibly prolific, with three different daily strips going, two (On the Fastrack and Safe Havens) in syndication and one (Kevin and Kell) on-line.Fastrack is the geeky one and, as I struggle with a new computer, this gag rings just as true as it did in 2007. Yes, I know I can probably […]
While I’m off reminiscing with high school friends, a little humor from my college.When I went back to my 20th reunion at Notre Dame, I found myself talking to the undergraduates who were working the event. (Yes, just like the guys who used to chat with Zonker when Doonesbury did its annual reunion sequence.) As […]
I’d love to attend this:From Batman and Beetle Bailey to Archie and Wonder Woman, the comic book world is rich with a colorful cast of superheroes, villains and other cult creatures. And as a new action-packed, joke-filled exhibition at the UConn Stamford Art Gallery reveals, many of Connecticut’s own artists brought them to life. “Faster […]
A couple more facts that have come to light in the ongoing investigation by the Renton WA police department to uncover the identity of “Mrfuddlesticks” who has been posting cartoon videos online mocking the police department.A few things that we do know: A judge has stayed the earlier search warrants being used to get information […]
Okay, today’s choice is largely an accident of timing, but I like the blandness of John Deering’s art in this Strange Brew. Sometimes, you can just draw something and, if you do it right, you don’t need a pie-in-the-face punchline to make it “funny.”But the timing of this funny panel also happens to be impeccable, […]
Interesting work by songwriter Jascha Hoffman and director Benjamin Harrison who went into the archives and pulled out Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo and put together a music video.Winsor McCay was a pioneering animator in his day. It seems somewhat proper that his art is still being used.
A Letter to the Editor in the Baltimore Sun: Lately, I have become increasingly put off by Stephan Pastis’ comic strip, Pearls Before Swine. I enjoy reading the strip but it seems lately there has been a lot more swearing by his characters. The problem I have is that my three children read every comic […]
Interesting post over at Comics Alliance. Charles Forsman got our attention last fall when he imagined Raiders of the Lost Ark in the style of Popeye, but the Snake Oil creator’s latest movie/comic strip remix casting Charles Schulz’s Peanuts gang in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws might be even more endearing. Though he’s a fan of the […]
PVP creator Scott Kurtz and Penny Arcade creators Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins have launched a new webcomic called The Trenches. It’s described as one that “documents the tribulations of software testing with the precision tools of ‘the office comedy.’” Those in the game testing community are welcome to submit their horror stories and some […]