I’ve been kind of waiting for “The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee” to come up with something unusually brilliant so that I could address a issue to the gathered multitudes.And here we are, with a strip so disgusting that it would, indeed, have made CSOTD without any overriding motivation on my part.The only thing I’ll […]
Good news for those of us watching print media struggle to gain sufficient advertising revenue as they transition to digital. The Atlantic magazine’s online advertising revenue has overtaken its print revenue for the first time.The Atlantic, which expects to make about $18.6 million from advertising this year, or slightly more than half of its total […]
The Kickstarter project to fund a Harvey Pekar Library Statue has raised the $30,000 required and still has 13 more days. So far 667 people have donated.
Today’s Free Range is, on the one hand, rather silly. And we like that around here.And, on the other hand, there is a serious point about the concept of “a jury of your peers.” I suppose, in the days of Magna Carta (a few years ago, we stopped saying “the Magna Carta,” for reasons that […]
This is so cool. Legendary cartoonist Sergio Aragones has joined the Team Cul de Sac effort with a piece that stands alone as a tribute to Alice’s scary powers of being Alice.And the coolest part is that, giant in the form that he is, he’s not necessarily the biggest giant in the list of cartoonists […]
One of the advantages of a DailyInk subscription is the ability to add classic strips to your daily diet, and I’ve really been enjoying this 1952 Rip Kirby storyline.Not only is the art terrific, but the pacing is equally painstaking. Alex Raymond has been setting up this storyline for over a month and we have […]
The guardian reports cartoonist Michael Mitchell is suing the BBC after seeing the program Kerwhizz and saw similarities between a proposal package he pitched them in 2007. Mitchell claims the Kerwhizz character “Ninki” was derived from a combination of his two characters Simrita and Jomo, that “Twist” was copied from his character Charlie and that […]
Pulitzer Prize winner David Horsey is exhibiting his work along side his mother’s paintings.From King 5 News: “I got it from him!” claims Jeanne, on who started drawing first. It wasn’t until 16 years ago, after raising her kids and burying her husband that Jeanne picked up a pencil and started creating. David jokes his […]
Last week I posted news about a Roy Lichtenstein painting had sold at auction for $43 million. Jeff Darcy (in the comments) noted the original comic art upon which the Pop Art painting was based was recently sold on eBay for “a few hundred bucks.” Turns out it was $431 to be exact.Here’s a piece […]
Ted Rall takes a swipe at the latest highly qualified journalist hired at NBC.We’ve always had a flare for nepotism in this country, and I’m not referring to John Quincy Adams, whose bona fides were pretty well independently established before he ran for the White House. No, never mind, let’s include him, too. And throw […]
From Scott Adam’s blog:Today I’m declaring my candidacy for President of the United States. I’ll be running as an Independent. Getting on the ballot in every state won’t be a problem, thanks to Americaselect.org. … You might have some concern about the fact that I have no moral center, no relevant experience, a history of […]
Engadget reviews the Kindle Fire and Nook tablet as comic reading devices:So, how are Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet when it comes to reading comics? In a word: good. The Fire borrows a page from Comixology’s playbook, offering up the ability to read the thing panel by panel — a feature, Comixology has pointed out, […]
Disney Pixar has released a new trailer for Brave.Can’t help but think of Mulan and Mike Myers while watching this, but I love the detail and ‘epic’ feel of it. Movie opens June 22, 2012.
Last August Wacom created a bit of buzz announcing a new ballpoint pen called “The Inkling” that records what you write or sketch which can then be imported into your favorite program like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop or Autodesk Sketchbook Pro. Rosa Golijan, over at MSNBC’s Gadget Blog reviews the device:The Inkling’s ability to spit out […]
Chris Mautner interviews Art Spiegelman about the release of the book MetaMaus to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his seminal graphic novel Maus.To mark the anniversary, Spiegelman and his publisher, Pantheon, have released MetaMaus, a new book about the making of that seminal graphic novel, which features a lengthy series of discussions with editor Hillary […]