College students with an interest and passion for cartooning please take note. The Jay Kennedy Scholarship application deadline is December 15. The annual Jay Kennedy Scholarship is awarded to a Junior or Senior enrolled in a 4-year college in North America who demonstrates talent and ambition in cartooning. The student doesn’t need to be an […]
The Gothamist reports that Abstract Sunday cartoonist Christoph Niemann will attempt to live-draw his first marathon. From the Gothamist: “It’s either the smartest or the most idiotic idea ever,” laughs Niemann. He wanted to tell a personal story-“but I realized I’m running out of stories, because my life isn’t that interesting.” So he signed up […]
I think I’m prepared to risk $200 on the theory that the universe is indeed undergoing some kind of fundamental shift when xkcd and I are on the same page on an issue of science, since I almost never understand the geeky math/science gags in this strip.I don’t understand science much beyond the general philosophical […]
A good read in the Washington Post about an illustrator legend:Sendak feels old, but happy, relieved to have escaped youth and all its worries. After the death of his longtime partner, Eugene Glynn, and after triple bypass surgery, he continues to compose daily and is busy with a project about noses, the bigger the better. […]
As reported earlier, Forbes magazine will be printing a 60 page graphic novel detailing Steve Job’s introduction to Zen and its influence on his life and work at Apple. They’ve posted four more pages. Here’s their description of what was posted:The action takes place in the mid-1980s, after Steve left Apple and went on to […]
Pickles creator Brian Crane was featured in BYU Magazine. The site appears to be down for the moment, but luckily YouTube isn’t. Here’s a video “The Art of Making Pickles” which includes some very early versions of his characters.
The ToonSeum will open a new exhibit next Friday called “Overture: Looney Tunes Behind the Scenes” which will feature original art, character designs, model sheets, advertising artwork, animation pencil art, and comic book art of several headlining Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite […]
Matt Bors points out the critical role of empty rhetoric in the presidential race.”Creating jobs” is a nice topic because, not only do we have a lot of people out of work, and a lot of people working at jobs that don’t quite pay their bills, but we seem to have come to an agreement […]
Jeff Sonderman reports over on Poynter that the Wall Street Journal launched a Facebook app to allow “friends” to personalize news that show up on their wall. Jeff points out three interesting things: Facebook users don’t click on links that go to WSJ – everything stays in Facebook. WSJ’s app uses ads and allows users […]
Over on The Animation Blog Hector Cortez has posted some cool, rare concept art for Disney’s original Lion King animated feature film.
Politico reports that the Centers for Disease Control has contracted with a comic book publisher to create digital motion comics for digital devices such as smartphonnes, iPads and Xbox 360s, etc. to build an awareness and educational HIV program targeted at 15 to 24 year-olds.The early success of the still-evolving motion comic animation field, which […]
The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning was last week. Here’s an radio interview featuring Tom Bancroft, Sandra Bell Lundy, Anne Hambrock, Paul Gilligan, John Hambrock, Michael Jantz, and Tom Richmond.Direct MP3 download.Paul has a small recap, Sandra has a lengthier one.
In honor of the passing of Ziggy creator Tom Wilson Sr. , GoComics has posted the most visited Ziggy cartoon of the last 365 days. Here’s how they introduced it:I admit that I laughed and then I said eww, and then I washed my hands and drank a small non-toxic dose of some anti-bacterial hand […]
King Features comic editor Brendan Burford tackles the question – which is more important in cartooning the writing or art?I suppose I can agree that good writing can save bad art better than good art can save bad writing. But this whole debate frustrates me. Comics are a medium that relies on words and pictures […]
Technical storytelling praise first: That final panel is brilliant, combining his horror at what he has done to this poor woman with the triumphant little “got what I wanted” in the lower right corner, which shows some mixed emotions when compared to the larger captioning in the box. In fact, the entire panel is a […]