Never mind Thor or Captain American. And to hell with remaking Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles or (blasphemy!)  The Thin Man.Sinfest has the concept for a remake/mashup I want to see. And, when it comes to blasphemy, who better, I ask you?I also think it’s cool when the person from the original movie gets a role […]

When the Cartoonists Remember 9/11 was announced last week, I had favorable feelings for it. It’s being spearheaded by King Features who has done similar group thematic work for National Breast Cancer Awareness and Earth day and a couple other good causes. I’m not sure I understand their motivation to do these collective work projects. […]

Colleges in rural areas have a problem each fall, when freshmen from urban centers show up and find that they can’t sleep without the normal background noise of a city. So they turn on their stereos at night, which works, unless they have a roommate who is used to quiet and can’t sleep with rock […]

Bill Kellogg, Tundra marketing guru and Success in Comics Seminar organizer, tells me he’s had several requests from attendee hopefuls that an installment option be made available instead of coming up with the whole $375 at one time. He’s set up a PayPal six month installment plan (we’re six month attendees away from the event) […]

You kind of know that a strip called “It’s All About You” isn’t going to miss the target on this topic.I don’t read a lot of self-help books. The concept seems a bit of an oxymoron and Tony Murphy points out exactly why: Self-help experts are apostles of the ancient wisdom embodied by that paragon […]

We’re less than a week out before the start of the Kenosha Cartoon Festival being spearheaded by Anne Hambrock. The festival grew out of an inquiry about brining John Read’s “One Fine Sunday” exhibit to Carthage College and Anne opted to build a festival around the exhibit. Current featured cartoonists invited to speak include MAD […]

Excellent news from The Cartoon Movement who as joined with the The London School of Economics and Political Science:The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is undertaking a six-year research project on governance, security and justice in conflict-affected areas. The Cartoon Movement will support the academic research with editorial cartoons, using our global […]

Daryl Cagle has posted a sample of editorial cartoons regarding the upcoming 10 year anniversary of 9/11.It’s an understatement to say that the events of September 11 will forever be etched in the minds of millions of Americans. As we commemorate the 10th anniversary of that tragic day, I thought it would be good to […]

Interesting tidbit coming from Forbes regarding an upcoming graphic novel entitled “The Zen of Steve Jobs” that is due out this fall. For us fanboys (and girls) Here’s the description:Forbes and JESS3 are excited to introduce a reimagined story of their friendship, which explores Steve’s design aesthetic, his religion, his ability to identify what he […]

Oh, if only it were that easy.No, not the idea that you could dress like this and pick up girls in a bar. Bizarro has that part down. It would be that easy.It’s the “now what?” part that is complex.You’d have go to her place, because you sure couldn’t bring her to yours, unless you actually […]

Here’s a short On the topic of Charles Schulz, here’s a 1985 documentary sliced up into 5 parts via YouTube that focus on his success and taking the strip into animation.Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (not embed-able. Click here to watch it on YouTube)Part 4 (not embed-able. Click here to watch it on YouTube)Part […]

Cheeming Boey is an immigrant from Malaysia now based in Southern California. He started doodling on styrofoam coffee cups with a Sharpie and has gained enough recognition for the art that he can now sell cups for over $1,000.Here’s his Flickr account with all of his cups.Hat tip to Eat Sleep Work

  Sometimes a gag is so insanely inventive that you just have to pause a moment in admiration.Open House as a sting operation to nab unwary dropouts. Ladies and gentlemen, Keith Knight.Today’s Knight Life works with more elements than the “You’ve Won A Ticket To The Super Bowl” sting operations that periodically nail fugitives, but […]

Interesting post over at Thirteen.org about how cartoonists were affected by 9/11 and how they translated their reactions into art. Sept. 11 left a powerful impression on the work produced by the numerous illustrators, editorial cartoonists, comic book creators and other commercial artists who live and work in the Tri-State area. Through a complex mixture […]

  I don’t often cover cartooning news here, but this is a case in which several lines cross. Word from Michigan is that Felix Grabowski has died. This nice write-up on Patch.com talks about his contributions to the early work of putting newspapers on-line, but also mentions his work with Newspapers-in-Education.Felix and his wife, Jan, […]