Staring on Saturday, Jonathan Mahood will be paying tribute to National Robotics Week with this comic Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog. It’s a natural fit due to the nature of the Bleeker character being a robotic dog that is also an iPod, cellphone, music player and computer.“That was a springboard,” the 42-year-old artist and writer said […]
Lots of good names on the list. Congrats to all the nominees.Best Short Story“Bart on the Fourth of July,” by Peter Kuper, in Bart Simpson #54 (Bongo) “Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow,” by Billy Tucci, in DCU Halloween Special 2010 (DC) “Cinderella,” by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image) “Hamburgers […]
Nemi has been on a roll recently, as our favorite goth chick falls in love with a fellow who, so far, is mostly good-looking. Hey, that and ice cream and what else do you need?I do wish Metro would hire someone who knew how to update the site, or someone who gave a damn and […]
The Stafford County Sun has announced that its cartoonist Frank Lewis has passed away at age 89. Frank also drew for its parent company News & Messenger.
Titan Comics and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products have announced that they will be releasing Family Guy comic book in July. Artwork will be done by S.L. Gallant (G.I. Joe and Torchwood) and Anthony Williams (Superman and Batman).
The comic industry is a buzz by the latest issue of The Village Voice’s Comics issue and news tucked inside the ironic article “If Cartoons Are So Big, Why Don’t They Pay?” that reported the paper commissioned cartoonists to contribute for “good exposure.”Here is a round-up of some of the industry reaction:From Tom Spurgeon:I gave […]
A group of comic book veterans are collaborating on a graphic novel anthology to raise money for Japan. Comic book legend Stan Lee has agreed to write the forward. The anthology is entitled “Japan Needs Heroes” and will include the work of writers Peter David (X-Factor and Hulk), Larry Hama (G.I. Joe and Wolverine) and […]
The brilliant synchronicity of Candorville: Darrin Bell comes out with this strip just as the Village Voice releases its “comics issue” which I put in quotes because they apparently aren’t paying the cartoonists whose work appears in it. Or not all of them. Or something. Anyway, it’s an issue.The saving grace is that, in this […]
This week’s edition of The Village Voice is their “The Comics Issue” containing 30 contributing artists to supplement the entire issue with comic frames, graphics and unique images. The issue focuses on the current state of cartooning. Ward Sutton did the cover and Roy Edroso writes the article “If Cartoons Are So Big, Why Don’t […]
More information on Schwarzenegger’s Governator projectLast week news broke that former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was going back into entertainment with the help of Stan Lee to create an animated series, and comic books about a fantasy Governor with special powers. Drew Grant, staff writer for Salon.com questions motive and message behind a fantasy vigilante […]
Daryl Cagle has posted an interview with Toubletown creator Lloyd Dangle about his recent decision to retire his feature. Why are you ending “Troubletown” now, after 22 years? I have changed over 22 years, and the thrill is gone. Having to read so much news and opinion to stay on top of events is a […]
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee takes on the issue of balance. There was a moment back around 2008 when everyone was quoting Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s “You’re entitled to your own opinions, but you’re not entitled to your own facts.”That moment has passed. We’ve moved on to “Stupid is as stupid does,” which relies on […]
CNN profiles Jordanian brother editorial cartoonists Emad and Osama Hajjaj. Emad was fired from his editorial cartoonist position after caricaturing the Jordanian king. Osama posts his cartoons on the internet. He and his editor have been jailed for his cartoons.
A poster created by Brian Basset to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the U.S. Space Shuttle program was selected by NASA employees to honor the program. The poster depicts his Red and Rover characters racing along the landing of the space shuttle. “The U.S. space program has been the one constant throughout my entire life,” […]
Yesterday, I (finally!) went over to White River Junction to take Librarian Caitlin McGurk up on her offer of a look around the Schulz Library at the Center for Cartoon Studies. And I brought you along!(She didn’t know you were coming, so this is very much off-the-cuff, unedited and as it happened. And more fun […]