Here’s a video montage of Mort Walker talking about classic Beatle Bailey strips.Beetle Bailey: August 30, 1954 Beetle Bailey: February 25, 1964 Beetle Bailey: December 6, 1965 Beetle Bailey: May 19, 1969

Paramount has announced it’s getting into the animation business and hopes to release their first film in 2014 – a move that puts DreamWorks in a difficult position as Paramount is currently DreamWork’s distributor. Filmschoolrejects.com reports that Dreamworks animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg had been shopping around the idea of selling DWA as part of a […]

I’m tied up for the next few days with some workshops for middle-school journalists, so will be posting some of the classic cartoons I used to show high school students in a presentation on the topic. Was there ever anyone else like Bill Mauldin?I’d talk to the kids about stereotyped cartoons anyone can do about […]

For those heading to San Diego Comic Con, be sure to visit Jeff Smith and check out the Bone deluxe 20th Anniversary edition (pictured below). Be prepared to shell out $350. I believe that you can go to his website, purchase the book and then pick it up at one of the cons he’ll be […]

Tom Racine’s latest podcast is up with Over the Hedge co-creator Michael Fry.I’ve wanted to talk to Michael Fry since…oh, I dunno…1995 when I first saw “Over the Hedge” in the NY Daily News and knew it was destined to be one of the greats. I love T. Lewis’ line work and character design, but […]

Interesting story from Colombia Reports which tells of Colombian political cartoonist Vladimir Florez who closed his Twitter account after dealing with insults and threats. He hat 79,000 followers. “For some time I had the idea because I could no longer discuss [ideas] with decency. When it turns to threats, to intimidation, to insults and to […]

Bob the squirrel creator Frank Page is releasing his new digital download for a “Pay-What-You-Can” price. He writes on his blog:i am making this inaugural comic a “pay-what-you-can” download. that means, if you want to paypal me $5 for it you can. if you want to paypal me $1 for it you can. if you […]

Last month I wrote about Anton Emdin new feature called Shrinks! which takes a submitted question and has a celebrity respond (response is illustrated by Anton).The latest question involves the age ol’ dilemma of knowing which armrest in theater seating is yours. The celebrity answer is from The Simpson’s writer, The Doozies creator, and ‘Learn […]

Yesterday I linked to known Easter Eggs found in Cars 2 (and many other Pixar films). Brian Cronin, over at Comic Book Resources, will be compiling Easter Eggs found in comic books. Today’s post is various comic strip characters who were inserted into comics. The image below is from Fantastic Four #276 and shows Reed […]

I’m tied up for the next few days with some workshops for middle-school journalists, so will be posting some of the classic cartoons I used to show high school students in a presentation on the topic. The presentation began with the Nast cartoon of the Tweed Ring that I posted here a few days ago. […]

I noticed that Universal Uclick has added Ryan Pagelow’s Buni to their GoComics.com line-up. Ryan was a finalist in the Amazon comics contest that was run a couple of years ago. Here’s how they describe it:Buni is one part Lio, two parts Pepe, three parts Henry, a dash of Perry Bible Fellowship and three quarts […]

Lucas Turnbloom, creator of Imagine This, is introducing a new character in his comic and to bring a bit more interest to the character, he’s holding a naming contest. The new name will be revealed in the strip and the winner will receive a signed copy of his book, “Toys in the Attic”. Head over […]

Awesome. Lots of laugh out loud moments.

Sun Sentinel editorial cartoonist Chan Lowe won the 125,000 circulation category for editorial cartoons in the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors’ 2011 Journalism Contest.Andy Marlette of the Pensacola News Journal took the prize in the 50,000 to 125,000 circulation category.Don Brown of the Hernando Today won in the under 50,000.

Pixar Planet notes a few of the Easter Eggs found in Cars 2.This one is apparently in every film.NOD TO THE NUMBER ? The number A113, which refers to John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter and Andrew Stanton?s former classroom at CalArts, makes an appearance in every Pixar film. In ?Cars 2,? you can see […]