Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist for the Indianapolis Star, has won the 2010 Grambs Aronson Award for Cartooning With a Conscience for a series he did last summer portraying the pressures and difficulties for the poor in Indianapolis. (Read my report on his series)Judges said they found his series entitled “The Path to Hope” “extraordinary in […]
Knoxnews.com talks to Jimmy Johnson, creator of Arlo & Janis, about his career in comics and specifically his work with his strip. Unlike some other strips whose characters remain permanently young, the family in “Arlo & Janis” has aged. “They haven’t exactly aged chronologically. I figure it’s about one cartoon year to every three calendar […]
The Ventura County Star has interviewed Berkeley Breathed about his career in comics, children’s books and movies. The film uses motion capture. How cool does that look in “Mars Needs Moms” and are you happy with the film overall? The film is beautiful ? as they say, they put the money on the screen. More […]
The Center for Cartoon Studies has launched a Visiting Artists Blog to showcase the artists-in-residence and visiting artists who come to talk about their art.ht: Tom Spurgeon
Monty has been sitting in a coffeehouse all week, writing great literature on his laptop. In most strips, I use “all week” to mean a story arc that has gone on all week, but in this case, I’m pretty sure he’s been going back every day, because he’s very serious about writing. On a laptop […]
As mentioned in an earlier post about DreamWorks Animation’s release schedule, they are releasing a Shrek spin-off called Puss in Boots this upcoming November. Here is the trailer:
I’ve mentioned Team Cul de Sac before (see link for back story). Artists are starting to submit their artwork and Chris Sparks and Mike Rhode have created a blog to show case them.As of today they’ve got work from Mo Willems, Mark Anderson, Lynn Johnston, Peter Dunlap-Shohl, Shannon Gallant, and David Hagen.Check it out.
I received this notice from The Cartoonists League of Absurd Washingtonians:The Cartoonists League of Absurd Washingtonians has as part of its objectives the awarding of a scholarship to a student interested in learning the mystical art of sequential illustration. This scholarship will be at least a lowly $100, but might reach loftier sums of $200 […]
I reported yesterday that five media organizations have appealed to the United Nations asking the body for assistance in finding a missing Sri Lankan cartoonist/columnist who disappeared over a year ago. A UN spokesperson has acknowledged receiving the request and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights will investigate and report back to […]
DreamWorks Animation will release two feature films each year between now and 2014 – except 2013 when they will release three. Here are titles with the scheduled date. Kung Fu Panda 2 – May 26, 2011 Puss In Boots – November 4, 2011 Madagascar 3 – June 8, 2012 Rise of the Guardians – November […]
David E. Miller writes about the changing rules in the Middle East for cartoonists. he winds of change blowing through the Arab world have brought about a dramatic breakthrough in the liberties granted to the Arab media, and political cartoonists are no exception. Once banned from depicting the image of their leaders, today Arab cartoonists […]
Movie is due out June 24, 2011.
The ongoing tale of Lemont’s college crush picks up a little speed today at Candorville. Darrin Bell is a deft-enough storyteller that you know he’s not going to make the fatal mistake of ever letting Lemont and Susan get together, and it would be just as bad to let Lemont realize that Susan isn’t just […]
The reviews keep coming. This time a review in cartoon form by Ward Sutton.
Hector over at The Animation Blog found this video of some early storyboarding of Monsters Inc. 2 that Disney was doing before Pixar was purchased and successfully killed production on the movie.Spoiler – Scully and Mike go back to Boo’s room and find another person in the bed. Is it just me or does the […]