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Chance Browne on guitar

The Wilton Patch profiles Hi and Lois cartoonist Chance Browne and his non-cartooning interests – namely playing in a band named Chance Browne and Friends where he plays guitar. They play tonight in Georgetown, CT.Moving first to Cambridge then to Burlington, Vermont in the late 1970s, Browne broadened his artistic scope as a graphic illustrator, […]

Bizarro blog moves to new domain

Just noticed Dan Piraro’s blog has moved to its own domain bizarrocomics.com. He used to host it on Blogger.Welcome to my first post on my new blog site. There are lots of posts before this, but they were imported from my previous blog site by a genius Interwebs guru. Now that I’m trying to take […]

Early B.C. strips posted

The nice people over at the Johnny Hart Studios mention that this week is not only Johnny Hart’s birthday, but also the anniversary of the launch of B.C (February 17th, 1958). Johnny’s birthday was the 18th. To commemorate, they’ve posted early samples of the icon strip.

Another Kung Fu Panda claim that studio stole idea

Another individual has filed a suit against DreamWorks Animation alleging the studio stole their ideas for the feature film Kung Fu Panda. The new suit is by Jayme Gordon who claims he pitched the idea for a film with similar characters back when DWA CEO Jefferey Katzenberg was with Walt Disney Studios.In the suit, Gordon […]

CSotD: Amusing ourselves to death … or unemployment

Today’s xkcd has one of the best fourth-panel surprise punchlines I’ve seen in a long time, and put me on the floor possibly because the precise topic of trying to get things done amid such distractions just came up in a Facebook comment about yesterday’s CSotD.comI wish old Ben’s disembodied voice would occasionally tell me […]

Batiuk lawyers force down Funky commentary blog (UPDATED)

WordPress.com received a cease and desist letter from attorney’s representing Funky Winkerbean and Crank Shaft creator Tom Batiuk demanding they remove two blogs: sonofstuckfunky.wordpress.com and stuckfunky.wordpress.com for violations of “unauthorized use of the Funky Winkerbean name, trademark, or comic strips.” The site was a daily commentary blog – similar to Comics Curmudgeon – that focused […]

Borders files for bankruptcy protection

Sad news for book publishers. Borders was once seen as the brainier of the large chains, beginning in 1971 as a used bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mich. In the 1990s, that image began to fade as the chain expanded wildly and helped wipe out many mom-and-pop independent stores. Now the company is set to close […]

Glyph Comic Award Nominees announced

This year’s Glyph Comic Award nominees have been announced. Winners will announced at the 2011 Glyph Comics Awards ceremony held in conjunction with the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) on May 20.Story of the Year Afrodisiac; Jim Rugg, co-writer and artist; Brian Maruca, co-writer BB Wolf and the 3 LPs; JD Arnold, […]

Evil, Inc turns 11; Cul de Sac turns 7

A couple more milestone to report. Gary Tyrrell reports over on Fleen that Brad Guigar’s Evil, Inc is now in it’s 11th year.Richard Thompson reports that his Cul de Sac feature is seven years old now . It first launched as a weekly feature in the Washington Post on Valentines Day in 2004. The feature […]

Lois Lane inspiration Joanne Siegel passes

NYT reports that Joanne Siegel has passed away at the age of 93. Joanne was a Cleveland teen during the Depression and was the model used by Joe Shuster to create the Lois Lane character.A high school girl with an ambitious nature and stars in her eyes, young Joanne, like teenagers everywhere, was seeking a […]

Adrian Tomine creates comic for his wedding

NPR reports that graphic novelist and The New Yorker illustrator Adrian Tomine created a comic to give to his wedding guest. When Adrian Tomine and Sarah Brennan started planning their wedding, they puzzled over what to give their guests as favors: a customized chocolate bar? A personalized mug? Then Brennan had an idea. Tomine is […]

Sunday’s Doonesbury fact-checked and passed

Politifact.com decides to fact check Sunday’s Doonesbury strip that claims since 9/11 “270,000 Americans were killed by gunfire at home.”We began by contacting Garry Trudeau, the cartoonist who has drawn Doonesbury for more than four decades. He got back immediately with a summary of his methodology. “The final figure lacks precision, because it’s extrapolated,” Trudeau […]

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