Journalist Jonathan Tasini plans on filing a class action lawsuit against Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington and AOL compensation for hundreds of unpaid contributors to the online publication. According to the Washington Post Tasini seeks $105 million.Tasini, in an interview, said HuffPost was engaging in breach of contract with its contributors because of an “implied […]
What a cool video. This is not the first animation of its kind, but it was a pioneering effort by Winsor McCay in 1911. The LA Times gives a bit context to how the animated film was conceived:McCay claimed that he got the idea for an animated film from flip books his son made. But […]
The upcoming wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is big news and no editorial cartoonist can avoid NOT touching on big news. So how are British editorial cartoonists approaching the topic of the big wedding?[Peter Brookes], who was last week named cartoonist of the year at the British Press Awards, admitted he had no […]
Not much to add to this Jen Sorensen cartoon. It’s not that the whole “hopey-changey” thing doesn’t seem to be working out. It’s the “let’s work together” thing that is seeming delusional. Obama is like the party to a bad marriage who hopes, if he just gives in to one more thing, it’ll all work […]
A rare Action Comics #1 featuring the first appearance of Superman has been found. It was stolen 10 years ago from the home of actor and comic book aficionado Nicolas Cage.From the Ventura County Star:It remained missing for more than 10 years until last month when a man found it in a San Fernando Valley […]
Last weekend was the 2011 MOCCA Festival in New York City. I’m going to cheat here and just link to Tom Spurgeon and Comics Beat who have posted better (and more time-consuming) write-ups, link logs and photos than I can.Looked like a great year.
The hubbub over last week’s revelation that The Village Voice asked its cartoonists to provide cartoons for “exposure” and not pay all the while running a color story on “If Cartoons Are So Big, Why Don’t They Pay?” has caused the paper’s editor to issue as statement saying that they will now pay the contributing […]
I have a feeling this arc in Retail is going to be worth following.I sort of applied to work at Borders a little over a year ago, during the period I was out of work. I say “sort of” because I saw a poster at our local Borders saying they needed help and giving an […]
Stuart Carlson, on the new Bright Young Man of the moment.I heard Louis Josephson, CEO of Riverbend Community Mental Health in Concord, on New Hampshire Public Radio’s “The Exchange” Wednesday, on the topic of cuts to mental health treatment funding. They do have the show archived, but it isn’t formatted to allow you to jump […]
It’s All About You (Tony Murphy) Watch Your Head (Cory Thomas) Candorville (Darrin Bell)
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).