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 […]

The prequel to Monsters Inc. has been pushed back to 2013 according to Box Office Mojo. The original release date for Monsters University was November 2, 2012 but has been pushed back to a summer release in 2013. The November time slot is now given to a little known movie called Reboot Ralph. According to […]

Today’s Baby Blues breaks out of what has been a slump of yeah-I-get-it routine kid and parent gags. I don’t know that it’s a case of Scott and Kirkman phoning it in so much as a case of Zoe and Hammy getting to an age that is pretty common for cartoon strip kids. I think […]

Audra Furuichi and Scott Yoshinaga are celebrating the fifth year mark of their webcomic nemu*nemu (pronounced “Neh-moo neh-moo”) at the end of this month. On April 29th, their first full-color book, “nemu*nemu – Out of this World” will be released. The book is comprised of the entire fifth year of comics, some of which have […]

Stephan Pastis reports new Pearls Before Swine animations have been posted on YouTube and new cartoons will be posted weekly.

Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon visits The Center for Cartoon Studies as a guest of their Industry Day. He reports his observations of the school and visit in White River Junction, Vermont.* the senior studios were fun. Every second-year student gets one, in an older building with cryptic notes about not setting foot into any room […]