Shannon Wheeler, creator of Too Much Coffee Man, has inked a three-book deal with Boom! Studios and Boom! Town. The three books include a graphic novel written by Simon Max Hill entitled “Grandpa Won’t Wake Up (due out this fall)”, a sequel to his rejected New Yorker cartoons collections (first collection sold out last year), […]
Dan Perkins, best known as Tom Tomorrow, has announced that his strip is leaving Salon.com as of today where it has run since the mid-90s to run his work on the Daily Kos and also serve as that site’s Comic Editor. He notes that as the newspaper industry contracts, there hasn’t been an inverse expansion […]
Remember Garfield Minus Garfield? Daniel Leanard, from Wheaton IL, is attempting a similar thing with Charles Schulz’ Peanuts except he’s removing the fourth panel instead of removing a character.You can see the results on his Tumblr.
I’m out of town and won’t be able to post a Comic Strip of the Day.com today.However, this website should keep you out of trouble until I’m back. In fact, it may get you into trouble, depending on what else you were supposed to accomplish today.For comics fans, or Broadway fans, or artists, or photographers […]
Pixar’s feature film “Brave” is slated for next summer release. EW.com has posted the first look at some of the concept art for the project. This is how EW describes the movie:Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Merida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen […]
Berkeley Breathed created a tailored made “special alternate-reality OPUS THE PEAHEN strip” for the FOX Network’s Fringe show which recently aired. You can see the full strip on Chris Ryall (IDW Publishing’s Publisher/Editor-in-Chief) blog.Via: Robot 6
Dilbert creator Scott Adams posted yesterday a response to an earlier blog post he wrote about men’s rights. The post inflamed feminists and spread virally through Twitter and blogs. The post was removed. Scott explains why he took it down and the reaction it caused for men and women’s groups.The short answer is that I […]
TIME magazine, which added Matthew Inman’s The Oatmeal to their best blogs of 2010, has posted an interview with him about his cartoons, blog and book 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides).You’ve drawn everything from riding polar bears to navigating awkward phone conversations. How do you […]
Jim Toomey, creator of Sherman’s Lagoon, is in The Bahamas this week to push for increased shark protections. He’ll also speak at various public forums and visit school children in Long Island and Nassau.“The Bahamas has something wonderful in its waters, something very few countries have,” said Toomey. “Because the government banned longline fishing, the […]
I disagree with what Matt Bors has to say, but I will defend to the death this absolutely brilliant cartoon. And I will laff my @ss off while doing it.You get a “Genius Pass” on this one, Matt. Don’t push it.
Joanne Siegel, wife of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, recently passed away. Last December she wrote a letter to DC CEO and Chairman Jeffrey L. Bewkes pleading with him to end the lawsuits and come to the table with a good faith business approach.So I ask you to please consider – do these mean spirited tactics […]
Lloyd Dangle has announced that he is ending Troubletown at the end of April after 22 years.That’s right folks, after twenty-two years I’ve decided to retire my comic strip. It’s been an agonizing decision but I’ve come to the conclusion that the time is right. I’ll be doing my last strip at the end of […]
The second installment in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie franchise took top billing at the box office this last weekend taking in $24.4 million – beating the original Wimpy Kid movie by $2 million.Other comic/animated related films still in the top 10 include Rango (#5) and Mars Needs Moms! (#10)
Congrats to Terri Libenson, creator of The Pajama Diaries, who is celebrating her features’s fifth year in syndication as of yesterday.On her blog, she’s looking back at what she’s learned in these last five years.In honor of the 5-year mark, here are the TOP 5 things that syndication has taught me: 5. Gut-wrenching heartache. Forget […]
Funny anecdote from The Times-News (Twin Falls, ID). A reader noticed the art work in The Elderberries had changed and asked the paper if a new artist had taken over. The syndicate reports that Corey Pandolph is still the cartoonist, but that Corey had changed the tools he used drawing the strip.“I decided it best […]