An extended trailer version of Cowboys & Aliens that debuted last night during the American Idol results show. Cowboys & Aliens is based on a the graphic novel of the same title by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. Film hits theaters on July 29.

The idea in today’s Non Sequitur that a network news organization would report on something this ridiculous on the basis of a single tweet is, of course, ludicrous. But that’s what humor is about: Taking reality and exaggerating it to an absurdity.In real life, they wouldn’t report on it until it had been re-tweeted at […]

Here’s another editorial cartooning video gem. PBS did an episode on three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad and his work with the LA Times called Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire. Watch the episode below.

GoComics has announced that they have added Paige Braddock’s Jane’s World to their line up of online comics. Below is an interview Paige gave regarding the newly released Peanuts movie, “Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown”Geek: Event Coverage – MTV GamesYou can find Jane’s World here.

A recent story-line in Jan Eliot’s Stone Soup has upset teachers from around the country. According to the Register Guard (Eugene, OR) three strips touched up on teacher furloughs and Jan’s view that they cheat students out of classroom time. Many teachers felt that the commentary was an attack on teachers by the way the […]

Over at E&P Rob Tornoe writes about Egyptian editorial cartoonist Sherif Arafa and his role in the Egyptian revolution. As Egyptians protested by the thousands in the streets of Cairo in the weeks leading up to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak, the government attempted to respond by cracking down on the media and shutting […]

  Today’s Loose Parts could be titled “loosely wrapped” but then Dave Blazek’s panel rarely seems to be very tightly wrapped even on an average day.Plastic wrap is one of those inexplicable things that women can do. It’s not as intriguing as when their arms disappear inside their sweaters and then return clasping a bra […]

Found this in the archives of C-SPAN. Jeff MacNelly, Lee Judge and ??? discussing the art of editorial cartooning and the politics of the day (1984) with Brian Lamb.Who’s the guy in the middle? They cut out the intros. His name is briefly mentioned – Bill DeOre?

Carolina Pedraza over at Wacky Short Creations interviews New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly.HW: What part of your day is spent sketching and drawing, and what part is spent infusing your brain with what?s going on in the world so you can draw about it? LD: (laughter) That is well put. When I was younger, a […]

The Cartoon Movement has published a 20 page comic journalism piece by Sarah Glidden, author of “How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less.” The new piece is entitled “The Waiting Room” which looks into the lives of displaced Iraqis living in Syria, who now make up the largest urban refugee population in history.Sarah […]

John Read’s exhibit, “One Fine Sunday in the Funny Pages”, is heading to Boston in May. The exhibit will be free and be presented in the Boston Center for Adult Education (BCAE) beginning May 2nd. It has over 130 nationally syndicated Sunday comics that appeared in papers April 11, 2010. The exhibit will be in […]

I’ve often praised “Cul de Sac” because of Richard Thompson’s ability to recreate what it was like to be 5 years old.Let us now praise “Watch Your Head” because of Cory Thomas’s ability to recreate what it was like to be 19 years old.Most days, that makes for some funny stuff. I can look back […]

Ollie and Quentin creator Piers Baker has written a candid post about a possible future end for his creation. I am producing a really good comic here and my editor at King Features is delighted with the quality of my work but ‘Ollie and Quentin’ is not connecting with newspaper editors. My editor says there […]

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 […]