The Charlie Sheen phenomenon has gone from curious to overdone in a very short time. There have been a couple of genuinely inventive applications of his disjointed comments — notably the sequence of cat photos at Medium Large and the Peanuts parody by Jimmy Kimmel’s crew — but it is, at heart, a freak show […]
MAD Mag cartoonist Tom Richmond was once again tapped to create this year’s NCS Reuben art for the brochure. He writes:Having just received my official 2011 NCS Reuben’s Weekend brochure in the mail yesterday, I would say it’s okay to share the artwork I did for it and this year’s Reuben’s T-Shirt. NCS president Jeff […]
I mentioned earlier that Hilary Price had competed on a improve cartooning show for a gallon of milk – which she won. A couple more notable syndicated cartoonists have now competed on the same show (Fistcuff): Rina Piccolo and Dan Piraro. Rina has photos from the event. The other two cartoonists were New Yorker cartoonists […]
Women’s Voices for Change has posted a profile of Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot and the feminism injected into her comic.And feminist. At its heart, “Stone Soup” is about three generations of strong women and their connection with and support for each other, covering topics from preteen angst to ageism. Eliot’s characters often use humor […]
Oliver Schopf, cartoonist for the Standard of Vienna, entitles this beautiful strip “Fata Morgana,” and the reflections just before the Promised Land do indeed suggest a mirage.Which does a very nice job of setting us up with a promise and then dashing our hopes, bringing about a truly brilliant level of empathy with those […]
Tonight the movie “Rango” opens in theaters nation wide. From the trailer (see below) it looks like a quirky film about a chameleon (voiced by Johnny Depp) looking for his identity in a desert full of colorful characters. Titan Publishing released an accompanying book entitled “The Ballad of Rango: The Art and Making of an […]
South African editorial cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (AKA “Zapiro”) is fighting two lawsuits lodged against him by South African President Jacob Zuma for what is claimed offensive cartoons. Combined, the two defamation suits seek damages up to 7 million. Not only is Zapiro fighting those suits, he’s also fighting against a government initiative that would “seek […]
Michael Cavna interviews Frazz creator Jef Mallett.MC: So what was your journey from young aspiring artist to professional cartoonist? And did getting Frazz syndicated fulfill a dream or long-sought quest, or did you first approach it more as a new, intriguing sideline? JM: Drawing a comic strip for a living was always the goal. I […]
Amazing career.He was born Addison Morton Walker in 1923 at El Dorado, Kan. He sold his first cartoon when he was 12. By 14, he was selling gag cartoons regularly to Child Life, Inside Detective and Flying Aces magazines. At 15, he was a comic strip artist for a daily metropolitan newspaper.
ComicsDC’s Mike Rhode has posted a response from Signe Wilkinson and Matt Wuerker regarding how the judging went down this year for the Herblock Award. In the spirit of transparency, we’d like to lift the veil a little on the thinking that went into our judging this year. Think of this as a little WikiLeak […]
The Herblock Foundation has announced that this year’s winner is Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles. Tom has been with the Post since 2002, taking the reins from Herblock himself who retired in 2001. Previous to the Post, Toles worked for The Buffalo News, The Buffalo Courier-Express, The New York Daily News, The New Republic […]
RC Harvey examines the last year’s “best of” collections for editorial cartooning.In summation: Brooks’ “Best of” gives too much space to “bush-leaguers and second-stringers” and more serious cartoonists no longer contribute to it.Cagle’s annual didn’t run this year. Check them out online.Turnblooms’s “Prizewinning” tome is due out in March.
Tom Toles has won the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning, which is particularly sweet given that he took over Herb Block’s spot at the Washington Post after that legendary cartoonist’s death.The Post is also home to one of the better comics columns and Michael Cavna’s write-up on this is the definitive report, and, best of […]
Unless you’re unplugged from the world, you’ve probably noticed actor Charlie Sheen has gone rogue making really bizarre statements during a series of media blitz appearances and interviews. Two individuals have been collecting some of bizarre statements and applying them to The Family Circus.
*Phew!*After a rant like yesterday’s, it’s good to just relax with something really, really stupid, like today’s Pros & Cons.Best part is that Stan doesn’t even pause in what he’s doing, much less look over. You can see in the second panel that he did hear what was said, but he’s apparently been there before.Kieran […]