PBS’ Newshour profiled Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher and his exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco which displays 40+ pieces from his 30 year career with the Economist. Below is a piece of that broadcast:

The other day, in discussing how web comics can be as obscure as they want to be, I used the absurd concept of a cartoon for oboeists. Now, patty has commented that, indeed, there is such a comic and provided a link. Not only is there such a comic, but there is a blog roll […]

We’re moving quickly into 2011, but a few blog posts are still recounting the goings on of 2010. Three have posted lists of who passed away last year having some connection to the cartooning arts.Daryl Cagle posts the names of editorial cartoonists and samples of their work.Michael Cavna posts his 10 greats.Mike Rhode has posted […]

Cartoonist and animator Michael Jantze is teaching a Master Class on January 8th at the Charles M. Schulz Museum. The subject is New Media and Michael will delve into iPads, online animation, web comics, and more. Michael is well suited for this class, he currently teaches art and animation at the Savannah College of Art […]

Ted Rall and David Essman are launching a new web-series called Disposable about a family trying to survive in the tough economy. Here’s their first episode.

Tom Mason took the time to browse Amazon’s selection of comics for the Kindle. Did you get a Kindle for Christmas? Want to fill it up with comics? I went to Amazon this afternoon and searched their official comics section – but only the first 700 listings (yes, I have that kind of free time) […]

Last June I reported that Joe Martin, creator of Mr. Boffo, Willy ‘n Ethel and Cats with Hands had embedded a graphical tag into his comic strip that when viewed through a smart phone displayed an animated version of the cartoon. Joe is taking the concept one step closer and using the same technology to […]

  Today’s Rubes would not be half so funny if the frog were not so deadpan throughout.

At this point, chalk this up to a rumor. According to several sources – all citing a French Disney forum, Pixar’s “Monsters Inc 2” will be a prequel. Here’s the translation of the post:“will take us back to before a time when Mike Wazowski was top comedian, before James P. Sullivan was top scarer, even […]

Today is the national debut of Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog – at least in print syndication. The Times-Tribune picked it up and dropped Arlo and Janis. They’ve also picked up the Sunday Bleeker.The Contra Costa Times has picked up Pickles after several months of trying to find a Cathy replacement. In the reader poll, Pickles […]

A cautionary tale for anyone wanting to use PayPal to raise money for charity: Cartoonist’s Toys for Tots funds deniedUriarte said he wished he could have been part of that effort, but his PayPal account was flagged after thousands poured in during the first 48 hours. As a standard precaution to guard against illegal activities, […]

Last June I wrote about the launch of The Cartoonist Studio – which back then included eight cartoonists. The Studio is now about 23 cartoonists strong and now includes an online store for their books, greeting cards, limited edition drawings and other memorabilia. The new news from the group is the announcement of a contest […]

Wise words from Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo regarding money with little creative freedom, or less money and more creative freedom.On a side note, there is one valuable piece of information I’ve learned from these last 2 decades, and it’s perhaps the most profitable bit of knowledge of all, and it’s this: I have been […]

Ever wonder why the now infamous Mohammad cartoons printed in the Danish newspaper in September 2005 didn’t turn into the bloody riots until February 2006? The latest Wikileaks dump of 400,000 documents from US diplomatic cables contains information that the Syrian government (abbreviated as “SARG” in the documents) issued a “strongly worded directive” to imams […]

All Things D is reporting that according to their sources, News Corp.’s iPad only news publication dubbed “The Daily” is set to launch January 17. Given that News Corp. has hired dozens of blabby journalists for the Daily, and interviewed many more, lots of other details about the app/service have leaked out already: It will […]