Writing on his blog, Bob Englehart notes he’s hit the 30 year mark as the staff cartoonist of the Hartford Courant. Today marks the first day of the thirty-first year of my tenure at the Hartford Courant. Thirty years ago yesterday, I walked into my office, the dumpiest I’d ever seen. It was small, oblong, […]
The Center for Cartoon Studies is now in its 5th year and are soliciting donations to raise money for the school. All proceeds are tax deductible (the school is a non profit company.) The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) opened its doors to the inaugural class of twenty students in 2005. Many dedicated individuals, organizations, […]
The Cartoonists Rights Network is calling on the Malaysian government to lift its sedition charges against Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, the cartoonist better known as Zunar.The letter read in part: “While some of his cartoons may be embarrassing to certain important individuals, the contents speak strongly for Malaysia’s recognition of the importance of free speech in […]
Hindustan Times leads with news that The Simpsons creator Matt Groening is working with Lynda Barry on a comic book based on his travels to India. Not many details are given other than, “it’ll come out in the next couple of months.”
Editorial cartoonist Matt Bors has announced on his blog that he’s now the Comics Journalism Editor for Cartoon Movement – a new platform run by the Video Journalism Movement (VJ Movement), an organization “dedicated to the promotion of video journalism and press freedom.”Matt writes that the Cartoon Movement seeks to “publish four editorial cartoons a […]
The United Nations Correspondents Association has announced the winners of the Ranan Lurie Award for 2010. This brilliant caricature of North Korea’s Kim Jong-il is by Dutch cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards and is only one of 13 cartoons cited for excellence (First, Second, Third place and 10 citations). I chose to highlight it because (A) he […]
King Features Syndicate has just released a DailyINK iPhone/iPod Touch app through the iTunes App Store. The free download connects DailyInk allows everyone to access “dozens of strips, panels and editorial cartoons will be featured in ‘Today’s Comic’” and the ability to go back seven days for the feature comics. Those with paid subscription accounts […]
James Luxford reviews Garfield Pet Force 3D for The National: Those hoping for a faithful, witty adaptation of a beloved character will be disappointed, as this is a very crudely brought together CGI children’s romp that flies by at a brisk 75 minutes without leaving much of an impression.
Michael Cavna interviews Edmund Earle who created this week’s viral video “Booboo Kills Yogi” (I posted it on Monday). Earle’s animation might invoke the pic-a-nic-basket thieving bears of Jellystone, but his video is intended as more an ode to the film “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” starring Brad Pitt and […]
JK Parkin, writing on the Comic Book Resource’s Robot 6 blog, notes that the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and ACLU are following a trend wherein customs officials are seizing computers and other portable devices that have adult comic material on them. “The CBLDF legal team has been tracking trends in customs here in the […]
Today’s “Frazz” dovetails nicely with yesterday’s rant on popular culture.I’ve got little to add except that I’ve bought card stock and printer ink but am somewhat at a loss for what to put on a card, since, between email, Facebook and blogging, I’m as much in touch with nearly everyone I know as if we […]
For “Best Animated” film, the nominees are: Despicable Me ? Universal Pictures How To Train Your Dragon ? DreamWorks Animation The Illusionist ? Sony Pictures Classics Tangled ? Walt Disney Animation Studios Toy Story 3 ? Disney/Pixar The awards ceremony is scheduled to broadcast on January 16th, 2011.
KPLR in St. Louis is highlighting the career of Mike Peters, editorial cartoonist and creator of Mother Goose and Grimm in their series of those in St. Louis’ Walk of Fame. Mike was inducted in 2002.
After the bomb blasts in Sweden last weekend Slate asks if editorial cartoons are “a big deal” in Muslim countries? Yes. Most state-run and independent newspapers in Muslim countries carry political cartoons. If anything, the art of the political cartoon is more vibrant in those places than it is in Europe and the United States. […]
South African President Jacob Zuma finally made good on his promise to sue Jonathan Shapiro (pen name “Zapiro”), the editor-in-chief and Avusa Media for a cartoon that ran two years ago depicting Zuma about to rape lady justice. The suit was filed back in 2008 but it just now received by the defendants. Zuma states […]