Bill Blackbeard, founder of the San Francisco Academy of Cartoon Art, has passed away at the age of 84. From Digital Spy:Born in Indiana in 1926, Blackbeard’s fascination with comics began after the discovery of a large collection of old newspapers in a neighbor’s garage. He acquired the bound copies of old newspapers kept by […]
Ronald Searle has sold 2,000 sketches, 50 books of drawings and lithographs – the bulk of his original artwork – to a German museum who paid 1 million Euros ($1.4 million). The work spans six decades.
Sheldon creator Dave Kellet has posted photos on Flickr of the cartoon originals he has hanging throughout his studio. Collection includes Beetle Baily, Doonesbury, Richard’s Poor Almanac, Baby Blue sketch, a Ballard Street among others.
Interesting exhibit running in Boston entitled, “All Works Guaranteed Stolen” showcases “work that ranges from clever takeoffs and pastiches of existing art and entertainment to pieces that merely mimic, modify, or even just physically enlarge their source material.” “The right of artists to use the pieces of their society in their art is being significantly […]