Daily Cartoonist regular reader Mark Stokes has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the publishing of his first ever collection Zombie Boy Comics Volume 1: Some Kind of Horrible. From his description:Zombie Boy Comics follows the afterlife and times of “living challenged” Morgan McCorkindale, a.k.a. Zombie Boy, and his pals Duncan, Beatrice, Claustria, Boog and […]
Chris Ware has been given prime color real estate in The Guardian to produce a graphic novella called The Last Saturday that will run each week this fall and online here.From Fast Company:The newspaper comic strip isn’t exactly dead, but it’s safe to say that it’s reeling. The decline of newsprint comics dates back well […]
This year’s Toonfest 2014 celebrating cartooning in the hometown of Walt Disney (Marceline Missouri) will include editorial cartoonist Steve Artley, Nancy cartoonist Guy Gilchrist, Tank McNamara co-creator Bill Hinds, animator/artist Eddie Pittman, and Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price.I’ve never been, but those who have all report that it’s a great experience for both the […]
I’d like to welcome back Universal Uclick as the sponsors of The Daily Cartoonist this week. Universal owns GoComics.com which is THE largest comic portal in the world. Each month I get a list of new features they’re bringing into the fold – not just traditional comic strips but great webcomics of all varieties. It […]
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Justin Thompson of “Mythtickle” joins us as co-host today and Lucas Turnbloom (“Imagine This”) and I engage in a great discussion about writing graphic novels. Then, we bring best-selling author […]
Adam@Home cartoonist Rob Harrell has a middle grade novel out called Life of Zarf: The Trouble with WeaselsThe description on Amazon:It?s not easy being Zarf. As a troll, he’s stuck at the bottom of the middle school hierarchy, way below the prince and knights (populars), ogres and giants (jocks), and even the lowly minstrels (band […]
Great news from Anne Hambrock, founder and organizer of the The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning:The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning is THRILLED to announce that among the items we are offering in the National Cartoonists Society Foundation Benefit Auction is a RARE signed print of the last Calvin & Hobbes strip! When Bill Watterson retired in […]
With the Salt Lake Comic Con over, it’s been good to see the local press highlight some of our local talent. City Weekly did a Q&A with Mike Lovins who does the online series “We Go Anywhere“.Gavin: What was it like for you making the series and what made you decide to go digital rather […]
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Well, hiatuses are good and all, but it’s time to get back to work! Welcome to the new Tall Tale Radio, with 30% more podcasty goodness and now…completely Gluten Free! […]
Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro has announced that he’s been cast as the host of a FOX network reality TV show, Utopia. From his blog:Think about it. I?m at home in my sweatpants working on my cartoon career like I?ve been doing for the past 30 years, a friend asks me if I?d like to do […]
Brian Basset, creator of Red and Rover is a sponsor of this year’s Washington DC Humane Society’s Pet-a-Palooza! that will be held September 27. Brian has created several original Red and Rover cartoons to promote the event.
An interesting observation by Arlo and Janis creator Jimmy Johnson:I?ll tell you something else the Internet has changed. In the past, professional cartoonists could rely upon a steady stream of novices dropping in to learn the tricks of the trade. Most cartoonists graciously accommodated the newbies, although they weren?t called ?newbies? in the day, because […]
Today’s Freshly Squeezed.Ed Stein, creator of Freshly Squeezed, tells me that he has decided to retire his strip. The last strip runs October 19. Freshly Squeezed originates in The Rocky Mountain News as Denver Square and was one of the few local comics running in a daily newspaper. When The News closed, Ed relaunched the […]
On Monday Nick Galifiankis threw down a challenge to Richard Thompson, Stephan Pastis and Bill Watterson for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Because of Bill’s famous reclusiveness, Nick nominated legendary comic editor and Universal Uclick president Lee Salem as a “stunt double” to take the ice shower on behalf of Bill.The three had 24 hours […]
Mary Worth writer Karen Moy and artist Joe Giella have released a second Mary Worth book: Searching and Other Stories of Mary WorthThis book is thematic. All stories contained in the book involve the searching for someone or something. From the description:1) Mary Goes to Vietnam: When Mary doesn?t hear from Jeff who is on […]