I missed this nugget when first posted last month, but Sally Forth cartoonist and Flash Gordon writer/artist Jim Keefe has a great piece on how to price your work and efforts in comics. A must read for anyone engaged in freelance (or any creative) work.Jeff: What you always have in your corner when negotiating a […]
Anne Hambrock is hosting a one-day Kenosha Festival this year on November 2nd. Dubbed “Mini-Fest 2013”, she’s trying to raise $2,000 to cover the costs of the festival. So far $1,325 has been raised, but according to my math, she’s short $675. She has several excellent incentives for donors ranging from original MAD magazine art […]
From Universal Uclick President John Glynn comes examples of what NOT to do if seeking a syndication contract: But if I’m going to be honest with you (something I almost always insist upon), most of the submissions we get are not very good. Is that mean-spirited? I hope not. We had one dude who sent […]
In a blog post by Pajama Diaries creator Terri Libenson, she writes that she switched to a Cintiq earlier this year and has been refining her ink line on the Cintiq. Using the above panels – can you tell which one she drew with the Micron pen and which one with the Cintiq? Honestly, I […]
From The Guardian: “Of all the arts, cartoons stand on the frontline against dictators,” says Ali Ferzat. Speaking from Kuwait, where he lives in exile, the 62-year-old Syrian is one of the Middle East’s most important living artists. Since the late 1960s, his satirical drawings and caricatures of political figures have been widely published at […]
News Corp Australia used to allow their local editors to select their own comics. That changed recently when News Corp consolidated all comic pages to a single national page. According to The Feed, many Aussie comic strips were lost in favor of cheaper U.S. comics (citing Fred Bassett, The Phantom and Garfield as examples) took […]
Kent State hired Crankshaft and Funky Winkerbean cartoonist Chuck Ayers to create a comic to help promote their Heisman Trophy candidate Dri Archer. Chuck is a 1971 Kent State alum.From Yahoo Sports: Schools are looking for more and more unique ways to prop up Heisman candidates to get exposure. Kent State is no exception. “All […]
The Daily News Journal interviews Nancy cartoonist Guy Gilchrist What did you learn from Jim Henson, in terms of life and work? Gilchrist: Jim Henson taught me a lot. He taught me how to work in a team. He really was my creative father. I learned my comedy timing. I’d been working (in the industry) […]
The triennial Festival of Cartoon Art at Ohio State University is opening registration on August 15. The festival will be held November 14-17th. It is also the grand opening of their Sullivant Hall. Registration is $75. It is a limited seating event, so register now.About the Festival (from Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum): A […]
It was less than a year ago that I noted that Stan Lynde, creator of Rick O’Shay and Latigo was leaving Montana to retire in Equador. According to an article in the Montana Standard, Stan did make it to Equador, but was diagnosed with cancer. He passed yesterday.From the Montana Standard: When Lynde grew ill […]
Boston’s Channel 5 did an in-depth look at comics and featured several New England area comic creators include Off the Mark’s Mark Parisi, Secret Asian Man’s Tak Toyoshima, Boston Globe editorial cartoonist Dan Wasserman among others.No embedded video option, head over to see the segment on Mark, or Tak and Dan.
Jason Sacks posts 10 thoughts about Jack Kirby’s career. The rise of the Marvel Universe in the 1960s was basically unplanned It’s striking how haphazardly everything developed at Marvel in the 1960s. Few things were ever planned in any detail; especially the brilliant Fantastic Four run. As Hatfield reports, the Silver Surfer first appeared because […]
The fine folks over at GoComics have been doing these one-hour online Q&A sessions each month for a while, but I’ve done a bad job reporting it. For August, the cartoonists who will be in the hot seat include Rob Harrell (Adam@Home and Big Top), Darrin Bell (Candorville), Stuart Carlson and Jerry Resler (Gray Matters), […]
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee creator John Hambrock has announced a contest for the best comment (funny and non-snarky) on four different online platforms where his strip runs. Up for grabs is a personalized original drawing of an Edison character (your choice). This is an eight week contest with winners announced every Monday.The four […]
Good news! Sedition charges against Singapore based cartoonist Leslie Chew have been dropped. Chew, 37, had been arrested in April this year for alleged sedition in relation to a cartoon which was posted on his comic series “Demon-cratic Singapore” on Facebook on March 27. He was released on bail on April 21. AGC said following […]