Amazon has stepped in to the fray of releasing tools to help creators create digital versions of their comics for resale in different outlets. Apple has their iBooks Author, Comixology has Comixology Submit and now Amazon has released Kindle Comic Creator. It’s a free tool to help turn comics, graphic novels and manga into Kindle […]
An organized campaign by over 900 mayors across the US to support gun control efforts in Washington has launched a video featuring 23 cartoonists who are supporting the effort. The video is called Cartoonists Demand Action to End Gun Violence. Participating cartoonists include: Lalo Alcaraz, Bill Amend, Ruben Bolling, Jim Borgman, Steve Brodner, Roz Chast, […]
As far as syndicates go, Universal Uclick has always been a leader in the mobile space. They were the first to have a mobile friendly website and one of the first to release iPhone apps for various comic titles. But I failed to realize that they didn?t have a native mobile app available. They?ve now […]
Hearty congratulations to Tyson Cole who won The Cartoonists Studio?s fourth annual cartooning contest. Tyson is a student at Utah State University where his feature runs in The Utah Statesman. You can follow his comic panel on his blog or on Facebook. And another congratulations to Tyson on the new baby girl.Keith Brown, creator of […]
Out of the YouTube archives (also known as old video uploaded 3 days ago), comes a CNN report about the changes Mort Walker made in Beetle Bailey after complaints of sexism. Video was aired in 1997.Definitely a change for the better.
The Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Several nominees are of interest to readers of this blog. Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman are nominated in the category of Best Humor Publication for their collection BBXX: Baby Blues Decades 1 & 2. Also in this category is a nomination for Naked Cartoonists edited by Gary Groth. […]
The documentary Dear Mr. Watterson debuted in Cleveland yesterday. I?ve mentioned it several times on this blog. Word and Film talks to Joel Schroeder, the director. I know there?s been some criticism about the film as invading the privacy of Bill Watterson, but I think the record is pretty straight what this film is trying […]
Universal Uclick editor Lucas Wetzel pulls a few of his favorite comics that reference the late Roger Ebert.While I could go on expressing my admiration for Roger and the joy de vivre with which he approached his life’s work, instead I’d like to pull a few classics from the GoComics vault to show how much […]
Salon looks at the reclusive nature of Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson: Some say that the “recluse” is an endangered species, but to my knowledge, there’s still one artist who is keeping the idea of the private public figure alive: Bill Watterson, writer and illustrator of the beloved comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes.” Depicting […]
King Features has posted a Question and Answer with Bill Bettwy, the creator of the new launched strip Take It From the Tinkersons.Q: Is there a character that most resembles you and your personality?Bill: Hands down, Ted. I didn?t intend for Ted to resemble me, but I have been getting that a lot from my […]
We’re well intaward season. The nominees for the Glyph Comic Award have been announced. The winner will be announced on May 17 at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention in Philadelphia. The nominees are: Story of the year The Call, Steve Broome, writer and artist KOBK, C. J. Johnson, writer and SMACK!, artist […]
Not sure how many years Jonathan Mahood has been using his strip Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog to promote National Robotics Week, but he’s doing it again this year. The weeklong series runs April 6-14.From King Features:This time, Karl takes center stage as he and the gang eagerly participates in all the week’s fun robotic-themed festivities. […]
Earlier last month, Adam Brown, animator for Comedy Central?s Ugly Americans, animated one of Bill Watterson?s Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strips with really good results. You can read about it on my earlier post, but unfortunately the video has gone “private”. The blog Geekologie found this kid’s room all Calvinized. Nicely done.But now someone took […]
From the Arizona Republic:Hamway said that since an Arizona Republic article about the looming deadline was published March 23, at least one large donation has come in, putting fundraising above the minimum goal of $75,000. Hamway said the fundraising effort also was helped by coverage of the fundraising effort in other media. Manya Long, daughter […]
King Features has launched a new strip to newspapers called Take It From The Tinkersons created by Bill Bettwy. The press release says it launched in over 50 papers. The strip is centered a family named The Tinkersons. Here’s the write up from KFS: Bill Bettwy’s Take It From The Tinkersons is a contemporary daily […]