Russ Cochran is set to print a new publication called The Sunday Funnies – a monthly 32 page, 22″x16″ comic section containing historical Sunday pages going back to 1895. Features will include Gasoline Alley, Little Nemo, Krazy Kat among others. The publication starts shipping in November.From Russ’ website:Each issue of THE SUNDAY FUNNIES will be […]
This week’s Edge City starts a three-week series dealing with the Holocaust. In the series, the family visits a local barber who was a holocaust surviver. In an interview with King Features, the strip’s co-creator Terry LaBan says that it’s a topic they’ve wanted to do before but until now, hadn’t found a way to […]
Fantastic news from the Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. If you’ve not had the opportunity to visit the library and museum, it’s a near spiritual experience.Press release:The Ohio State University Libraries is thrilled to announce that The Hershey Foundation of Northeast Ohio has answered the Schulz Challenge with a multi-year grant […]
Tom Racine has a great interview with cartoonist, illustrator Stacy Curtis who has taken over inking Cul de Sac for Richard Thompson. I’ve always thought highly of Stacy, and after hearing his reasoning as to why he’s not signing his name to the Cul de Sac strip, my respect for him grew three fold.
Taking his second major prize for the year, Matt Bors has been honored with The Society of Professional Journalists’ 2011 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism.Matt is also this year’s Herblock Prize winner.Congratulations, Matt.
Jeff Koterba, editorial cartoonist for the Omaha World-Herald, is being featured in a documentary on creativity and Tourette Syndrome. In addition to his editorial cartoons, Jeff is a writer and musician.One of the most surrealistic moments I’ve ever experienced had to be watching myself twitch on the big screen-when I was able to watch, that […]
Remember when I reported that Guy Endore-Kaiser proposed to his girlfriend in his comic, Brevity?. The happy couple were married Saturday evening and got a write up in the New York Times Weddings/Celebrity section.Congratulations to you both.
Andertoons creator Mark Anderson:I’m a cartoonist. I draw funny pictures with funny words that I send out into the world to earn my living. I love my job unquestioningly. That is until recently, when I ran across a TED Talk by Simon Sinek about how great leaders inspire action. Now, I am neither a great […]
Howard Tayler, creator of the webcomic Schlock Mercenary, has been nominated for two Hugo Awards one for “Best Graphic Story” and “Best Related Work”. This is his fourth nomination for Best Graphic Story and second time for Best Related Work for his work on the Writing Excuses podcast.From his blog:The “Best Graphic Story” ballot is […]
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) has announced they’ve selected Sarah Miller as this year’s Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship winner. She’s a student at Savannah College of Art and Design where she studies illustration. She also writes and illustrates comics, paints, and does caricatures at conventions. She recently completed an illustrated book based on a […]
I’ve mentioned it before that Jonathan Mahood’s Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog is the official mascot for next week’s 3rd annual National Robotics Week April 7-15.King Features Syndicate has posted an interview about Jonathan’s involvement with the organization and the use of his feature characters for next week.Q. What inspired you to create a storyline based […]
The Hamilton Community News has profiled Canadian illustrator and cartoonist Mike Cope.“When I was a kid, I remember always seeing cartoons in Reader’s Digest Canada,” Cope said. “The magazine is freelance-based. You’re up against a lot of competition, so when you get in there on your first try, it’s pretty cool and that inspires you […]
Students at the University of Texas have started an online petition hoping to support the reinstatement of the campus paper’s cartoonist Stephanie Eisner who was fired after the paper ran her cartoon commenting on the media coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida. She later apologized as did the paper. It should be noted […]
Brad Guiger has announced on his blog that he is making the full-time leap in to his webcomic Evil Inc. by taking a buyout from the Philadelphia Daily News where he has worked for 14 years. From his blog:A lot of people have asked me if I’m scared about leaving the regular paycheck I was […]
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau and legendary editorial cartoonist Herbert Block (“Herblock”) were named by the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University in a list of “the 100 Outstanding Journalists in the United States in the Last 100 Years.” The full list is the who’s-who of A-list journalists and writers.