A few newspapers have shuffled their comic page offerings to start the new year.The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) picked up Cul de Sac on Sundays. The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, FL) picked up Cul de Sac for both daily and Sunday.The Bakersfield Californian dropped Fred Basset to pick up Cul de Sac and readers nearly […]
If you ask Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson who were some of his greatest influences, he’ll mention Ronald Searle. After the news broke of Ronald’s passing yesterday, Michael Cavna asked Richard about his influence:Searle’s style was so powerful that any other artist who mimicked its effects was pretty quickly overwhelmed by it and exposed […]
Norm Feuti and King Features Syndicate launched Gil yesterday. The strip dates back to 2008 when Norm ran it as a webcomic after a first round of rejections by syndicates. After a couple of other submissions, Norm resubmitted the strip to King and was green lighted for a launch. From USA Today:“I don’t think the […]
Beloved cartoonist Ronald Searle has passed away at the age of 91 on Saturday after a short illness. From the Guardian:Best known for his spiky comic drawings depicting the outrageous antics of the St Trinian’s girls, and for his illustrations of the Molesworth series, written by Geoffrey Willans and which, as any fule kno, tells […]
To everyone celebrating Christmas (or the December holiday of your choosing), I wish you all a happy holiday. Stay safe and I’ll see you back here on January 3rd unless breaking news happens.To send you all off, here is a caption contest using my holiday card for this year. Put your best caption in the […]
King Features has expanded its mobile footprint to a larger audience with the release of an Android version of their DailyInk app. The iPhone/iPad version was launched last December. To get the Android app, visit the Android Market.
The Atlantic profiles Zippy the Pinhead ceator Bill Griffith:How did Zippy come to be? In late 1970, Griffith was asked to contribute a story to “Real Pulp Comics #1,” edited by cartoonist Roger Brand. His only editorial guideline was to come up with a “Young Lust” type tale, possibly involving a menage a trois, with […]
Great news for the Center for Cartoon Studies who announced that they have acquired the old post office building in downtown White River Junction.The Old Post Office building will provide core instruction space, faculty offices, and will be the new home to The Schulz Library, a one-of-a-kind cartoon collection that was forced to vacate the […]
Interesting story out of the New York Times about Irwin Hasen, who used to draw the syndicated comic strip Dondi. He’s still “working” at age 93. Now, fresh Dondi cartoons are published only on the walls of the Nectar Cafe at Madison Avenue and 79th Street, where nearly every morning for the past 30 years […]
You’ve seen those chalk art that when looked at from the right angle are 3 dimensionally photorealistic. I found some examples that are more ‘cartoonish’ but nonetheless amazing.See the rest at My Modern Met.
Piers Baker, creator of Ollie and Quentin has announced that his strip is ending at the end of this year due to lack of sales. It was launched four years ago. Piers hinted earlier this year that the strip has been a rough sale to newspapers, but he’s been grateful for the experience. So, what […]
Rina Piccolo regarding applying logic to humor:And my message, if you haven’t gotten it by now, is pretty simple: We should interpret entertainment – in all it’s forms – in the spirit in which it was created. In other words, Hey you, Smarty-Panties, get your logical heads out of your asses and have some fun!Wonderful […]
Eduardo Barreto, the former artist for the Judge Parker serial comic strip has passed away at the age of 57. He took over Judge Parker from Harold LeDoux in 2006 but had to end his association with the strip in 2010 after contracting meningitis. Previous to Judge Parker, he worked on several comic books such […]
The gentlemen over at The Cartoonist Studios have sent me more news about their second annual cartooning contest. The contest will kick off on February 6th and a big change from last year is that there will be more weight given to contest judges (panel of professional cartoonists and syndicate representative) and less on the […]
The always interesting and entertaining podcast interviewer Tom Racine talks to Pickles creator Brian Crane this week.Here’s the description of the show:Brian Crane, writer and artist of the great strip “Pickles” is with me today to talk about his road to syndication, how he goes about his daily business of bringing the funny old people […]