Dave Kellett (creator of Sheldon and Drive) and cinematographer Fred Schroeder have posted eight rough-cut clips from their documentary. The duo had initially raised their initial goal of $58,000 to finish the production of the film, but quickly exceeded it. They’ve continued their fund-drive to raise more money to pay for enhancements and extra features. […]
Great news for fans of Mark Anderson. Mark has announced that as of today his panel cartoons are now featured on GoComics. In making the announcement, Mark quotes Universal Uclick comics editor John Glynn:“We’re delighted to have Andertoons join the GoComics family. Years ago, and for motives that still remain unclear, I happened to be […]
Michael Cavna reports that Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau was given an advance copy of Joe McGinniss’ new biography of Sarah Palin and that the two entered into a partnership allowing Garry the ability to use the material in his comic before the book is released. The first of the Doonesbury series started today. Trudeau and […]
The Small Press Expo was held over the weekend and the Ignatz awards were presented. Here is a list of those receiving awards. Tom Spurgeon has the list as well, but took the time to find corresponding images to the winner’s art.Outstanding Mini ComicBen Died of a Train, Box BrownOutstanding Anthology or CollectionI Will Bite […]
When the Cartoonists Remember 9/11 was announced last week, I had favorable feelings for it. It’s being spearheaded by King Features who has done similar group thematic work for National Breast Cancer Awareness and Earth day and a couple other good causes. I’m not sure I understand their motivation to do these collective work projects. […]
Bill Kellogg, Tundra marketing guru and Success in Comics Seminar organizer, tells me he’s had several requests from attendee hopefuls that an installment option be made available instead of coming up with the whole $375 at one time. He’s set up a PayPal six month installment plan (we’re six month attendees away from the event) […]
We’re less than a week out before the start of the Kenosha Cartoon Festival being spearheaded by Anne Hambrock. The festival grew out of an inquiry about brining John Read’s “One Fine Sunday” exhibit to Carthage College and Anne opted to build a festival around the exhibit. Current featured cartoonists invited to speak include MAD […]
Here’s a short On the topic of Charles Schulz, here’s a 1985 documentary sliced up into 5 parts via YouTube that focus on his success and taking the strip into animation.Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (not embed-able. Click here to watch it on YouTube)Part 4 (not embed-able. Click here to watch it on YouTube)Part […]
Cheeming Boey is an immigrant from Malaysia now based in Southern California. He started doodling on styrofoam coffee cups with a Sharpie and has gained enough recognition for the art that he can now sell cups for over $1,000.Here’s his Flickr account with all of his cups.Hat tip to Eat Sleep Work
Interesting post over at Thirteen.org about how cartoonists were affected by 9/11 and how they translated their reactions into art. Sept. 11 left a powerful impression on the work produced by the numerous illustrators, editorial cartoonists, comic book creators and other commercial artists who live and work in the Tri-State area. Through a complex mixture […]
As part of the Cartoonists Remember 9/11, The Society of Illustrators are presenting a forum entitled “The Impact of Comics and Visual Art on Culture” tomorrow night (Sept. 8). Panelists include Rick Detorie creator of One Big Happy, Tony Rubino Daddy’s Home and Brian Walker Hi and Lois. King Features Syndicate Comics Editor Brendan Burford […]
Great piece in the the Citizen Times about Chris Sparks’ efforts to create Team Cul de Sac to raise money for Parkinson’s Research. Chris’ day job is that of a web designer, but when he found out one of his favorite comic strip cartoonists (Richard Thompson) was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, he was motivated to […]
In his second post in his Editor’s Dispatch blog, King Features Comic Editor Brendan Burford lays out what he’s looking for in comic submissions.If we knew that a certain execution or approach to making comics was guaranteed to bring success to a cartoonist and, by extension, King Features, we’d certainly point cartoonists in that direction. […]
Yesterday’s Non Sequitur clearly resonated with many people. According to the official GoComics blog, Wiley Miller’s strip was viewed over 300,000 times on Sunday – more than 10 times the normal average for a Sunday comic. The carton depicts a super hero character rushing to save a school bus heading over a cliff. I won’t […]
Former Daily Herald editorial cartoonist Aaron Taylor has started a sports webcomic on the topic of his alma mater BYU. Aaron graduated from Brigham Young University in 1997 and was the campus paper’s editorial cartoonist (and won the John Locher Award for his work there in ’97).Aaron was gracious enough answer a few questions about […]