Tagged as: comics

Tom Gammill is back – this time at the Center for Cartoon Studies.

Comic book and Rex Morgan, M.D. artist Graham Nolan has announced that his webcomic Sunshine State has been picked up for syndication, but hasn’t announced with which. Launch date is in the May/June timeline and if I had to guess, I’d say it will be through King Features. Either way, Congrats Graham! There are a […]

Ed Power and Melissa DeJesus’ My Cage is back. The short run comic that run through King Features Syndicate is now re-running on GoComics.com as of yesterday. Ed tells me that if there is enough positive response, new comics will be posted. Melissa re-colored the first 2 months of daily strips. The first week had […]

MAD Mag cartoonist Tom Richmond was once again tapped to create this year’s NCS Reuben art for the brochure. He writes:Having just received my official 2011 NCS Reuben’s Weekend brochure in the mail yesterday, I would say it’s okay to share the artwork I did for it and this year’s Reuben’s T-Shirt. NCS president Jeff […]

I mentioned earlier that Hilary Price had competed on a improve cartooning show for a gallon of milk – which she won. A couple more notable syndicated cartoonists have now competed on the same show (Fistcuff): Rina Piccolo and Dan Piraro. Rina has photos from the event. The other two cartoonists were New Yorker cartoonists […]

Women’s Voices for Change has posted a profile of Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot and the feminism injected into her comic.And feminist. At its heart, “Stone Soup” is about three generations of strong women and their connection with and support for each other, covering topics from preteen angst to ageism. Eliot’s characters often use humor […]

Michael Cavna interviews Frazz creator Jef Mallett.MC: So what was your journey from young aspiring artist to professional cartoonist? And did getting Frazz syndicated fulfill a dream or long-sought quest, or did you first approach it more as a new, intriguing sideline? JM: Drawing a comic strip for a living was always the goal. I […]

Amazing career.He was born Addison Morton Walker in 1923 at El Dorado, Kan. He sold his first cartoon when he was 12. By 14, he was selling gag cartoons regularly to Child Life, Inside Detective and Flying Aces magazines. At 15, he was a comic strip artist for a daily metropolitan newspaper.

RC Harvey examines the last year’s “best of” collections for editorial cartooning.In summation: Brooks’ “Best of” gives too much space to “bush-leaguers and second-stringers” and more serious cartoonists no longer contribute to it.Cagle’s annual didn’t run this year. Check them out online.Turnblooms’s “Prizewinning” tome is due out in March.

iFanboy.com reports that a graphic novel entitled “Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown” will be available on the 29th of this month. The graphic novel is being released in conjunction with a direct to video release of the same title. The graphic novel is 80 pages, written by Charles Schulz but adapted by Craig […]

Yesterday was a pretty stacked day and I didn’t get a chance to post what I consider significant news. Donna Lewis’ Reply All launched yesterday. It is running in the Washington Post replacing Watch Your Head. She was also invited to do a live chat with the Washington Post. Transcript is found here.The New York […]

Sheldon creator Dave Kellet has posted photos on Flickr of the cartoon originals he has hanging throughout his studio. Collection includes Beetle Baily, Doonesbury, Richard’s Poor Almanac, Baby Blue sketch, a Ballard Street among others.

Universal Uclick has announced that it has taken over syndication management of United Media properties. According to the deal, Universal will manage all aspects of syndication for the Scripps’ subsidiary including sales, editorial, distribution, billing, collections, reporting and licensing fulfillment/management. The agreement also covers features in the Newspaper Enterprise Association. The transition of the services […]

Remember the comic strip Franklin Fibbs (also ran as Little Fibbs)? Fibbs co-creator Wes Hargis has a book on the New York Times best seller list. Book is entitled When I Grow Up and was written by Al Yankovic. Currently sits at #4 right behind “Of Thee I Sing” by Barack Obama (illustrated by Loren […]

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