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First Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle illustration fetches $71k,

May 16, 2012 by Alan Gardner

Seems like the value of original cartoon art is rising. Heritage Auctions recently sold the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles illustration for $71,700. It was drawn by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle co-creator Kevin Eastman back in 1983. The winning bidder was anonymous. Profits of the auction go to The Hero Initiative, a non-profit he is [...]

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Four Iranian cartoonists win Cartooning for Peace award

May 16, 2012 by Alan Gardner

Four Iranian cartoonists were recipients of this year’s Cartooning for Peace award. The winners were Mana Neyestani, Kianoush, Firoozeh Mozaffari and Hassan Karimzadeh. The award is to honor cartoonists “whose talent, contribution and commitment to the values of tolerance, freedom and peace.” An international jury included three cartoonist: New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly, Swiss cartoonist [...]

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Video: Herblock interview from 1975

May 16, 2012 by Alan Gardner

Via: Mike Rhode

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Profiled: Matt Bors as your not-so-average cartoonist

May 16, 2012 by Alan Gardner

Glenn Fleishman writes about the uptick in recognition for Matt Bors who was honored this year as a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Herblock Award winner and the SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Award. He’s scruffy, doesn’t own a suit, and lives in Portland. He expresses withering contempt at politicians, mainstream media, and what he views as hypocrisy. [...]

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The Cartoonist Studio politically themed cartoon rules

May 16, 2012 by Alan Gardner

I told you last week The Cartoonist Studio was sponsoring another cartoon contest – two actually – but this time on a political theme. They’ve now posted all of the FAQs and contest rules. The prize on this go around is an advertising split from the advertising fees collected during the contest. The first contest [...]

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Jake Parker to pull in estimated $80,000 in Kickstarter

May 15, 2012 by Alan Gardner

Last month I mentioned that Jake Parker had launched a Kickstarter project to raise money to create a hard cover collection of some of his short stories. The estimated amount he’d need was $6,000. With one day left he’s raised over $77,000. If you haven’t checked out his work, I encourage you to do so. [...]

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Comic books make great movies, comic strips not so much

May 15, 2012 by Alan Gardner

Augusta Chronicle Columnist Steven Uhles looks at the recent success of comic books characters raking it in at the box office and how comic strip characters have struggled to translate on the big screen. He looks at some of the notable attempts with Dick Tracy, Popeye, Prince Valiant, Flash Gordon, and Annie. It is, I [...]

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How Pixar nearly lost Toy Story 2

May 15, 2012 by Alan Gardner

My college newspaper advisor had saying, “Save now. Save Often.” It’s been my mantra ever since. That and having an external hard drive. Via Scott Johnson

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Two spiked comic strips you may not have seen

May 15, 2012 by Alan Gardner

Michael Cavna reports that the Washington Post pulled a recent Zits because it was “mite too graphic and gruesome as breakfast-table fare“. Zits co-creator Jim Borgman wrote on the Zits blog, “sometimes we push the envelope on purpose, but we never saw this one coming.” This Arctic Circle strip by Alex Hallatt was killed by [...]

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IDW to publish Joe Frankenstein by Graham Nolan and Chuck Dixon

May 15, 2012 by Alan Gardner

Joe Frankenstein, a comic book by Graham Nolan (illustrator of Rex Morgan, M.D. and his own webcomic Sunshine State) and Chuck Dixon (comic book writer on Batman), has been picked up by IDW. Great news Joe fans! We have found a publisher! The good folks over at IDW Publishing have agreed to help us bring [...]

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Iranian cartoonist spared 25 lashes after MP withdraws complaint

May 14, 2012 by Alan Gardner

Guardian reporter Saeed Kamali Dehghan, who has provided the most details on the Iranian cartoonist sentenced to 25 lashes for depicting a local Prime Minister in a soccer jersey, is now reporting that the sentence against cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraye will most likely be quashed after the MP withdrew his complaint after international outcry. From the [...]

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Sneak peek at original watercolor art for Matt Davies first picture book

May 14, 2012 by Alan Gardner

Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Matt Davies is taking a new set of critics – children. He has a picture book due out next spring entitled Ben Rides On. The book is about a boy and his love for his bike, but when a bully takes it away the boy must find a way to [...]

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Watch Matt Bors Herblock acceptance speech

May 14, 2012 by Alan Gardner

The Herblock Award was last week in which Matt Bors was honored for his editorial cartooning. Below is his speech. Michael Cavna attended and has posted a write-up.

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Joel Pett threatened over basketball cartoon

May 14, 2012 by Alan Gardner

Last week I posted news that an editorial cartoon by Lexington Herald-Leader cartoonist Joel Pett enraged University of Kentucky for criticizing coach John Calipari for ending UK’s annual series with Indiana. Joel describes returning from Washington DC where he helped the Cartoonists Rights Network committee to select a worthy Courage in Cartooning Award for a [...]

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How you can shade four cartoons in 7 minutes

May 14, 2012 by Alan Gardner

I always enjoy Mark Anderson’s videos. This one is how he does shading with Prismacolor cool grey markers. Check out his blog too for a few more interesting tidbits on the paper he uses and the size that he draws (spoiler!: small).

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