CCS finds new home for Schulz Library
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 [...]
Posted on: Dec 22, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 0 Comments
Vincent Faletti, age 95, reintroduced to his own work
A cool story from The Saginaw News about the city’s historian coming upon cartoons by Vincent Faletti in the city library archives and decided to learn more about the cartoonist who did a strip called “Saga of Saginaw.” Turns out Vincent is still alive, 95 years old. A collection was made his work and presented [...]
Posted on: Dec 21, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 1 Comment
Profiled: Susie Cagle and her coverage of Occupy Oakland
The SF Weekly interviews cartoonist and journalist Susie Cagle and her coverage of the Occupy Oakland movment. You mention that the best way to portray this is through words and images. The cool thing about your work to me is that it has a personal interpretation, because you’re drawing it, not photographing it. Drawing is [...]
Posted on: Dec 21, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 0 Comments
Amazing cartoon chalk art
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.
Posted on: Dec 19, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 0 Comments
Jim Henson tribute exhibit opens tomorrow
The Nucleus Gallery is opening an exhibit of homage art to Jim Henson’s influence tomorrow night. Their description: Jim Henson’s accomplishments have left a widespread and enduring impression on generations of admirers since his first endeavors in the late 1950s. From his iconic and colorful cast on Sesame Street to the groundbreaking fantasy Dark Crystal, [...]
Posted on: Dec 9, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 0 Comments
Weekly paper charges cartoonists for submissions
City Paper, a weekly in Philadelphia, is charging cartoonists to donate their cartoons AND pay $5 to submit cartoons for the annual Comics Issue. The collective $5 is then divied out to those cartoonists that are published. According to Jim Romenesko, the plan didn’t go over so well. I saw the one comment from a [...]
Posted on: Dec 9, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 21 Comments
Charges dropped against Susie Cagle
Charges against comic journalist Susie Cagle have been dropped according to Media Bistro. Susie was arrested on Nov 3 while she was covering the Occupy Oakland protest despite clearly showing her credentials. She was booked and charged with “being present at raid” – a misdemeanor. The charges were dropped after Co-Chairs of the Freedom of [...]
Posted on: Dec 7, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 1 Comment
Cartoonists publish comic cookbook
About 50 cartoonists are featured in a new cookbook entitled, “Webcomics: What’s Cooking“. The book has 47 recipes with accompanying original cartoon art. They’ve posted five sample pages online. Below is the sample from Dog Eat Doug creator Brian Anderson.
Posted on: Dec 7, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 15 Comments
Shannon Wheeler sketch documents his trip to Portugal
Eisner winner Shannon Wheeler recently took a trip to Portugal for a comic festival. He took a sketch book to record his trip that would start in New York City. His trip is being chronicled over on The Comics Journal. Day two is about his trip to the New Yorker office.
Posted on: Dec 6, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 0 Comments
Today begins 9th annual The Cartoon Days of Christmas
Rich Diesslin has kicked off his annual The Cartoon Days of Christmas for the ninth time. Everyday the site posts holiday related cartoons today through January 5th. Participating cartoonists include: Larry Miller, Ron Morgan, Sean Boley, Dale Hunt and Rich himself.
Posted on: Dec 1, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 1 Comment
Stephanie Piro posts thanksgiving tale
From Stephanie Piro: I’ve been meaning to put my “classic” tale of the Turkey Prince online for Thanksgiving for years. I wrote it in my 20′s and my style has really evolved since then though I still consider this one of my best and favorite works. Here it is finally… I re-wrote the captions because, [...]
Posted on: Nov 24, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 0 Comments
Cartoon Movement posts more Occupy sketchbooks
Cartoon Movement is publishing another Occupy Wall Street piece of comics journalism. Today’s new offerings come from Sarah Glidden who visited the Occupy Miami protest: “When we would start talking about OWS, the attitude seemed to be that it’s great that Americans are taking some sort of action against the system we’ve created,” she says. [...]
Posted on: Nov 23, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 0 Comments
Susie Cagle arrested in Occupy Oakland crackdown
Susie Cagle, the only embedded comic journalists covering the Occupy Wall Street movement, was arrested early this morning in Oakland after police fired teargas and flash bang grenades to clear a downtown street after protestors lit a large bonfire. According to CBS News at least 30 people were arrested and Susie reports through Twitter that [...]
Posted on: Nov 3, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 12 Comments
Susie Cagle covering Occupy Oakland
The Occupy Wall Street movement has been spreading to cities across the U.S. Occupiers congregated in Oakland CA on Oct. 10 and comic journalist Susie Cagle decided to cover the protest and create a five-part series to run locally and nationally documenting the Oakland participants. Her work is being funded through Spot Us – a [...]
Posted on: Oct 27, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 0 Comments
Jay Kennedy Scholarship deadline: December 15
College students with an interest and passion for cartooning please take note. The Jay Kennedy Scholarship application deadline is December 15. The annual Jay Kennedy Scholarship is awarded to a Junior or Senior enrolled in a 4-year college in North America who demonstrates talent and ambition in cartooning. The student doesn’t need to be an [...]
Posted on: Sep 23, 2011, Section: Cartoons, Comments: 1 Comment
