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News Briefs for December 21, 2009

Animation
» Some suspect the Homer Simpson character is a caricature inspired by Irish comic strips of the late 1800s – dumb and drunkard.
Children’s Books
» Stephanie McMillan has put together a video preview of the children’s book she’s illustrating. The book is entitled “Mischief in the Forest”

Editorial Cartooning
» David Willson, the editorial cartoonist for the Palm [...]

Posted on: Dec 21, 2009,  Section: Animation, Children's Books, Interviews, mobile, Comments: 3 Comments

Berenstain Bears heading to big screen

USA Today reports that the Berenstain Bears are heading to the big screen.
Walden Media, the company behind the Chronicles of Narnia films, has acquired the rights to the ursine anthropomorphs, and [Shawn] Levy agreed to help oversee the project.
The books, by Jan and the late Stan Berenstain, have maintained their popularity for almost a [...]

Posted on: Nov 6, 2009,  Section: Animation, Children's Books, Movies, Comments: 0 Comments

News briefs for October 27, 2009

Awards
» The Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award Competition for 2009 is due November 12, 2009.
Comic books
» Joe Staton and his wife, children’s author Hilarie Staton, collaborated on Amy Goes Gluten Free a book on dealing with Celiac Disease.
Comic strips
» Brian Anderson, creator of Dog Eat Doug, gives us a peek at a new comic [...]

Posted on: Oct 27, 2009,  Section: Awards, Children's Books, Comic strips, Graphic Novels, Interviews, Publishers, Comments: 0 Comments

Fourth “Wimpy Kid” released with 4 million copies

Jeff Kinney’s fourth “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” book is being released today with a print run of 4 million. The book is entitled “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
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From the press release:
I didn’t want my fans to have to wait a year for a new book,” said Jeff Kinney. “I’m very excited about [...]

Posted on: Oct 12, 2009,  Section: Children's Books, Graphic Novels, Comments: 5 Comments

Jules Feiffer, daughter team up on book about First Dog

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer has illustrated a children’s book written by his daughter, Kate, about the struggle to choose the new puppy President Obama had promised his daughters, Sasha and Malia.
“It was as much as, if not more fun than any other illustration job I’ve ever had,” he said.

Posted on: Sep 1, 2009,  Section: Children's Books, Comments: 4 Comments

“World’s youngest professional cartoonist” pens new book

Alexa Kitchen, who is twelve years old, has a new book from Disney-Hyperion Books, “Grown-ups Are Dumb (No Offense).” She was nominated for two awards in 2007: a Harvey Award for Best New Talent and an Eisner Award for Best Publication for a Younger Audience.

Posted on: Aug 31, 2009,  Section: Books, Children's Books, Comments: 5 Comments

News briefs for August 17, 2009

Comic Books
» Steven Kirk has an interesting post about the legal layout of the Superman character. He writes that in 2013, the Siegel family regains some of the rights to the super-hero, but only those parts that were created before the character was bought by DC Comics. Parts of the Superman universe (Kryptonite, other characters, [...]

Posted on: Aug 17, 2009,  Section: Children's Books, Comic strips, Interviews, Comments: 1 Comment

News Briefs for July 23, 2009

Comic Books
» Publisher’s Weekly reports that Sergio Aragones will be working on the Bart Simpson comic book. From the press release: “Matt Groening has announced that Sergio Aragones will become a regular featured artist and writer in Bart Simpson comics beginning with issue #50. Sergio Aragones will provide the entire contents of Bart Simpson #50 [...]

Posted on: Jul 23, 2009,  Section: Children's Books, Comic history, Editorial cartooning, Graphic Novels, Comments: 2 Comments

Stephen Silver to host self-publishing seminar

Character designer, illustrator Stephen Silver will present a three-hour seminar on the topic of self-publishing for children’s books, art books and graphic novels. The presentation is on August 12th in Burbank, CA. See his site for details.

Posted on: Jul 1, 2009,  Section: Books, Children's Books, Graphic Novels, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 4 Comments

News briefs for May 6, 2009

Children’s Books
» Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell has a new book coming out this fall called “Wag.” The book is based on the characters in his comics strip. It’s due out in October.
Editorial Cartooning
» Steve Greenberg, taking a page from the Milt Priggee playbook, is now doing editorial cartoons for the news blog LA Observed.
Ted Rall [...]

Posted on: May 6, 2009,  Section: Children's Books, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Graphic Novels, Interviews, mobile, web comics, Comments: 2 Comments

News Briefs for May 4, 2009

Alt Comics
» Slowpoke creator Jen Sorensen is profiled in the Washington Post.
Children’s Books
» Jules Feiffer spoke at Katonah Museum of Art to promote the second book that he collaborated on with his daughter Kate. The book is entitled “Which Puppy.”
College Cartooning
» Chris Sharron who cartoons for the Daily Kent Stater was named one of [...]

Posted on: May 4, 2009,  Section: Alternative comics, Children's Books, College cartoonists, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Interviews, Museums, Comments: 0 Comments

Mars Needs Moms movie details released

The motion picture based on Berkeley Breathed’s children’s book Mars Needs Moms is moving forward. Announced are the main actors that will be staring in the performance-capture movie. Seth Green will play the main character Milo and Mindy Sterling will play the alien leader of Mars. Also appearing include Dan Fogler and Joan Cusack who [...]

Posted on: Mar 4, 2009,  Section: Children's Books, Movies, Comments: 4 Comments