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Rejected For Better or For Worse strips
Lynn Johnston has posted several strips that never hit the newspaper – or some that did after getting reworked. Several times she notes that some strips should have run, but sometimes she was just too hard of a self-editor and othertimes, the gag was okay by today’s standards, but not so much for the early [...]
Posted on: May 22, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
NCS panel: Women in Cartooning
Part of the National Cartoonists Society Reuben awards weekend is a panel entitled Women in Cartooning. Panelists will include Hilary Price (Rhymes with Orange), Cathy Guisewite (Cathy), Lynn Johnston (For Better or Worse), Terri Libenson (Pajama Diaries) and Jen Sorenson (Slowpoke). The event is presented by Carlow University and the National Cartoonists Society Foundation. From [...]
Posted on: May 17, 2013, Section: Comic strips, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 10 Comments
Frank Cho banned from Facebook
Robot 6 reports that Frank Cho was blocked from Facebook for 14 hours after someone took offense to one of his drawings. His access was finally restored 14 hours later. From Robot 6: After 14 hours of hell, my Facebook account is working again with no explanation,“ the artist wrote. ”Every time I login, my [...]
Posted on: May 16, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 4 Comments
Video: CNN talks to Trudeau about Alpha House, wounded warriors
CNN’s Jake Tapper has a sits down at the drawing table with ‘Doonesbury’ creator Garry Trudeau to talk about Doonesbury… and about supporting wounded warriors… and about his show Alpha House…
Posted on: May 16, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Autographed Complete Calvin and Hobbes, Team Cul de Sac up for grabs
So you couldn’t afford an original Bill Watterson oil painting of Cul de Sac character Petey, or any of the two original strips that went to auction earlier this year. But maybe you can afford to buy one of five autographed Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Watterson or maybe even one of the five Watterson [...]
Posted on: May 15, 2013, Section: Books, comic, Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Interviewed: Borgman, Kirkman and Scott in one setting
The Tribune in San Luis Obispo found out that Jim Borgman, Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott were all going to be in one place and sent a reporter over for an interview. The result is a lot of tidbits on how these hugely successful strips came about and the working relationships between the creators. Jerry [...]
Posted on: May 13, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 2 Comments
Schulz, Herriman inducted into Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame
Among the 2013 inductees to the Society of Illustrators’ Hall of Fame are Peanuts creator Charles Schulz and Krazy Kat creator George Herriman. Members of the Hall of Fame are artists “recognized for their distinguished achievement in the art of illustration.” Other artists inducted include: Ted CoConis, Sandy Kossin, Murray Tinkelman and Arthur Rackham
Posted on: May 10, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 7 Comments
Big Nate comic becomes stage production
Lincoln Peirce’s comic Big Nate is being adapted to a stage production. Jason Loewith, the Big Nate playright in the Huffington Post: Our adaptation celebrates Nate’s artistic expression, while letting the audience know he’s a kid like them: struggling to do well while the elements at P.S. 38 rage against him. And we try to [...]
Posted on: May 8, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Friday Diversion: The punchlines you wish you had written
I’m having dishwasher issues, so I’m either washing dishes, washing dishes that the dishwasher didn’t wash or just muttering unclean words at the dishwasher. There are two punchlines that keep coming to my mind during this experience. Paraphrased from the TV show AfterMASH that ran brief as a sequel to M*A*S*H* comes this line: Colonel [...]
Posted on: Apr 26, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 10 Comments
Garry Trudeau writes political TV show
Michael Cavna interviews Doonesbury creator Garry Trudueau about the creation and writing of an upstart political drama TV show available through Amazon Studios. The show is called Alpha House based on the premise of this article in the New York Times wherein four U.S. Senators live together as roommates in Washington D.C. The show brings [...]
Posted on: Apr 26, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Television, Comments: 1 Comment
Glenn McCoy’s “The Duplex” turns 20
I missed this one. Glenn McCoy’s comic strip The Duplex turned 20 years old last week.
Posted on: Apr 26, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 3 Comments
Amazon releases tool for cartoonists to create Kindle books
Amazon has stepped in to the fray of releasing tools to help creators create digital versions of their comics for resale in different outlets. Apple has their iBooks Author, Comixology has Comixology Submit and now Amazon has released Kindle Comic Creator. It’s a free tool to help turn comics, graphic novels and manga into Kindle [...]
Posted on: Apr 24, 2013, Section: Books, Cartoons, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 13 Comments
23 cartoonists enlist in campaign to end gun violence
An organized campaign by over 900 mayors across the US to support gun control efforts in Washington has launched a video featuring 23 cartoonists who are supporting the effort. The video is called Cartoonists Demand Action to End Gun Violence. Participating cartoonists include: Lalo Alcaraz, Bill Amend, Ruben Bolling, Jim Borgman, Steve Brodner, Roz Chast, [...]
Posted on: Apr 22, 2013, Section: Cartoons, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 21 Comments
Gocomics releases free, new mobile app
As far as syndicates go, Universal Uclick has always been a leader in the mobile space. They were the first to have a mobile friendly website and one of the first to release iPhone apps for various comic titles. But I failed to realize that they didn’t have a native mobile app available. They’ve now [...]
Posted on: Apr 22, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, mobile, Technology, Comments: 1 Comment
Tyson Cole wins Cartoonist Studio for best comic
Hearty congratulations to Tyson Cole who won The Cartoonists Studio’s fourth annual cartooning contest. Tyson is a student at Utah State University where his feature runs in The Utah Statesman. You can follow his comic panel on his blog or on Facebook. And another congratulations to Tyson on the new baby girl. Keith Brown, creator [...]
Posted on: Apr 22, 2013, Section: Cartoons, Comic strips, Comments: 9 Comments
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