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Leigh Rubin interviews Jerry Scott about his painting exhibit
Deep Shadows by Jerry Scott The Tribune News asked Rubes cartoonist Leigh Rubin to interview Zits and Baby Blues writer Jerry Scott about his fine art exhibit coming up at The Frame Works Gallery in San Luis Obispo, CA. Q. In addition to the cartooning, you’re also a fine artist. How did that come about, [...]
Posted on: Apr 23, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Tom Batiuk writes series on students dealing with gay issues
Tom Batiuk’s Funky Winkerbean Tom Batiuk’s Funky Winkerbean is no stranger to heavy topics such as teen pregnancy, suicide, and cancer. Starting on April 30th, Tom’s strip will launch into a month long story-line about two high school teens wanting to attend prom together. The idea for the story was sparked after Tom read an [...]
Posted on: Apr 20, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Chicago academic conference lines up biggest names in comics
The Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry and the Mellon Residential Fellowship Program for Arts Practice and Scholarship will be presenting an academic conference with some of the biggest names in comics: Lynda Barry,Alison Bechdel, Ivan Brunetti, Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, R. Crumb, Phoebe Gloeckner, Justin Green, Ben Katchor, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, [...]
Posted on: Apr 19, 2012, Section: Books, Comic Books, Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Reminder: Today begins Kenosha Cartoon Festival Kickstarter
As I mentioned on Tuesday, Ann Hambrock is going the route of Kickstarter to raise money to fund her second annual Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. Today that Kickstarter project opens for funding. Please head over and pledge.
Posted on: Apr 19, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 6 Comments
Bill Amend talks about self publishing for iPad
FoxTrot Pad Packs FoxTrot creator Bill Amend recently released three short ebooks with about 100 curated FoxTrot strips through the iTunes Book Store. He’s getting a lot of attention from Mac blogs such as The Unofficial Apple Weblog, MacGasm, and even a mention by the venerable John Gruber of DaringFireball. One of the latest is [...]
Posted on: Apr 19, 2012, Section: Books, Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Dave Kellett is offering free, no DRM download of his Eisner nominated book
Dave Kellett’s Coffee: It’s What’s For Dinner Sheldon creator Dave Kellett has once again been nominated for Eisner award in the Best Humor category for his book “Coffee: It’s What’s For Dinner.” As he did last year, he’s releasing the book as a free download. My thinking is: I may not be represented by a [...]
Posted on: Apr 18, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Crumb exhibit in Paris’ Museum of Modern Art
Robert Crumb’s Fritz the Cat, The largest exhibit of Robert Crumb’s work is now on exhibit in the Paris’ Museum of Modern Art. From Liveauctioneers.com: Many of the 600 works on display are original drawings shown for the first time, loaned by a handful of private collectors in Europe and the United States. “It’s a [...]
Posted on: Apr 18, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Bill Amend self-publishes FoxTrot in iBook Store
FoxTrot Packs FoxTrot creator Bill Amend has announced that he’s self-published three FoxTrot collections through the Apple iBook Store using Apple’s free iBooks Author software. Each book is $1.99 and contains about 100 strips. From his website: I’m calling them FoxTrot Pad Packs, because I like the metaphor of collectable cards and how you build [...]
Posted on: Apr 18, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Checkout Hi & Lois client list timeline
The Archivist over at the King Features blog has posted an interesting graphic/timeline created by Dik Browne that highlights the rise of his client list from launch (1954) to 1000 papers (1984).
Posted on: Apr 18, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 4 Comments
Kickstarter project started to fund Kenosha Festival of Cartooning
Anne Hambrock has started up a Kickstarter Project to help fund her second annual Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. She tells me that a lot of her donors and sponsors have seen funding cuts and are unable to contribute this year. This new fundraiser will start April 19 and run through May 22. The goal is [...]
Posted on: Apr 17, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 3 Comments
Brenda Starr writer wins Pulitzer for commentary
Matt Wuerker was not the only comic-related Pulitzer winner yesterday. Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich, former writer of the comic strip Brenda Starr, won the big prize for commentary. She wrote for the strip from 1985 until the feature retired on January 2, 2011. From the Chicago Tribune: With topics ranging from the giant Marilyn [...]
Posted on: Apr 17, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Team Cul de Sac art on display prior to auction
The Team Cul de Sac art will be auctioned off on May 27 and a few of the pieces are now on “display” on the Heritage Auction’s website. So far art on display include Cathy Guisewite, Mort Walker, Ron Ferdinand, Sergio Aragones, Karl Kesel, and Don Rosa with more to be added soon. Also on [...]
Posted on: Apr 17, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Ted Rall to auction off 12 originals for Babin education fund
Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall is auctioning off 12 of his cartoon originals with all the proceeds going to the Sebastian Babin Education Fund. The fund was set up to raise money for Rex Babin’s son after Rex passed away last March. All the proceeds from this auction will be donated to a trust fund to [...]
Posted on: Apr 17, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Profiled: Richard Thompson featured on Boing Boing
Glenn Fleishman writes a wonderful profile of Richard Thompson, his battle with Parkinsons Disease and the lastest news of hiring Stacy Curtis to do the inking. Thompson is the creator of Cul de Sac, a delightful daily comic strip that features the Otterloop family: Alice, Petey, Mom (Madeline), and Dad (Peter). There are dozens of [...]
Posted on: Apr 17, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Greg Wallace wins Cartoonist Studio contest
The Cartoonist Studio’s second annual “So Ya Wanna be a Cartoonists” has declared a winner. This year the winner goes to Greg Wallace, an illustrator and caricature artist, who’s feature Nothing is not Something bested over 125 other cartoonists over 10 weeks of voting by fans and professional cartoonists. As the winner, Greg’s feature will [...]
Posted on: Apr 15, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Contests, Comments: 9 Comments
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