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Video: The Miss Buxley you no longer see
Out of the YouTube archives (also known as old video uploaded 3 days ago), comes a CNN report about the changes Mort Walker made in Beetle Bailey after complaints of sexism. Video was aired in 1997. Definitely a change for the better.
Posted on: Apr 17, 2013, Section: Comic history, Comic strips, Comments: 11 Comments
Eisner Award nominations announced
The Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Several nominees are of interest to readers of this blog. Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman are nominated in the category of Best Humor Publication for their collection BBXX: Baby Blues Decades 1 & 2. Also in this category is a nomination for Naked Cartoonists edited by Gary Groth. [...]
Posted on: Apr 16, 2013, Section: book, Books, cart, Cartoons, Comic strips, Comments: 3 Comments
More positve news for Dear Mr. Watterson
The documentary Dear Mr. Watterson debuted in Cleveland yesterday. I’ve mentioned it several times on this blog. Word and Film talks to Joel Schroeder, the director. I know there’s been some criticism about the film as invading the privacy of Bill Watterson, but I think the record is pretty straight what this film is trying [...]
Posted on: Apr 11, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 10 Comments
Voice of Charlie Brown pleads guilty; may get 3 years
Last January, the Daily Mail reported that Peter Robbins, the man who voiced Charlie Brown in the Peanuts tv shows, pled not guilty to charges of stalking a girlfriend and her plastic surgeon. The Daily Mail is now reporting that Robbins has now pled guilty. He will be sentenced next month and could get up [...]
Posted on: Apr 11, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 8 Comments
GoComics posts comic tribute to Roger Ebert
Universal Uclick editor Lucas Wetzel pulls a few of his favorite comics that reference the late Roger Ebert. While I could go on expressing my admiration for Roger and the joy de vivre with which he approached his life’s work, instead I’d like to pull a few classics from the GoComics vault to show how [...]
Posted on: Apr 8, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Movies, Comments: 0 Comments
The reclusivity of Bill Watterson
Salon looks at the reclusive nature of Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson: Some say that the “recluse” is an endangered species, but to my knowledge, there’s still one artist who is keeping the idea of the private public figure alive: Bill Watterson, writer and illustrator of the beloved comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes.” Depicting [...]
Posted on: Apr 8, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 14 Comments
Q and A with Bill Bettwy new strip Take It From the Tinkersons
King Features has posted a Question and Answer with Bill Bettwy, the creator of the new launched strip Take It From the Tinkersons. Q: Is there a character that most resembles you and your personality? Bill: Hands down, Ted. I didn’t intend for Ted to resemble me, but I have been getting that a lot [...]
Posted on: Apr 8, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Glyph Comic Award nominees announced
We’re well int award season. The nominees for the Glyph Comic Award have been announced. The winner will be announced on May 17 at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention in Philadelphia. The nominees are: Story of the year The Call, Steve Broome, writer and artist KOBK, C. J. Johnson, writer and SMACK!, [...]
Posted on: Apr 5, 2013, Section: Animation, Awards, Books, Cartoons, Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Bleeker strip to promote robotics week
Not sure how many years Jonathan Mahood has been using his strip Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog to promote National Robotics Week, but he’s doing it again this year. The weeklong series runs April 6-14. From King Features: This time, Karl takes center stage as he and the gang eagerly participates in all the week’s fun [...]
Posted on: Apr 5, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Can’t they just leave Calvin and Hobbes alone?
Earlier last month, Adam Brown, animator for Comedy Central’s Ugly Americans, animated one of Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strips with really good results. You can read about it on my earlier post, but unfortunately the video has gone “private”. The blog Geekologie found this kid’s room all Calvinized. Nicely done. But now someone [...]
Posted on: Apr 4, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 8 Comments
Bil Keane memorial statue now funded
From the Arizona Republic: Hamway said that since an Arizona Republic article about the looming deadline was published March 23, at least one large donation has come in, putting fundraising above the minimum goal of $75,000. Hamway said the fundraising effort also was helped by coverage of the fundraising effort in other media. Manya Long, [...]
Posted on: Apr 4, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
King Features launches new strip: Take It From The Tinkersons
King Features has launched a new strip to newspapers called Take It From The Tinkersons created by Bill Bettwy. The press release says it launched in over 50 papers. The strip is centered a family named The Tinkersons. Here’s the write up from KFS: Bill Bettwy’s Take It From The Tinkersons is a contemporary daily [...]
Posted on: Apr 4, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 11 Comments
Interviewed: Rick Kirkman and Nate Fakes
Bob Andelman (AKA Mr. Media) has been busy interviewing cartoonists of late. He just posted an interview with one of this year’s Reuben Award Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year Rick Kirkman. Rick is the co-creator of the strip Baby Blues. Listen to the interview: Bob also interviewed Nate Fakes, creator of Break of Day. Nate [...]
Posted on: Apr 4, 2013, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 2 Comments
CBR features 8 female artists during Women’s History Month
Comic Book Resources used Women’s History Month to highlight female creators in the industry. Creators included: Becky Cloonan, Danielle Corsetto, Joyce Farmer, Marjorie Liu, Ann Nocenti, Trina Robbins, Louise Simonson, and Noelle Stevenson. It’s an interesting series wherein the artists talk about gender roles in comics, gender gaps, and abortion, anger and Underground Comix.
Posted on: Apr 3, 2013, Section: Books, Cartoons, Comic strips, Controversies, Comments: 0 Comments
Mark Pett publishes 2nd children’s book
Author and illustrator Mark Pett has released his second picture book today entitled The Boy and the Airplane. It’s a wordless story about a boy who receives a toy airplane as a gift. He plays with it. He loves it. He throws it. In throwing it, he finds it stuck on a nearby roof. The [...]
Posted on: Apr 2, 2013, Section: Books, Comic strips, Illustration, Comments: 2 Comments
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