The Daily Cartoonist

Bone movie in production

Jeff Smith, creator of the Bone graphic novel series, sold the movie rights in 2008 to Warner Bros. Looks like it’s getting closer to the big screen. A quick Google search didn’t yield any release dates.
For more than 10 years, Hollywood has been interested in putting Smith’s entertaining epic on the big screen. At one [...]

Posted on: Mar 8, 2010,  Section: Animation, Graphic Novels, Comments: 4 Comments

Eddie Pittman’s “Red’s Planet” Joins Wishtales

I’ve mentioned before Eddie Pittman’s excellent web graphic novel Red’s Planet. This week Tom Dell’Aringa and Steve Ogden announced that Eddie has agreed to publish through their Wishtales publishing studio.
From the press release:
Pittman recently began publishing his all-ages science fiction graphic novel “Red’s Planet” online. Dell’Aringa and Ogden were immediately taken by his wonderful style [...]

Posted on: Mar 4, 2010,  Section: Graphic Novels, Publishers, web comics, Comments: 4 Comments

Flight announces final anthologies

Kazu Kibuishi, the creator and editor of Flight series, has announced that volume eight will be the last volume of the anthologies.
The next couple of years will also mark the end of the Flight series. We will be wrapping it all up with Flight Volume Eight. We had a pretty good run, but [...]

Posted on: Feb 16, 2010,  Section: Graphic Novels, Comments: 1 Comment

Stephanie McMillan graphic novel becomes webcomic

Seven Stories Press has begun running a webcomic version of Stephanie McMillan’s graphic novel “As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial” (co-created with Derrick Jensen). The comic updates Tuesdays and Thursdays in full color. A French version of the printed book is also available.
As an aside, Stephanie was [...]

Posted on: Feb 16, 2010,  Section: Alternative comics, Graphic Novels, web comics, Comments: 0 Comments

R. Crumb sells 120k copies of Genesis

Tom Spurgeon reports that R. Crumb’s Genesis graphic novel sold 120,000 copies.
Two comments: First, after all the hype for Genesis, I actually think that book was underplayed a bit in comics circles, perhaps because a lot of typical opinion-makers were slow in catching up to it. I think I’ve encountered more “I finally got around [...]

Posted on: Feb 12, 2010,  Section: Graphic Novels, Comments: 32 Comments

Sacco’s investigative-reporting war comic book

The LA Times interviews Joe Sacco on his latest book “Footnotes in Gaza” Joe is credited as inventing the genre of cartoonist-correspondent. In this book he investigates the massacre of 275 Palestinians in 1956 by Israel during the Suez Crisis.
All the ingredients were present for a violent denouement. It came, according to a United Nations [...]

Posted on: Feb 5, 2010,  Section: Graphic Novels, Comments: 2 Comments

Trailer for Diary of a Wimpy Kid posted

I got a chuckle out of it. Can’t wait to take the kids.

Posted on: Jan 26, 2010,  Section: Graphic Novels, Movies, Comments: 2 Comments

The Cartoonist to air on some PBS stations

The documentary, “The Cartoonist” – about Jeff Smith and his comic Bone, will begin airing on PBS stations around the country next year, with some stations already scheduled for this month (see below).
Here is a teaser about the documentary.

The following stations will be airing it this month:
Thursday, December 10th at 8:30pm on channel 15 [...]

Posted on: Dec 9, 2009,  Section: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Television, Comments: 1 Comment

Flight artists moved on to film; graphic novels

Kazu Kibuishi, creator of the Flight comic anthology series, reports on where the artist of the first volume have gone in their careers since they were first featured in the 2004 anthology.
From his blog:
7 out of 19 have worked on completed films, either as production designers or story artists:

Enrico (Ratatouille, Up)
Jake (Horton Hears a [...]

Posted on: Nov 24, 2009,  Section: Books, Graphic Novels, Comments: 2 Comments

Three graphic novel news items of interest

Three stories caught my eye regarding graphic novels and libraries. The good news is that the Milford public Library (NJ) has received a $3,000 grant from the state Library to grow its graphic novel collection. The money will also be used to pay for panelist visits from experts to come and talk about various aspects [...]

Posted on: Nov 12, 2009,  Section: Controversies, Graphic Novels, Comments: 0 Comments

News briefs for October 29, 2009

Comic history
» A letter written by Walt Disney is up for auction. The typed letter on company letterhead and signed by Disney is expected to sell for $3,500 and $5,000.
Comic strips
» Michael Cavna leads a crusade to get Doonesbury printed at a legible size in the Washington Post and wins.
Graphic Novels
» Two Kentucky librarians [...]

Posted on: Oct 29, 2009,  Section: Comic history, Comic strips, Graphic Novels, Interviews, Comments: 2 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