Cagle Cartoons releases President Obama iPhone app
Cagle Cartoons and MSNBC.com have released an iPhone app devoted exclusively to editorial cartoons about President Barack Obama.
From Daryl Cagle’s blog:
This new app focuses on cartoons chronicling the presidency of Barack Obama. Now you can follow as cartoonists from both sides of the political aisle weigh in on the decisions and policies, pitfalls and gaffes [...]
Posted on: Feb 19, 2010, Section: Editorial cartooning, mobile, Comments: 0 Comments
Toonseum releases iPhone app
From their press release:
The App features information on the ToonSeum including hours, location, exhibits, events and admission. It also features content pulled from the ToonSeum’s blog and Youtube page. Plans for the inclusion of a video docent tours via the app are also in production.
“New technologies such as the Iphone help museums go beyond their [...]
Posted on: Feb 18, 2010, Section: Museums, mobile, Comments: 0 Comments
Dan Piraro launches iPhone app
Dan Piraro has launched an iPhone app for his comic Bizarro. The app takes advantage of the subscription capabilities of the app store to charge $1.99 a year.
With the Bizarro app, a NEW COMIC is added EVERY DAY! (The same comic that appears in newspapers.) PLUS, at any given time there is a YEAR’S ARCHIVE [...]
Posted on: Feb 17, 2010, Section: Comic strips, mobile, Comments: 1 Comment
“Momics” becoming more popular
Rediff Business is reporting that mobile comics or “momics” are part of a revival of interest in comics – at least in India.
Pricing, feels Goyal, will be the major challenge and he is in talks with various telcos to make his momics affordable, because he is confident that people will get hooked to them.
Goyal [...]
Posted on: Jan 7, 2010, Section: Comic strips, mobile, Comments: 10 Comments
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
Wanted: Comic data for iPhone app
I’m tossing ideas around for an iPhone app (one that can also be ported to other devices). One idea I had was a comic related app where users can look up titles, comics, artists, relevant dates, etc. I’d like to include as many areas of the industry as possible (comic strip, editorial cartooning, comic books, [...]
Posted on: Dec 13, 2009, Section: Daily Cartoonist, mobile, Comments: 4 Comments
RingTales creates Dilbert, New Yorker mobile app
RingTales and Metranome have partnered to release the first ever animated Dilbert and New Yorker “Cartoon a Day” integrated calendar for BlackBerry smart phones. The downloadable calendars combine the utility of a daily agenda with a daily animated New Yorker or Dilbert cartoons. The app also integrates with the native calendar application on the BlackBerry [...]
Posted on: Dec 10, 2009, Section: Comic strips, Technology, mobile, Comments: 0 Comments
The future of print is a touch screen tablet?
We’re all wondering where this digital age will take the print world. Sports Illustrated and Time Inc. are testing a multi-touch tablet device like a large iPhone as a delivery system for its engaging content. Here’s how MinOnline.com describes it and below is a video preview. As an iPhone junkie, I can only say that [...]
Posted on: Dec 4, 2009, Section: Newspaper industry, mobile, Comments: 11 Comments
Cagle releases MSNBC Cartoons on iPhone
MSNBC.com and editorialc cartoonist Daryl Cagle have released “MSNBC Cartoons”, a free iPhone/iPod Touch application that delivers the newest editorial cartoons, updated in real-time from 800 newspapers around the world.
Users can also share their political cartoons by e-mail or post them to their Twitter and Facebook pages within the app.
“It has more cartoons, [...]
Posted on: Dec 3, 2009, Section: Editorial cartooning, mobile, Comments: 14 Comments
Apple approves Richmond’s Bobble Rep app
Last week the news that Tom Richmond and Ray Grigg’s “Bobble Rep” iPhone app had been rejected from the iTunes App Store went viral across Mac and cartooning blogs. Saturday, Tom was notified that Apple had reversed its decision and the app is now in the App Store.
Bobble Rep, the iPhone app conceived and produced [...]
Posted on: Nov 16, 2009, Section: Magazine Cartoonist Bloggers, mobile, Comments: 11 Comments
News briefs for November 13, 2009
Comic Strips
» A reader of the Cape Cod Times wrote in a letter suggesting cartoonist Jim Borgman annd Jerry Scott should be “penalized for submitting such inappropriate and offensive material in the future by a substantial monetary withholding” after reading a recent Zits comic spoof of the “Love is…” comic that featured the Jeremy and [...]
Posted on: Nov 13, 2009, Section: Comic strips, Interviews, Movies, mobile, Comments: 4 Comments
New Wallace & Gromit comic released for iPhone
Titan publishing has released its first digital comic for the iPhone and iPod Touch featuring Wallace & Gromit. The cartoon is celebrating its 20th anniversary of its first screening. “The W Files,” the first episode in the iPhone App series is free, the other three episodes are $.99.
Posted on: Nov 9, 2009, Section: Animation, mobile, Comments: 0 Comments
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