News Briefs for May 5, 2008
» The Beat has your Free Comic Book Day round up.
» Webcomic PhD (Piled Higher and Deeper) has partnered with the AfterCollege network to post career and job information to its comic subscribers.
» Tom Richmond reviews Axiotron’s Modbook vs. Cintiq 12 WX for those who draw directly into the computer.
» E&P mentions that Ticonderoga Cartoon [...]
Posted on: May 5, 2008, Section: Cartoons, Comic strips, Magazine Cartoonist Bloggers, Museums, Comments: 0 Comments
Herblock exhibit opens in Smithsonian
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will be opening an exhibit featuring famed editorial cartoonist Herbert “Herblock” Block in May. The exhibit, entitled “Herblock’s Presidents: ‘Puncturing Pomposity” features 40 political cartoons.
The exhibition includes his depictions of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald [...]
Posted on: Apr 30, 2008, Section: Exhibits, Museums, Comments: 0 Comments
ToonSeum celebrates Free Comic Book Day
The ToonSeum at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh kicks off Free Comic Book Day and National Cartoonists Day with guests: editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers, illustrator Don Peoples, “Yo Gabba Gabba” animator Kris Boban and comic book artist Mike Corle.
Visitors will be treated to cartooning demonstrations and performances, cartooning workshops, special “by request” drawings from the [...]
Posted on: Apr 29, 2008, Section: Museums, Comments: 0 Comments
Kirkman, Scott headline Schulz Museum events
Baby Blues creators Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott will be at the Charles M. Schulz Museum this weekend for a two day fund-raising event. On Saturday night, the two will attend a Major Donors reception where they will speak about their work, talk to guests and sign books. On Sunday, April 27th, the museum will [...]
Posted on: Apr 21, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Museums, Comments: 0 Comments
Jan Eliot to be guest cartoonist at Schulz Musuem
Jan Eliot, creator of Stone Soup, will the featured Cartoonist-in-residence at the Charles Schulz Museum on May 10th where visitors can see her work and talk with her about feature.
Her feature is also featured in the current exhibit, “The Language of Lines: How Cartoonists Communicate.”
Posted on: Apr 18, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Museums, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 0 Comments
Jay Kennedy’s cartoon collection now at Ohio State Cartoon Research Library
Ohio State Cartoon Research Library has announced that Jay Kennedy, the former King Features Syndicate Editor in Chief, who died last year has bequeathed his entire collection to the library. The collection has more than 9,500 items and is considered one of the most extensive collections of underground comics in the world.
Regarding Jay’s collection, [...]
Posted on: Apr 18, 2008, Section: Cartoons, Museums, Comments: 1 Comment
News Briefs for February 26, 2008
» Former Times of Northwest Indiana editorial cartoonist Stacy Curtis has made a new career in illustration and according to the Three Men in a Tub blog (which Stacy contributes) Stacy has recently won an illustration contest sponsored by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators! You can see his drawing here.
» A couple [...]
Posted on: Feb 25, 2008, Section: Blogs, Comic strips, Museums, Comments: 3 Comments
Amend, Robb, Wilson named judges in Scripps Howard Journalism Awards
FoxTrot creator Bill Amend, Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library Associate Curator and Assistant Professor Jenny Robb and United Media Syndicate Senior VP/General Manager Lisa Klem Wilson were named among the 43 journalism professionals that will be judging in this year’s National Journalism Awards. The announcement does not specify which category the three will judge, [...]
Posted on: Feb 25, 2008, Section: Awards, College cartoonists, Editorial cartooning, Museums, United Media, Comments: 0 Comments
News Briefs for February 15, 2008
The Comic Coast to Coast guys have posted part 2 of their interview with Wiley Miller.
From a story about Dick Tracy creator Chester Gould’s daughter being nominated for an Edgar Award we learn that the Dick Tracy Museum in Woodstock IL will close in June for economic reasons.
NPR interviewed editorial cartoonists KAL (The Economist) and [...]
Posted on: Feb 15, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Interviews, Museums, Comments: 3 Comments
News Briefs for February 11, 2008
John Cole sent me a link an online reprint of King Feature’s 1949 catalogue of features. The catalogue contains the 53 cartoonist who were being syndicated right after WWII. Very interesting to see the dominate cartooning styles of that era.
A 1952 original ‘Peanuts’ Comic recently was auctioned for $31,640
Over in Kentucky, a lawmaker has introduced [...]
Posted on: Feb 11, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Interviews, Museums, web comics, Comments: 3 Comments
ToonSeum honors Morrie Turner during Black History Month
The ToonSeum in Pittsburgh, PA will honor Morrie Turner, creator of Wee Pals on the 16th of February as part of their Black History Month celebration. An exhibit of Morrie’s work will also run until February 27th. Also scheduled to appear that day will be Jump Start creator Robb Armstrong and former editorial cartoonist Don [...]
Posted on: Feb 8, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Exhibits, Museums, Comments: 1 Comment
Non Sequitur cartoons about Sparky bio donated to Schulz Museum
From E&P we learn that the Charles M. Schulz Museum requested the original Non Sequitur comics satirizing the recently released Schulz and Peanuts biography from Wiley Miller, which he happily donated. The strips ran from October 3 through November 3rd.
Regarding the dontation, Wiley said,
“The most important tool for a satirist is to have a [...]
Posted on: Jan 8, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Museums, Comments: 2 Comments
Keith Knight to be Cartoonist-in-Residence at museum
From E&P we learn that Keith Knight, creator of the K Chronicles and (th)ink will be at the Cartoon Art Museum on November 17 as part of their “Cartoonist-in-Residence” program. He’ll be there to talk shop, sign books, etc.
Posted on: Nov 7, 2007, Section: Comic strips, Museums, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 0 Comments
Toonseum Requesting Donations of Original Art
I received an email from Joe Wosm, Curator/Founder of the ToonSeum Gallery at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh (see my earlier post for more details about this museum). He’s requesting donations of original art to be added to their permanent collection.
We would love for you to be a part of our efforts to [...]
Posted on: Aug 28, 2007, Section: Museums, Comments: 0 Comments
Cartoon Art Museum to next fund-raiser at Pixar
San Francisco based Cartoon Art Museum will hold its fourth annual fund-raiser on September 15th at Pixar Animation Studios. Funds benefit the museum. See their webs site for details
Posted on: Aug 2, 2007, Section: Cartoons, Museums, Comments: 0 Comments
