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“Bone” panel discussion notes
Caleb Mozzocco attended the recent opening of Jeff Smith’s Bone exhibit at the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library and Wexler Center and the panel discussion with Jeff and Scott McCloud. He’s posted extensive notes about the exchange, so if you missed it, this is a very good summary.
He spent a few years trying [...]
Posted on: May 13, 2008, Section: Exhibits, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 0 Comments
News Briefs for May 12, 2008
» Jack Bender, current cartoonist on Alley Oop will be attending this year’s national Tarzan convention in Waterloo, IA this year. Bender is a native of Waterloo and has an extensive collection of Tarzan art. He’ll discuss Tarzan art while there.
» Slashfilm.com is reporting that Frank Miller will be directing a live action remake of [...]
Posted on: May 12, 2008, Section: Comic history, Movies, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 1 Comment
Sorenson, Bolling signing books in NYC
Slowpoke creator Jen Sorenson and Tom the Dancing Bug creator Ruben Bolling will be at The Tank in New York City on May 14 to talk about their comics and sign books. Jen will also present a slideshow of her work. Admission is free.
UPDATE: Jen writes in to clarify that Ruben will also be [...]
Posted on: May 7, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 0 Comments
Several cartoonist appearing at MoCCA Festival
According to E&P, several syndicated cartoonists will be appearing and signing book at this year’s Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Art Festival in New York City. Among those attending include: Dave Coverly, Keith Knight, Rina Piccolo, Hilary Price and Mikhaela Reid. Also appearing is King Features Comics Editor Brendan Burford.
The Art Festival is [...]
Posted on: May 7, 2008, Section: Speaking Engagements, 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
What’s to see at NY Comic-con (UPDATED)
The New York Comic-con is this weekend and there are many syndicated folks working the show. Here’s a run down of individuals and sessions of interest:
Lee Nordling is moderating a panel entitled “Comic Strips for the 21st Century.” It is described as:
Throughout the 20th Century, the comic strip rode the crest of newspaper readership that [...]
Posted on: Apr 16, 2008, Section: Gatherings, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 8 Comments
News Briefs for April 16, 2008
» Stacy Curtis has two new books from the Meghan Rose series that he illustrated.
» The “Inside Peanuts: The Life and Art of Charles M. Schulz” exhibit currently running at the Toonseum in Pittsburgh has been extended until May 18th.
» Mike Witmer, who does the Pinkerton webcomic on gocomics.com has signed a publishing contract with [...]
Posted on: Apr 16, 2008, Section: Books, Comic history, Speaking Engagements, web comics, Comments: 11 Comments
Rall, McMillan to talk politics, ecoside
Editorial Cartoonists Ted Rall and Stephanie McMillan will be the guest speakers for two New York City events to talk “politics, ecocide, the Evil System, and resistance.” The evening speaking events will feature slideshows of their cartoons.
Posted on: Apr 8, 2008, Section: Editorial cartooning, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 1 Comment
News Briefs for March 6, 2008
» Editorial cartoonist Lucas Turnbloom as started a web comic.
» Luann - the musical - hits the stage again at Palomar College. Luann creator Greg Evans wrote the play as well as the music. It was first produced at the college in the fall of 2006.
» Two more editorial cartoons by Bill Watterson have been [...]
Posted on: Mar 6, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Speaking Engagements, web comics, Comments: 5 Comments
News Briefs for March 3, 2008
» The Northwest Florida Daily News is running a poll. Candidates being considered include: Baby Blues, Between Friends, Bizarro, Cul de Sac, Daddy’s Home, Dog Eat Doug, Get Fuzzy, Mutts, Ollie and Quentin, The Pajama Diaries, Pearls Before Swine, Pickles and Pooch Cafe.
» Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist for the Indianapolis Star, will be the keynote [...]
Posted on: Mar 3, 2008, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Interviews, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 0 Comments
News Briefs for February 29, 2008
» Alison Bechdel, creator of Dykes to Watch Out For and the award winning Fun Home, will be speaking to Dickinson College this coming Tuesday about her work and comics in general.
» Yesterday’s Blondie had an easter egg in it. In one of the panes, Frank Cummings - one of the Blondie artists, inserted [...]
Posted on: Feb 29, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Interviews, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 3 Comments
Four editorial cartoonists to speak at Columbia University (UPDATED)
Jimmy Margulies writes in to tell us that he and editorial cartoonists Matt Davies, M.E. Cohen and Adam Zyglis have been invited to speak at Columbia University by the Columbia Political Union. The union is a non-partisan organization to promote involvement in the political process and previous speakers have included Governor Howard Dean, Senator [...]
Posted on: Feb 13, 2008, Section: Editorial cartooning, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 0 Comments
Jan Eliot participates in university discussion on women, family in comic strips
Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot recently spoke on the issues of women and families in contemporary comic strips with the Sociology Club and Anthropology Society at the University of Southern Mississippi. The cool part was that Jan’s participation was through teleconferencing where she could talk about the inspirations, challenges and triumphs of her work.
She’s quoted [...]
Posted on: Dec 4, 2007, Section: Comic strips, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 1 Comment
Catch Chad Carpenter at Sears
Chad Carpenter, of self-syndicated, Tundra, is spending another holiday in the “Tundra Store” in the Sears Mall in Anchorage Alaska. As he reports:
Every year between Thanksgiving & Christmas I have a “Tundra Store” in the Sears Mall in Anchorage. I spend my days schlepping my books, calendars, t-shirts, etc. to the unsuspecting public. Not [...]
Posted on: Nov 27, 2007, Section: Comic strips, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 3 Comments
Patrick O’Connor to speak on the art of political satire
Los Angeles Daily News editorial cartoonist Patrick O’Connor will be speaking on November 29th on the topic of “The Art of Political Satire.” The event will be at the Burbank (CA) Public Library at 7 p.m.
Posted on: Nov 27, 2007, Section: Editorial cartooning, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 0 Comments
