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“Cathy” featured on “30 Rock”
Cathy strip provided by Universal Press Syndicate. © Cathy Guisewite
Last night’s “30 Rock” featured a Cathy comic strip that was created specific for the show. During the show, Tina Fey is shown looking at the “Cathy” cartoon in the New York Post. Fey is over a candy counter and mimics the character Cathy’s words: “Chocolate, [...]
Posted on: Apr 11, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Television, Comments: 3 Comments
Simpsons deemed inappropriate in Venezuela
“The Simpsons” were taken off the air in Venezuela because of several complaints by viewers that it was inappropriate for children. The station replaced Matt Groening’s show with Baywatch Hawaii and hasn’t fielded any more complaints.
“It had to be taken off,” Televen TV station spokeswoman Elba Guillen said. “They consider it to be a [...]
Posted on: Apr 8, 2008, Section: Animation, International, Television, Comments: 7 Comments
Two Boondock episodes yanked from U.S. to run in Canada
Two upcoming episodes of Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks will not be viewed in the U.S. because the Cartoon network pulled them because “they savage another cable network, BET.”
BET CEO Debra Lee is depicted in Sunday’s episode as Debra Lee-vil, a Dr. Evil clone who kills underlings and rants about creating a network “that would [...]
Posted on: Mar 18, 2008, Section: Animation, Controversies, Television, Comments: 0 Comments
News Briefs March 11, 2008
» Tom Richmond has posted his 3rd how-to article on the topic of caricature. As always - a wealth of information.
» Check out Cafe Con Leche creator Charlos Gary on TV.
» Ted Rall reacts to “Bad Cartoonist” in a very “modern, post-MacNelly style.” (See the March 9th blog post.)
» Mike Lynch has video of an [...]
Posted on: Mar 11, 2008, Section: Cartoons, Editorial cartooning, Interviews, Magazine Cartoonist Bloggers, Magazine cartoons, Television, Comments: 1 Comment
Stephan Pastis to appear second time on CNBC
Just got word from United Media that Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis is appearing for a second time on CNBC’s “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.” Air date is Monday (March 3rd) at 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
I’ll post video if it hits YouTube.
Posted on: Feb 29, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Interviews, Television, Comments: 5 Comments
Watch Stephan Pastis’ Big Idea interview
Earlier this month I told you that Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis would be on CNBC’s “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch”. Someone has uploaded his segment on to YouTube. It runs a bit over 8 minutes and details how he got his break into syndication.
Posted on: Feb 25, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Interviews, Television, Comments: 8 Comments
Stephan Pastis to be on CNBC
Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis will be on “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch” tomorrow night to discuss his success with his comic feature. “The Big Idea” is a nightly discussion between host Donny Deutsch and a guest who have made it big.
Catch it on CNBC at 10pm EST.
Posted on: Feb 5, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Television, Comments: 1 Comment
Charlie Brown wins (a coke) in Super Bowl ad
Charlie Brown made a surprise appearance in the 3rd quarter of yesterday’s Super Bowl to finally win something … a Coca-Cola. The cola ad featured giant inflatable balloons of Family Guy’s Stewey and Underdog fighting over an inflatable bottle of Coke. Out of nowhere Charlie Brown appears to capture the beverage prize.
The Associated Press called [...]
Posted on: Feb 4, 2008, Section: Television, Comments: 24 Comments
Jan Eliot on Oregon PBS
Stone Soup creator Jan Elliot will be profiled on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat program on January 10th. The show will be available on the web the next day.
Posted on: Jan 4, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Television, Comments: 0 Comments
Aaron McGruder to develop live-action series
Aaron McGruder, creator of the comic strip and television show The Boondocks, has signed with Super Deluxe - an online comedy site to develop a live action series based on his “brand of racially charged humor” according to a Reuter’s story. Aaron’s show, “The Super Rumble Mixshow,” will begin next month. He’ll develop 20 mini-episodes [...]
Posted on: Dec 21, 2007, Section: Television, Comments: 0 Comments
Eric Devericks appears on year-end review
Seattle Times editorial cartoonist Eric Devericks was invited to participate in an end-of-year review on Seattle’s City Inside/Out program. You can watch Eric on streaming video and he’s posted the cartoons that he mentions over on his blog.
Posted on: Dec 20, 2007, Section: Editorial cartooning, Television, Comments: 0 Comments
Betsy Streeter inspires kids with cartooning, art, animation
Brainwaves creator Betsy Streeter recently spent time at the Center of Arts, Technology and Science (CATS) to teach kids about cartooning, teaching art and animation. The local ABC affiliate was there and aired the segment on their “The View from the Bay.“
Posted on: Nov 14, 2007, Section: Comic strips, Television, Comments: 0 Comments
Schulz featured on tonights PBS American Masters program (OPEN DISCUSSSION)
A reminder that tonight’s PBS American Masters program is featuring Charles M. Schulz. Program begins at 9 p.m. EST. Meet back here tomorrow to discuss.
Updated: I’m still watching the program (Mountain Standard Time) while I’m watching those on the East coast beginning to write in. Keep the comments coming. I’ll post my thoughts when it [...]
Posted on: Oct 29, 2007, Section: Comic history, Television, Comments: 38 Comments
Steve Canyon TV show released to DVD
Milton Caniff’s Steve Canyon strip was so popular that it was made into a television show that ran in 1959 on NBC. It ran only one season - a total of 34 episodes. The Caniff estate has rights to that show and are releasing a DVD with four of those episodes. Those interested in the [...]
Posted on: Oct 25, 2007, Section: Comic history, Television, Comments: 1 Comment
Peanuts specials to be distributed by Warner Home Video
According to Hollywood Reporter, Warner Home Video has become the exclusive worldwide home video distributor of over 50 Peanuts specials. Warner plans to remaster many old classics such as A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. The first collectors DVD will be Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown [...]
Posted on: Oct 4, 2007, Section: Animation, Comic history, Comic strips, Licensing, Television, video, Comments: 1 Comment
