John C. Shaw, a reader of Alley Oop was recently disgruntled over whether Carol and Jack Bender who now do the Alley Oop strip, were using the word “abdominal” vs “abominable” correctly. He then claims that his mother, Jane, was the original inspiration for the character Ooola back before World War II. John asked Jane […]
In the one year since the launch of Brevity, the creators, Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry have picked up 150 papers. Now the Des Moines Register is one of them. The Register has done a good write up about the success and origin of Brevity. The whole thing started when Endore-Kaiser dropped a couple of […]
Another ‘save the editorial cartoonist’ story – this time in the Buffalo News. “Television and radio can’t do this,” said Bennett, who has won numerous awards for his work over the past two decades and is a five-time nominated finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. “There’s something very personal and special about an editorial cartoon in […]
Slightly off topic, but the Museum of Modern Art has a exhibit called “Pixar: 20 Years of Animation.” The exhibit runs through February 6. In celebration of Pixar Animation Studios? twentieth anniversary in 2006, and as part of its exhibition of Pixar animation art, MoMA presents a complete retrospective of the company?s theatrical shorts and […]