On canadiancartoonists.com, they’ve posted an article about editorial cartoonist Vance Rodewalt of The Calgary Herald. It’s a rather long piece, but delves into Vance’s history of how he became a cartoonist, the vanishing number of editorial cartoonists and how political correctness is affecting editorial cartooning. The rise of political correctness, which, says Rodewalt, “kind of […]
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will be holding their second annual “Comics 4 Comix” fund raiser. The event features bay area stand-up comics, and the opportunity to purchase original cartoon art from Dan Piraro (Bizarro), Paul Madonna (All Over Coffee), Patrick McDonnell (Mutts). Comics 4 Comix will be held February 10. Ticket and […]
Via The Comics Reporter comes a link to a story about how editorial cartoonists in Canada are reacting to having to draw a new set of politicians that come with a new election cycle. Brian Mulroney had “The Chin.” Jean Chretien’s mouth — and what came out of it — made him great fodder. They […]
Another fun but off-topic post. A couple of days ago a LiveJournal blogger invited artists on LiveJournal to draw a picture of Batgirl. Several hundred did. (Story continues below picture…) Batgirl is copyright by Clio Chiang, used by permission. One of the exciting things the internet is allowing artists to do is more communcal type […]
Photo couresy of United Media You might remember an earlier posting in which the Kansas City Star was eliminating two pages from their Sunday comics thereby dropping a couple of comic features. Despite the dramatic shake-up, they did pick up on Brevity by writer Guy Endore-Kaiser and artist Rodd Perry. The Star has interviewed the […]