Full Tilt Features has announced goGags a service that allows cartoonists to put their cartoons on mobile phones – a growing market. Any cartoonist can join. There is a registration fee of $50/year (only $25 until end of March), but the cartoonist keeps 50% of revenue. If you want a piece of the pie, this […]
Earlier this month, I posted a story about “Baby Blues” (co-created by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman) topping the 1000 client milestone. The Arizona Republic has a story on Rick and his role in the success. Many scenarios originate from everyday parenting woes the cartoonist dealt with when his two children were little (they’re now […]
Kevin Kallaugher, or KAL, has landed at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County as the artist-in-residence at UMBC’s Imaging Research Center where he will be involved in 3D political cartooning. KAL: In November, The Baltimore Sun announced they were having some cut backs in staff. They offered buyouts to everyone in my department. My boss […]
F Minus by Tony Carrillo will by syndicated through United Media starting April 17 of this year. The feature has been on comics.com since May of last year. ?I draw my material from my experiences at a wide array of failed careers,? says Carrillo. ?Over time, I have worked as a pizza cook, website designer, […]
Bruce MacKinnon of The Chronicle Herald, Serge Chapleau of Montreal?s La Presse and Brian Gable of the Globe and Mail have been nominated for the prestigious National Newspaper Award. From the Canadian Cartoonist’s web site: Mr. MacKinnon, whose work in The Chronicle Herald has garnered international recognition in the past, has been nominated for a […]
Slightly off topic – but Marvel and DC comics are demanding that they joint-own the word “super-hero.” Marvel Comics is continuing in its bid to steal the word “super-hero” from the public domain and put it in a lock-box to which it will control the key. Marvel and DC comics jointly filed a trademark on […]