Nick Anderson animated editorial cartoon hits YouTube
Nick Anderson’s latest 3-D animated editorial cartoon has been copied over to YouTube where it has climbed to #11 in most linked to video on YouTube and has been watched 1,273 times.
August 9, 2006
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Andy Capp statue might be coming to Hartlepool England
Citizens of North Hartlepool England will be lobbied for a statue to commemorate cartoon strip character Andy Capp this month. The North Hartlepool Partnership will be leafletting door to door to gauge public interest and if it exists, the partnership will ask the Daily Mirror – where Andy Capp was first published back in 1957 – and ask for a sizable donation. The project has been discussed for several years, but has not gained enough momentum to bring it to realization.
Charlie Brown saves Fantagraphics
I found this interesting story about Fantagraphics publishing company and how they almost went under back in 2003. The company focuses on publishing collections, comics and graphic novels and by most accounts their passion for the art has attracted some of the best writers and artists such as R. Crumb, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, Peter Bagge and Chris Ware.