Did anyone notice that Stan Lee had a brief appearance in last night’s episode of Heroes? I noticed his name in the credits but it wasn’t until I saw the episode for the second time that I recognized him as the bus driver in the last 5 minutes or so. Heroes is one the hottest […]
Michael Fry Last May, I told you that Michael Fry (the writer behind Over the Hedge), had started a company called RingTales along with Jim Cox (the executive co-producer for the Over the Hedge movie). Their objective was to create small animated shorts from existing print cartoons that can be distributed via mobile phones, blogs/web […]
Julie Larson recently featured a fan inside her Dinette Set comic strip. Charles Barngrover, a retired University of Cincinnati business professor works with stain glass and gives away his creations. The Dinette Set for February 18 showed signs in her strip reading, “Barngrover Inc.,” “Charles Stained Glass!” and “Larson Special Order.” Apparently, Barngrover met Julie […]
Tom Spurgeon reports that the 2007 Glyph Award nominees have been posted. For best comic strip the nominees are: Candorville by Darrin Bell, The K Chronicles by Keith Knight, Templar, Arizona by Spike, (th)Ink by Keith Knight, and Watch Your Head by Cory Thomas. There is also a category called best reprint publication which includes […]
The Helen Day Art Center will be opening a new exhibit entitled Fine Toon: The Art of Vermont Cartoonists to feature 13 cartoonists with Vermont ties including Harry Bliss, Frank Miller, Ed Koren, Hal Mayforth, James Sturm, Stephen Bissette, Alison Bechdel, Tim Newcomb and Jeff Danziger. The exhibit runs through March 31 and costs $5. […]
After receiving complaints that the print on the Sunday comics were too small and hard to read, they’re printing the comics bigger – but discontinuing a couple of strips to make room. They’ve dropped Peanuts, Frank & Earnest, Rose is Rose, Blondie, B.C. and Family Circus. These will continue to run as dailies. Mother Goose […]
Patrick McDonnell was interviewed by the Star Ledger where he discusses the dogs in his life that inspires in comic strip Mutts.
KOTV in Tulsa has a story (including video) of their interview with Tulsa World editorial cartoonist (and Kudzu creator), Doug Marlette.