» Peter Parker and Spidey are slated to hit to Broadway in late 2009 or 2010 in a musical directed by Julie Taymor (who won a Tony for her work on “Lion King”) and the music score by Bono and The Edge of U2. » Garfield will by highlighted in Total Licensing Magazine. » Andrews […]
Kurt Westergaard, the controversial cartoonist drew the now infamous cartoonist of the Prophet Mohammed with a bomb in his turban was honored last week with the Sappho Award by the Danish Free Press Society. The award, named after the Greek poet Sappho, comes with a $4,200 prize and statue.
Franklin Folger, creator of The Girls has left $250,000 to the Art Academy of Cincinnati to create an endowment to purchase artwork for the academy’s collections according to E&P. Franklin died last November.
In a three-part article, Omaha World-Herald editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba writes his personal history as a child discovering cartooning and his efforts to become a professional cartoonist. On my first day as The World-Herald’s new cartoonist, Frank Partsch, then the editor of the editorial pages, led me to what he called “the cartoonist’s office.” It […]
Rarely do I diverge from the hard news of the cartoon industry, but I’d like to take a personal moment to wish my Mom a happy birthday today. I think turning 70 is a milestone that should be celebrated, but she doesn’t seem to think so. She’s a bit self-conscience about things like that. Because […]
The Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) has issued a call to cartoonists around the world to flood the Dutch Ministry of Justice with emails with their cartoons – all of their cartoons. According to CRNI, the arrest of Dutch cartoonist Gregorious Neskschot has been revealed that the Dutch Secret Service has a division “dedicated to […]