Comic Strips » Lynn Johnston has been working on a children’s book entitled, “Farley Follows His Nose.” They’ve posted the front cover on her blog. » Gay comics pioneer Jeff Krell, creator of the groundbreaking comic strip Jayson and longtime translator for famed German cartoonist Ralf König, will appear at Pittsburgh’s Steel City Con on […]
This year’s Will Eisner nominees have been announced. The Eisner Awards are each year at the San Diego Comic-Con to recognize the best in comic book, graphic novel and digital comic art. This year’s nominees are: Best Short Story “Actual Size” by Chris Ware, in Kramers Ergot 7 (Buenaventura Press) “Chechen War, Chechen Women,” by […]
Last night’s episode of Big Bang Theory featured a scene in a comic book shop. Amongst the many comics in the background included Brock Heasley’s webcomic Super Fogeys. You can watch the comic store scene on CBS’s website. Hat tip to Norm Feuti.
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) has announced that this year’s winner of the 2009 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship is Chris Houghton, a junior at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan where he studies illustration. Houghton was chosen from among 120 applicants for the award, which includes a $5,000 scholarship and a trip […]
Jack Ohman, editorial cartoonist for The Oregonian has been honored as this year’s recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the category of editorial cartooning. The judges wrote that Jack’s “cartoons tackle a range of difficult topics including poverty and unemployment in Oregon, the practice of shuffling Oregon teachers suspected of molesting children […]