Disney to release Ponyo – a Japanese animated film
The Movie Blog writes that Disney will be releasing a Japanese animated film in America. The film did well in…
May 2009
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More comic page changes
» Toby, Robot Satan has been cut from the NYC and Boston Metro papers to cut costs or someone put…
The Vinyl Café with Stuart McLean: “In Praise of Newspapers”
The Vinyl Café is an hour-long radio variety show, hosted by Canadian author and comedian, Stuart McLean, and heard across…
Eight cartoonists visit troops in US, Germany
Eight cartoonists, Jef Mallett (Frazz), Bill Amend (Fox Trot), Bill Hinds (Tank McNamara, Cleats, Buzz Beamer), Dave Coverly (Speed Bump),…
News Briefs for May 4, 2009
Alt Comics » Slowpoke creator Jen Sorensen is profiled in the Washington Post. Children’s Books » Jules Feiffer spoke at…
Funky Winkerbean features inter-racial relationship
The latest Funky Winkerbean story-line is taking widowed character Les into a bi-racial relationship. Les lost Lisa to cancer a…
ABC to premiere new animated prime-time show
The ABC network will premiere a new animated prime-time television series called “The Goode Family” created by “Beavis and Butthead”…
Comic page changes – who’s out or in?
» The Worcester Telegram & Gazette replaced Tokyopop’s Undertown with Frazz. » Mary Worth, Rex Morgan, M.D. and Mutts are…
Bookmark Bar: Jonny Crossbones Goes Daily
Les McClaine’s adventure comic Jonny Crossbones can only be described as a reincarnation of Tintin. The staggeringly accurate, yet stylized…
NFB Canada running with Cordell Barker’s Runaway
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is featuring a series of short “Making of” documentaries and teasers online for…
On the Topic of Topicality
The question was raised in another article about how comics artists feel about being topical with their comics. The “why”…