Cartoon about speeding tickets, sex causes stir
The San Jose Mercury News ran a cartoon depicting actual excuses people have given police officers after being pulled over…
July 2009
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Tom Tomorrow creates Pearl Jam album cover
Tom Tomorrow has created the album-cover for the upcoming Pearl Jam new release in September. The band is doing a…
New Herblock exhibit to mark 100th birthday
The Library of Congress has announced an exhibit to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of political cartoonist Herb…
Movie animation round-up
I read a couple of animation news blogs everyday and report what I believe would be of most interest to…
Webcomic “Wide Awake” optioned for film rights
From the press release: Do-Over Productions has just announced that they have optioned the film rights to Wide Awake, the…
TechCrunch Reports on Rise of New Media
The TechCrunch website just posted two articles with direct relevance to the ongoing discussions here at TDC about the demise…
Pilot created by Lincoln Peirce posted online
A pilot of Lincoln Peirce’s Spang Ho!, which was made for and rejected by Cartoon Network, has been posted online,…
Self-syndicated Tundra hits 300 papers
The self-syndicated comic Tundra has hit the 300 papers milestone in just three years making it the most successful self-syndicated…
News Briefs for July 29, 2009
Animation » Wallace & Gromit fans have something to look forward to in September. Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection…
Pixar to release Toy Story 1 & 2 double feature
Pixar announced that on October 2nd they are releasing a Toy Story double feature. The two week release will feature…
Beatty deposition battle in Dick Tracy case
Last March I posted news that actor Warren Beatty and Tribune Media Services were in a legal scrap over the…
An Interview with Lincoln Peirce
Lincoln Peirce, the cartoonist behind Big Nate, recently sat on a panel at the Maine Comics Arts Festival with Wiley…
News briefs for July 28, 2009
Books » Fantagraphics to publish the complete run of Ernie Bushmillerâ??s comic strip Nancy. Comic-Con » Michael Cavna was sent…
Miyazaki broke boycott of US to visit Comic Con
Miyazaki did not come to the 2003 Oscar ceremony, where he won the award for “Spirited Away”, because he was…
Important updated information for Comic Seminar
With two months to go before the Comic Seminar in Las Vegas, there has been some updates to the event…