The Atlantic Journalism Awards nominations were released today. The nominees for editorial cartooning are: Michael de Adder (Times & Transcript), Bruce MacKinnon (The Chronicle Herald) and Wayne Wright (Journal Pioneer). The awards will be presented on Saturday evening, May 8, 2010. Good luck gentlemen.
And here’s another one. Congrats to Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos who are celebrating 10 years of syndication of their comic Baldo. Here is Carlos talking about the strip in a radio interview on how the comic came together.
Sad news for Archie Comics. It is with deep regret and sorrow that Archie Comics acknowledges the loss of longtime artist, Henry Scarpelli, of Grasmere, Staten Island who passed away on Sunday, April 4 after a long illness. He was 79. “Henry was an invaluable part of the Archie Comics family,” said Archie Comics Co-President […]
UP has received a nomination for the Hugo award. The award is in the “Best Dramatic Presentation-Long Form” category. It goes up against Avatar, District 9, Moon and Star Trek. The award will be given during the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, in Melbourne, Australia on September 2-6, 2010. Hat tip to Animated Views.
There are tons of reviews on the device – some from people who have had longer time with than I have so far. But here’s my impressions after taking my company’s iPad home last night. First the negatives. It’s smaller than I had envisioned (not necessarily a bad thing) and it’s a bit heavy for […]
I feel a disturbance in the force. Variety reports that Lucasfilm Animation is developing a new animated Star Wars TV comedy series. Yes, you read correctly? a Star Wars comedy series. But really, are you surprised? If there is one thing George Lucas loves, it?s milking the Star Wars franchise for every golden drop.
Lots of anniversaries lately. Here’s another. According to John Glynn over at the GoComics editors blog, editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant is celebrating 30 years with Universal Uclick.