Another piece of news from last weekend’s Comic-Con: Fantagraphics Books announced that it has partnered with Disney and will publish the complete Mickey Mouse comic strips by Floyd Gottfredson in May of 2011.
Michael Cavna interviewed Berkeley Breathed at last week’s Comic-Con regarding his animated series based on Pete & Pickle’s children’s book. MC: What’s your own role in the TV project? Are you the guiding “hand”? And are you providing your own “static” drawings for the Technicolor team to animate? BB: It’ll be “Created by” me. Like […]
I couldn’t resist posting this as it happened a couple of towns over from where I live and involves my local paper. Jeremy Lee Valdes who is on trial for two counts of aggravated murder wrote a letter to the editor to The Standard Examiner questioning the credibility of his ex-girlfriend and the police officer […]
From last weekend, The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced. Here they are: Best Short Story “Urgent Request,” by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, in The Eternal Smile (First Second) Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) Captain America #601: “Red, White, and Blue-Blood,” by Ed Brubaker and Gene Colan (Marvel) Best Continuing Series […]
John Callahan, a local cartoonist, children’s book author in Portland, OR, has passed away at the age of 59. He lived in Northwest Portland and was a fixture in the community. He could often be easily spotted by his bright red hair as he piloted his powered wheelchair through the area. Callahan had been a […]
One San Diego Comic-Con attendee was taken away in a stretcher after being stabbed near the eye by another attendee . The alleged dispute was over a saved seat in the “Resident Evil” panel. Police were able to subdue and arrest the attacker who reportedly stated that he was only defending himself. Comic Book Resources […]
John Read, publisher of “Stay Tooned!” magazine is opening his traveling exhibit of cartoon art next week in Jackson, Mississippi. The exhibit features 135 Sunday comics that were published on April 11 of this year. The exhibit will then travel to Missouri for Disney Toonfest then to Omaha, Nebraska and also north into Canada in […]