The Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano has published an article praising Matt Groening’s irreverent comedy The Simpsons and citing a magazine article by a Jesuit priest who maintains that Homer and Bart are Catholics. ”The Simpsons are one of the few TV programmes for children left in which Christian faith, religion and questions about God are […]
Caitlin Sanchez, the voice behind Dora the Explorer since 2007, has sued Nickelodeon for not properly compensating her. According to a statement issued by the lawyers representing Sanchez and her parents, the suit claims that Nickelodeon “took advantage of a hard-working teenage girl” and “charges that Caitlin and her parents were pressured into signing an […]
Warner Brothers is trying to push their legacy animation characters back into American pop-culture. New York Magazine is reporting that Warner Bros. is developing a life-action/CGI movie based on the love struck Pepe Le Pew which will be voiced by Shrek creator Mike Myers. The decision to reinvigorate the Looney Tunes cast of characters – […]
Berkeley Breathed’s Mars Needs Moms! movie now has a movie poster. The movie based on Berkeley’s children’s book has a March 2011 release date and will feature the voice talent of Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling, Kevin Cahoon, and Joan Cusack. It should also be noted that the movie will be in […]
On Saturday night there was a special event open to the public entitled, “An Evening with Matt Groening.” It was a sell out crowd. The Doozies creator Tom Gammill introduced and interviewed Life in Hell, The Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. The opened the evening with a 2 minute montage of clips for The […]
Roz Chast began selling cartoons to the New Yorker in 1978. She’s been a fixture in the publication ever since. Her presentation was a gallery of some of her best work over her amazing career. Roz Chast: It would be great to draw one cartoon a week & get published, but the reality each cartoonist […]
Gene Luen Yang is as the title of his presentation denotes, an American born Chinese. He’s a graphic novelist. One of his latest books “American Born Chinese” deals with the stereotypes the western culture has developed for the Asian people in various entertainment forms. Gene Luen Yang is now up. He’s talking about the stereotypes […]
King Features comic editor Brendan Burford, Zippy The Pinhead creator Bill Griffith, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell were brought together to pay tribute to the late Jay Kennedy who passed away in the spring of 2007. Brendan Burford, Bill Griffith, Matt Groening and Patrick McDonnell are paneling a tribute to […]
Jan Eliot is the creator of the comic strip Stone Soup that was launched in 1995. Jan Eliot is now up talking about her comic “Stone Soup.” Jan notes that she loves her syndicate and being syndicated. I think that was a reaction to Dave Kellett’s presentation. Jan Eliot’s influences include McManus, Linda Barry, Claire […]
Steve Breen is the editorial cartoonist for the San Diego Union-Tribune. He is also the creator of the comic Grand Avenue which he now collaborates with Mike Thompson. Steve Breen is up now. Title of his talk is “Editorial Cartooning: Humanity’s Last Hope” Breen: Sparky was asked if he ever thought of doing editorial cartoons […]
tony cochran: “I might be significant.” “I’m too old to be be a prodigy, but young enough to be a genius. please start that rumor.” tony cochran: “I have been in syndication longer than bill watterson!” agnes creator tony cochran is throwing out the one liners faster than i can capture them. hilarious. tony cochran: […]
Jen Sorenson is up now speaking about the “lighter side of impending doom” Jen Sorenson: showing a few of her cartoons. You can see Jen’s work here: http://bit.ly/9ZRvKm According to Jen Sorenson, if you want a cartoon to go viral, work in the topic of “iphone,” “palin,” or “Obama” Should alt weekly cartoons be considered […]
I should preface these notes by saying Dave did a superb job on this presentation – which is remarkable because he reworked his presentation late into the early morning. Dave Kellett now up with a response to Bill Watterson’s famous 1989 “the cheapening of comics” speech. Dave Kellett what are web comics? print comic + […]
James Sturm is a co-founder of the Center of Cartoon Studies in Vermont. James Sturm is showing us the artwork for his new book Marekt Day. Check it out: http://amzn.to/cTT54D James Sturm now talking about his 4 month sabbatical away from the internet. You can read about it here: http://slate.me/9y1WqO James Sturm now talking about […]
Bizarro creator Dan Piraro is one of those cartoonists that have stage comedian timing and material. It’s not a big stretch to know he does have a one man comedy show. The following are my notes (first blasted as tweets, now cleaned up and expanded for the blog) from his presentation, “My life as a […]