Is C-Kennel copying Pooch Cafe?
The question of plagiarism in comics is always a tricky one especially in strips working in a similar space. A…
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New Pearls Before Swine animations
Not sure how long the RingTales people have been producing Pearls Before Swine animations, but since I haven’t mentioned it…
Learn to draw with Gammill, Groening
It’s been awhile since Tom Gammill has released a “Learn to Draw” video, so I was pleasantly surprised to see…
Man dies after comic book collection stolen
A 77 year old man died of heart failure after being roughed up by burglars who entered his home to…
Which comics benefited most from Cathy retirement?
After more than a week of gathering, analyzing, confirming data on which comic strips have benefited most from Cathy Guisewite’s…
Fox to produce Napoleon Dynamite animated pilot
The Fox Network has approved a six episode pilot for an animated “Napoleon Dynamite” for their 2011-2012 season. The show…
Vatican: Homer J. Simpson is Catholic
The Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano has published an article praising Matt Groening’s irreverent comedy The Simpsons and citing a magazine…
Dora the Explorer voice sues Nickelodeon
Caitlin Sanchez, the voice behind Dora the Explorer since 2007, has sued Nickelodeon for not properly compensating her. According to…
Mike Myers to voice Pepe Le Pew
Warner Brothers is trying to push their legacy animation characters back into American pop-culture. New York Magazine is reporting that…
Mars Needs Moms movie poster revealed
Berkeley Breathed’s Mars Needs Moms! movie now has a movie poster. The movie based on Berkeley’s children’s book has a…
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Matt Groening, Tom Gammill
On Saturday night there was a special event open to the public entitled, “An Evening with Matt Groening.” It was…
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Roz Chast
Roz Chast began selling cartoons to the New Yorker in 1978. She’s been a fixture in the publication ever since….
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Gene Luen Yang
Gene Luen Yang is as the title of his presentation denotes, an American born Chinese. He’s a graphic novelist. One…
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Tribute to Jay Kennedy
King Features comic editor Brendan Burford, Zippy The Pinhead creator Bill Griffith, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and Mutts creator…
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Jan Eliot
Jan Eliot is the creator of the comic strip Stone Soup that was launched in 1995. Jan Eliot is now…