January 2011
Profiled: Joe Heller of Press-Gazette
Press-Gazette profiled their own editorial cartoonist Joe Heller. “I occasionally use a brush to fill in full black in large…
‘Jihad Jane’ to plea to guilty
Several news agencies are reporting that Colleen LaRose (AKA “Jihad Jane“) is expected to change her plea to guilty in…
Video: Rall, Essman release Disposable, episode 1
Ted Rall and David Essman have launched the first episode of their new web-series called “Disposable” about a family trying…
B.C. auction nets $24k for local charities
Sculptures modeled after the late Johnny Hart’s B.C. characters were put on the auction block to raise money for local…
Apple and News Corp to release The Daily on Feb 2
Loop Sight reports that invitations have been sent out to journalists to cover the announcement of the iPad only newspaper…
Concept art for Mr. Peabody animation posted
Last week I mentioned Robert Downey Jr. would voice the character Mr. Peabody for an animated film of Mr. Peabody…
Official: Will Smith to produce Annie musical
Rumors swirled last week that Will Smith wanted to remake the musical Annie and feature his daughter Willow. Turns out…
Videos: Best Animated Short Film nominees
Earlier this week The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for their Academy awards. Here is…
Howard Tayler told cease and desist for 7 habits parody
Schlock Mercenary creator Howard Tayler received a cease and desist letter from Franklin Covey telling him he’s infringed on their…
Video: New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly’s TED talk
Back in December, New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly recently spoke at a TED conference dedicated to women. Her talk was…
Interviewed: Mark Tatulli and how to work faster
Tom Racine continues with his video podcasting. This time he’s interviewed Lio and Heart of the City creator Mark Tatulli….
Cartoon Movement adds Zunar to roster
Tom Spurgeon points out that Malaysian cartoonist Zunar has joined the cartoon Movement. Tom writes: This is particularly great for…
Tom Toles caption contest nets 2,000 entries
Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles ran a cartoon caption contest that netted nearly 2,000 entries. What I was looking…