Yesterday’s Dilbert referenced an obscure Vulcan illness, which sent “hordes” of Dilbert fans to Google to find the reference. The Christian Science Monitor explains where the reference originates: In “Amok Time,” an episode that first aired on September 15, 1967, Dr. McCoy notices that the usually stoic Spock is becoming extremely irritable. Turns out that […]
A print by anonymous graffiti artist Banksy was sold at auction for $120,000. From CNN: The work, “Save or Delete Jungle Book,” went under the hammer alongside works by other urban artists as part of an Urban Art sale at Bonhams auction house in London. The image was originally commissioned by Greenpeace for a poster […]
“Cowboys and Aliens” director Jon Favreau has confirmed that the first trailer for the movie based on the graphic novel of the same title will debut during the Super Bowl. The movie is due out in July and stars Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Abigail Spencer, Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Jon Favreau, Paul Dano, and Keith […]
MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond posts details on how to enter into the National Cartoonist Society’s annual division awards. You don’t have to be a member of the NCS to receive an award for excellence in your field. Categories include: television animation, feature animation, newspaper illustration, gag cartoons, greeting cards, newspaper comic strips, newspaper panel […]
Drawn & Quarterly has secured the North American rights to publish a new book collection of Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant. Chris Oliveros, Editor-in-Chief and Acquiring Editor and Publisher at D+Q: “To say that the meteoric rise of Kate Beaton’s popularity is nothing short of a modern-day cartooning tour-de-force is not hyperbole,” said Oliveros. “Her […]
The Latin American Herald Tribune reports that several best known Mexican cartoonists will inscribe “No + sangre” and “Basta de Sange” (“no blood” and “enough blood”) in their comics on Monday to call attention to the drug-related violence in their country. The idea is to use “a common cartoon that calls on people to join […]