It appears having gained freedom from Mubarrak this spring, Egyptians are still working out the free speech part. A conservative group of Muslims took offense to a cartoon by Mustafa Hussein and allege that a recent cartoon of his defamed Islam and made a mockery of Salafists (Salafists being the conservative Muslim group). In retaliation, […]
Hollywood Reporter reports that Paramount Pictures has purchased the rights to New Kid by Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. The project is an adaptation of an online comic from Penny Arcade. The studio has picked up rights and tapped Book of Eli writer Gary Whitta to pen the script. Mary Parent and […]
The Janesville Gazette has an interesting profile on Mr. Bofo creator Joe Martin. Included is info on his three comics, “Mr. Bofo,” “Willy n? Ethel,” and ?Cats with Hands? and his pioneering efforts to embed QR codes (quick response) into his feature. But in the last three decades, Martin has built one of the industry?s […]
USA Today looks at the success of DeviantArt – a website for artists to post their work and get attraction. LuVisi’s experience isn’t a rarity. Many artists talk of finding work and careers through their exposure on DeviantArt, a site that has been around for 11 years and now attracts more people looking at art […]
More bad news. U.S. newspaper advertising revenue fell 7 percent during the first three months of the year. That left the industry?s quarterly ad revenue at its lowest level in 27 years. Combined print and online advertising revenue totaled $5.6 billion in the first quarter. That compared with $6 billion a year earlier.
Matthew Inman, creator of the webcomic The Oatmeal, has had to threaten legal action against FunnyJunk.com – a user-generated content site that had about every one of Matthew’s comics mirrored on the site with no link backs or in some cases acknowledgement of who the original artist was. Ars Technica reports on the fight to […]
John Read’s One Fine Sunday in the Funny Pages exhibit continues across the US and he was able to land it in Boston in time for the NCS Reuben Awards last weekend. BackBay Patch has a great write-up of the exhibit and the attendees. There was no shortage of cartoon royalty on hand, from Bill […]
Interesting news from USA Today DC will re-number its entire line of superhero titles, beginning with all-new No. 1 issues starting Aug. 31 ? 52 in all, including a new Justice League No. 1. Fittingly, the publisher put its creative superteam on its trademark superhero superteam. Guided by writer Geoff Johns and artist Jim Lee, […]
As attendees of the 2011 National Cartoonist Society’s Reuben Award weekend return home and post their thoughts, experiences and photos of the previous weekend, I’ll link to them here. One pre-Reuben item: this weekend, Tom Richmond takes the helm of the NCS for a four year term as NCS President replacing outgoing president Jef Keane. […]