MAD cadre to visit SCAD
If you’re near Savannah Georgia on November 12th, be sure to plan on attending the SCAD/MAD public panel. Michael Jantze,…
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Las Vegas Sun hires Mike Smith as contract employee
Mike Smith tells me that he’s been rehired as a contract employee at the Las Vegas Sun. Last week he…
Jay Kennedy Scholarship deadline: December 15
College students with an interest and passion for cartooning please take note. The Jay Kennedy Scholarship application deadline is December…
Niemann to attempt to live-draw a marathon run
The Gothamist reports that Abstract Sunday cartoonist Christoph Niemann will attempt to live-draw his first marathon. From the Gothamist: “It’s…
Profiled: Maurice Sendak and his new book Bumble-Ardy
A good read in the Washington Post about an illustrator legend: Sendak feels old, but happy, relieved to have escaped…
More Zen and Steve Jobs graphic novel released
As reported earlier, Forbes magazine will be printing a 60 page graphic novel detailing Steve Job’s introduction to Zen and…
Profiled: Brian Crane and Pickles
Pickles creator Brian Crane was featured in BYU Magazine. The site appears to be down for the moment, but luckily…
Toonseum to present Looney Tunes exhibit
The ToonSeum will open a new exhibit next Friday called “Overture: Looney Tunes Behind the Scenes” which will feature original…
WSJ launches Facebook app
Jeff Sonderman reports over on Poynter that the Wall Street Journal launched a Facebook app to allow “friends” to personalize…
Check Out: Rare The Lion King concept art
Over on The Animation Blog Hector Cortez has posted some cool, rare concept art for Disney’s original Lion King animated…
CDC to fight HIV with digital comic books
Politico reports that the Centers for Disease Control has contracted with a comic book publisher to create digital motion comics…
Interviewed: Kenosha Festival of Cartooning participants
The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning was last week. Here’s an radio interview featuring Tom Bancroft, Sandra Bell Lundy, Anne Hambrock,…
Check out: Most popular Ziggy cartoon of last year
In honor of the passing of Ziggy creator Tom Wilson Sr. , GoComics has posted the most visited Ziggy cartoon…
Which is more important in cartooning? Writing or art?
King Features comic editor Brendan Burford tackles the question – which is more important in cartooning the writing or art?…
Interviewed: Zunar and his struggles in Malaysia
Lim Cheng Tju of Singapore took an opportunity to meet and interview Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ul Haque better…