Reuben Award Weekend Notes: Mark Simon
Mark Simon is a cartoonist, producer, director, writer, lecturer and he talked about how to get free advertising through publicity….
May 2012
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Andrews McMeel to launch kid focused graphic novels
]Andrews McMeel Publishig, the parent company of Universal Uclick, will launch a new line of comic graphic novels aimed at…
Live coverage of this weekend’s Reuben Awards
I’m in Las Vegas attending this year’s National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award Weekend. Festivities kick off today and run through…
CBS This Morning reports on Batuik’s Funky Winkerbean
CBS This Morning sent out a reporter to interview Funky Winkerbean creator Tom Batiuk about the current story-line discussing a…
Times-Picayune to drop to 3x weekly newspaper
The New Orleans Times-Picayune will soon cease to be a daily newspaper. The paper announced yesterday that it was moving…
AAEC to host a #!&%!! cartoon festival
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will be hosting a political cartoon festival in conjunction with their annual convention in September….
Team Cul de Sac book is fantastic
Yesterday, I received a review copy of Chris Sparks’ “Team Cul de Sac”. I’ll quote what I tweeted a half…
DC Comics announces one of its iconic characters is gay, Marvel plans gay wedding
DC Comics announced it is going to out one of it’s ‘iconic’ characters as being gay next month and Marvel…
Sherman’s Lagoon ebooks released for iOS devices
More and more comic collections are popping up in the Apple iBook Store. King Features Syndicate posts news that Jim…
Irrational exuberance or true appreciation for original comic art?
Gerry Giovinco looks at the uptick in value of comic related art as seen in recent auctions and speculates as…
Ronald Searle Remembered exhibit opens in London
An exhibit entitled “Ronald Searle Remembered” opens up in London today featuring more than 400 works by Ronald Searle. It…
Kenosha Festival of Cartooning Kickstarter is fully funded!
Kenosha Festival of Cartooning organizer (founder, director) Anne Hambrock has announced that her Kickstarter project to raise $10,000 for festival…
KAL travels to Romania for Cartoon Diplomacy
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher recently returned from Romania where he participated in “Cartoon Diplomacy” – an exhibit on editorial cartoons and…
Roger Langridge quits Marvel, DC due to creator rights
Michael Cavna interviews Roger Langridge about his recent decision to no longer work for Marvel or DC comics over ethical…
Pakistan blocks Twitter on Everybody Draw Muhammad Day anniversary
The Washington Post reports that Pakistan shut down access to Twitter yesterday after the social network allegedly declined to remove…