Joel Pett hacks off Kentucky Fans
From The Quad blog at The New York Times: “You can draw all the cartoons you want about things like…
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Stephanie McMillan wins RFK award
The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights has announced this year’s winners of the RFK Book and…
Happy birthday american editorial cartooning
Today marks the 258th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s “Join or Die” cartoon – often thought of as the first editorial…
Iranian cartoonist sentenced to 25 lashings
Iranian cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraiyeh has been sentenced to 25 lashings after drawing an Iranian parliament member in a football jersey….
Maurice Sendak passes at age 83
Sad, sad day. Maurice Sendak, children’s author and illustrator best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, has…
Interviewed: Jonathan Mahood and Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog
Bob Andelman (AKA Mr. Media) interviews Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog creator Jonathan Mahood: Audio Excerpt: JONATHAN MAHOOD: “With newspaper comics,…
Ruben Bolling launches Inner Hive
Ken Fisher (AKA Ruben Bolling) has announced that he’s created a monetizing effort called the “Inner Hive” to fans of…
Avengers take in $200.3 MILLION in opening weekend
From Yahoo Movies: Avengers is now positioned to reach $1 billion in global grosses in a much-needed win for Disney,…
The Cartoonists Studio to launch new politically themed competition
On the heels of their second annual “So You Want to Be a Cartoonist” contest earlier this spring, The Cartoonists…
Interviewed: Anne Hambrock on 2nd Kenosha Festival of Cartooning
Tom Racine interviewes Anne Hambrock on her efforts to bring together the 2nd annual Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. From Tall…
This would not go over well today
Interesting historical photos post over at Retronaut. Hard to imagine this being acceptable today. “I?ve been the owner of these…
Profiled: Katie Cook and Gronk
iO9 reviews Katie Cook and her webcomic Gronk. Gronk is a sweet comic, devoid of malice (except, perhaps, toward Canadian…
Mark Waid launches Thrillbent.com
Veteran comic writer and editor Mark Waid is stepping into webcomics launching a new site called Thrillbent From the website:…
The Mad Art of Caricature! goes into second printing
MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond has posted news on his blog that his book “The Mad Art of Caricature!” has…
Analysis: Mark Trail v marijuana growers
Cyriaque Lamar has a funny piece on last month’s Mark Trail story-line about finding Mark going “John Rambo on marijuana…