Hogan’s Alley posts photos of 2012 Reuben Award Weekend
Hogan’s Alley has posted over 250 photos from this year’s Reuben Award Weekend in Las Vegas. Photographer is David Folkman…
June 2012
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Did Seth MacFarlane plagiarize Imagine This?
Tall Tale Radio podcaster Tom Racine noticed several similarities between scenes in the trailer for Seth MacFarlane’s new movie Ted…
Universal Uclick leadership changes for Lee Salem, John Glynn
From a trusted source I’ve learned that that there has been a couple of leadership changes inside Universal Uclick. Lee…
Firefighter groups call Andy Marlette cartoon unfair
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and local fire fighters are calling foul to a recent cartoon by Andy…
Maurice Sendak fantasized about assassinating Bush, Chenney
The Comics Journal ran a sneak peak of an interview between Gary Groth and “Where the Wild Things Are” author…
New book: American Newspaper Comics
University of Michigan Press is publishing “American Newspaper Comics, An Encyclopedic Reference Guide” by comic strip historian Allan Holtz. The…
Washington Examiner removes all cartoons from op-ed page
The Washington Examiner has announced that they’re reworking their editorial page after the loss of Nate Beeler who took a…
WPWG merges with Washington Post News Service
Rob Tornoe reports that The Washington Post has merged two of it’s properties – The Washington Post Writers Group and…
The Oatmeal fundraiser takes in $220k
The final tally of Matthew Inman’s fundraiser for National Wildlife Federation and the American Cancer Society is $220,024 – 11…
Rina Piccolo: Where ideas come from
And if ever an idea pops into your head without having to dig for it – and this sometimes happens…
University of Texas cartoonist Stephanie Eisner learns her lesson
Reporting Texas, a student publication from the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, has a favorable…
Friday diversion: Skeleton structure of comic characters
Interesting art by Michael Paulus who sketches the skeletal structure of famous cartoon characters such as Charlie Brown, Lucy, Betty…
Learn to Draw: Gammill and son meets Mort Walker and kids
Tom Gammill showed us this Learn to Draw at the Reuben Awards. Plot: Tom want’s his son to work on…
Stephan Pastis sells out first of two Pittsburgh events
Stephan Pastis is taking his game to Pittsburgh. He’ll be at the Toonseum this weekend for two engagements (first one…
Seth Godin: Why Kickstarter projects fail or succeed
Many comic creators are turning to Kickstarter to fund publishing book collections and other projects. Rich Burlew raised $1.2 million;…