Warner Bros. has brought in Tom Wheeler to rewrite Mandrake The Magician which has been in movie production since 2009. Wheeler, writer for the movie Puss in Boots and NBC’s series The Cape has been charged with giving Mandrake a 21st century makeover much like Warner Bros did for Sherlock Holmes. The original Mandrake the […]
Another insightful post by Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo on the positives and negatives of being a syndicated cartoonist. On the plus side: control of one’s own schedule. On the down side: that schedule is relentless. So here’s the truth about being syndicated: It’s hard and it never stops. You know how people have jobs […]
South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro has won the International Publishers Association’s Freedom to Publish prize. The Freedom to Publish award is given to individuals who make “notable contribution to the defence and promotion of freedom to publish anywhere in the world.” Zapiro is currently being sued by the South African president, […]
The lawyer representing FunnyJunk.com admits he was caught off guard by Matthew Inman’s response to his legal threat according to Digital Life on Today. After discussing the potential federal lawsuit for defamation with his own attorney, Matthew launched a rebuttal that only a popular, high-traffic generating, snarky cartoonist could come up with: He’s raising the […]
The big story in journalism today was the announcement that the New Orleans Times-Picayune to lay off one third of its newsroom as it transitions to a thrice weekly newspaper. Among those told they will not have a job come October 1 is editorial cartoonist Steve Kelley who will soon complete 10 years at the […]
Jump Start creator Robb Armstrong received an honorary degree from The Holy Family University last month during their commencement ceremonies. Robb was honored “for helping to bridge the racial gap among people through his nationally syndicated comic strip and for inspiring thousands of people each year through his motivational speeches and charitable acts.” Congratulations, Robb.
Sherman’s Lagoon creator Jim Toomey has partnered with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to create six two-minute videos talking about awareness of environmental issues for our oceans and coastlines. The first one is below. Jim has been involved with several environmental issues both personally and through his strip. He’s called for a ban on […]
Matthew Inman, the creator of The Oatmeal, has received an email from a lawyer representing Funnyjunk threatening to file a federal lawsuit for defamation if Matthew doesn’t remove all mention of FunnyJunk from his website AND doesn’t pay the lawyer $20,000 by today (letter written June 2). The backstory to this bizarre twist goes back […]
The Team Cul de Sac auction came to an end last night. I can’t help but think Chris Sparks, the team organizer, is genuinely pleased with the results. Collectively the auctioned raised over $47,000 (minus fees, etc.). The most watched item was Bill Watterson’s oil painting of Petey Otterloop which sold for $13,145.00. You can […]
The Paris Review interviewed long-time MAD Magazine writer Dick DeBartolo about his long career starting in 1962. As you watch a movie, are you keeping count of the gags and writing ideas down? Yeah, and after I see the movie, I write a whole outline of it, and then I go through it again and […]
Malaysia cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque (AKA Zunar) says he has no intention of obeying the recent declaration by the Maylasian Election Commission banning caricatures from this year’s election. Zunar speaking to the Free Malaysia Today: “Cartoons are legal in Malaysia. Nobody said that cartoons are illegal…Who is the EC to decide whether [political cartoons] are […]
Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson has created a iBook of his best 100 business cartoons and is selling it through the iTunes Book Store for $.99. The book is entitled, “The Andertoons Book of Business Cartoons.”
Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) was asked to create a cartoon to celebrate the 175th anniversary of The Baltimore Sun. He’s posted his cartoon on his blog with the comment, “I choose to create something that celebrated the proud tradition of editorial cartooning at The Sun over the decades. I hope the tradition continues for another 100 […]
Just a friendly reminder to anyone interested in participating in The Cartoonist Studio’s latest contest. This first contest (a related second contest launches later this summer) kicks off on Monday the 11th for public viewing, but starting tomorrow entrants can start uploading their cartoons. This contest requires participants to publish two single panel politically themed […]
Andrews McMeel, the parent company and publishing company behind Universal Uclick, has announced that they will be releasing a paperback edition of “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes” by Bill Watterson in November. The paperback set will contain four-volumes in a slip-case and contain every Calvin & Hobbes cartoon published during the 10 year run of […]