The San Francisco Chronicle’s Peter Hartlaub interviewed Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis. The interview is void of Stephan’s typical ego-centric replies and gets to the heart of his work on the strip. Q: What’s a word you’d love to use in your strip but you can’t because it’s the comics page? A: “That sucks” […]
Tina Brown, the editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast – which owns Newsweek, has announced that December 31 will be the last print edition of Newsweek. Starting in early 2013, it will be called Newsweek Global will only be available via digital devices and the web. We are announcing this morning an important development at Newsweek […]
Rob Tornoe interviewed Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson about the decision to end the strip. Some of the answers are canned responses that I’ve seen else where. But a couple include new information. Now that you’ve created a bit of free time for yourself, do you have the strength to work on any personal […]
Michael Cavna reports on the recent ruling in California that denies the Shuster family a stake in copyright ownership of the Superman character. On Wednesday, the perpetual fight – now waged by the descendants – got its latest crucial plot twist: A federal judge in California has ruled that Shuster’s heirs cannot reclaim copyrights to […]
Awesome news for Baby Blues fans. A 20th anniversary treasury is due out next month. The collection, entitled “BBXX” contains “personal reflections and never-before-published essays, drawings, and photographs” along with almost 800 comics from the last two decades. The feature by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott’s won “Best Comic Strip of the Year” by the […]
Waterman Entertainment (executive producer for Casper, Alvin And The Chipmunks, Stuart Little) has announced that it has acquired the film rights to the comic strip Healthcliff from Peter Gallagher who produces the comic strip. The strip will be a CGI/live action film. From the press release: “Their track record is impeccable. Casper, Stuart Little and […]