Wanna be on TV? Are you a walking cartooning encyclopedia?
I was forwarded a note that a casting agent is looking for someone with “encyclopedic knowledge of cartoons” to be…
January 2013
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Corey Pandolph selling rejected New Yorker Cartoons to free his car
New Yorker cartoonist Corey Pandolph, (AKA Fake Rockstar, former Elderberries cartoonist, creator of Toby, Robot Satan and Barkeater Lake) woke…
Help fund MAD documentary
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1438570989/when-we-went-mad-a-documentary-of-ecch-ic-proportiThis looks like a great project. My name is Alan Bernstein – I am the Co/Producer and Director of the…
Winsor McCay was targeted in shake-down scheme
Fascinating story about a woman who approached famed cartoonist Winsor McCay to threaten a lawsuit against him if he didn’t…
Did The Badger Herald pull comic due to race concerns
Gus McNair writes a column in The Badger Herald taking issue with the paper’s decision to pull a comic from…
B&N to close one-third of its stores in next decade
The Wall Street Journal (via Huffington Post) is reporting that Barnes & Noble has said that it will close about…
MoCCA to honor Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith
The Society of Illustrators has named Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith as their guest of honor at this year’s…
Columbia University adds Superman and Batman material to Comics and Graphic Novels collections
From Columbia University: Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) is pleased to announce the acquisition of two significant…
Charlie Brown voice actor pleads not guilty to stalking
From the Daily Mail: The actor who portrayed the voice of Charlie Brown in Peanuts television shows has appeared in…
Locher Memorial Award entries due March 15
The John Locher Memorial Award for best college editorial cartoonist entry date is March 15. The winner receives a $1,000…
Profiled: Brian McFadden
The Patriot Ledger profiles Brian McFadden who does cartoons for the weekly New York Times? Sunday Review section. McFadden’s work…
Penny Arcade’s Strip Search to debut next month
Earlier last year, the Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik and Robert Kho, president of operations and business development,…
AAEC statement on originality of cartoons
Last week, while not mentioning Bill Day or his alleged instance of plagiarism or reuse of his own cartoons, the…
Rick Stromoski launches second book collection Kickstarter campaign
Soup to Nutz creator Rick Stromoski has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the printing of a second printed collection…
Matt Wuerker, Scott Stantis on NPR talking about cartooning the president
NPR’s All Things Considered talks to Matt Wuerker and Scott Stantis on the evolving image presented by cartoonists after the…