What you need to know about this year’s AAEC convention
AAEC convention host and Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley and author/illustrator/cartoonist Mark Pett and I did a bit…
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Interviewed: Jumble cartoonist Jeff Knurek on the puzzle, his music
Jumble cartoonist Jeff Knurek was interviewed by WFYI Art of the Matter (Indianapolis) about the puzzle and his new music…
Video: Milt Caniff at Work
Interesting silent video of Milt Caniff, creator of Steve Canyon, Terry and the Pirates. Via Mike Lynch
Pat Oliphant to be honored at AAEC convention in Salt Lake City
Legendary editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant will be honored at this year’s AAEC convention in Salt Lake City (June 27–29). The…
Keane statue project in jeopardy
The fundraising efforts to create a statue to honor the late Bil Keane is running short with an end of…
NCS announces 2012 division awards
The National Cartoonist Society has announced this year’s division award nominees. The winners will be announced during their annual Reuben…
Court rules DC Comics own Superman. Again
From Robot 6: A federal judge confirmed Wednesday that the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel relinquished any claims to…
Mike Smith’s NASCAR cartoons lands him in pace car
Las Vegas Sun editorial cartoonist Mike Smith has been doing NASCAR cartoons for years. He even has a book collection…
Chicago Tribune drops Shoe
The Chicago Tribune, the home of the legendary cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, has announced that it has dropped Jeff’s comic strip…
Israelis extend detention of Palestinian cartoonist
From Palestine News Network: On Tuesday 19th March, Salem Military Court requested once again an extension in the detention of…
Video: new Despicable Me 2 trailer released
My summer movie must-see list is filling up. I’m adding this one. Out July 3rd.
Video: Kevin Kallaugher giving TEDx talk
Economist editorial cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher spoke at TEDxJacksonHole recently. Here’s his talk.
Video: Classic Chicago Tribune Cartoonists – 1931
I’m struck by how many cartoonists were working in the same building. How times have changed.
Interviewed: Friedman, Jaffee, Roth talk about Harvey Kurtzman
During the Society of Illustrators’s Celebrating Kurtzman Drew Friedman, Robert Grossman, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth discussed the life and…
Video: Professional quality Calvin and Hobbes animation
Adam Brown, animator for Comedy Central’s Ugly Americans, has animated one of Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strips. It’s…