The Independent (Massilon, OH) talks with cartoonist Chuck Ayers who draws the comic strip Crankshaft (written by Tom Batuik). Q. Is this a labor of love for you? A. “Sometimes it’s relatively easy. It depends on just what Tom has written and how much drawing it takes to convey that. There are times when, because […]
Michael Cavna has written an excellent post marking Mort Walker’s 90th birthday and notes that Mort’s iconic comic strip Beetle Bailey turns for 63 years today. Today, Mort Walker celebrates his 90th birthday. And tomorrow, he marks the 63rd anniversary of the launch of his most famous comic strip, “Beetle Bailey.” All these decades later, […]
Author and editorial cartoonist Matt Bors has announced that he has taken a full time job with Medium.com to draw comics, write and manage The Nib – a collection of cartoons, comic journalism and non-fiction. From his post on Medium.com: Expect new editorial cartoons from me every week, as well as longer opinion comics, illustrated […]
Award winning illustrator Mo Willems is on sabbatical for a year. While he’s in Paris, he’ll be posting doodles and sketches on GoComics.com
A great video story from the Economist about British illustrator and satirist Ralph Steadman. “I go straight in with ink and that’s in, you know. That’s it. I don’t believe in penciling in first in anything. But people say, ‘don’t you make a mistake?’. Oops” I say, ‘there’s no such thing as a mistake. A […]