I’m not big on reality TV shows, but this one episode would have hooked me. Ink Masters is a Celebrity Apprentice type format pitting 16 tattoo artists against each other for a chance to win $100,000. This last episode was “Skulls and Villains” in which the artists had to tattoo comic villains on live subjects. […]
Robert Ariail and Kate Salley Palmer speak about editorial cartooning at USC College of Mass Communications and Information Studies.
My Facebook wall is full of editorial cartoons this morning on the topic of 9/11. I’m seeing two approaches to the 12th anniversary. Cartoonists are sticking to the sentimental or they’re pointing out how it’s changed America. An example of the sentimental by Jeff Koterba: An example of what’s changed by Pat Bagley: If you […]
King Features’s The Archivist blog notes that Bill Hoest’s The Lockhorns has turned 45 years old this week. There have been unhappy spouses in comic strips before, from the ever-bickering Greens in MR. & MRS. to the battle-strewn, married life of Jiggs and Maggie in BRINGING UP FATHER, but THE LOCKHORNS is different. Other comic […]
Paul Gilligan has drawn his 5,000th Pooch Cafe comic strip: Holy snap. I can feel the bones in my drawing hand creaking. I had to do the calculation three times. I had to use an abacus, because apparently those were all the rage around the time I started drawing this strip, which debuted on Jan […]
Gary Friedrich maintained that he was the creator of the Ghost Rider character and sued Marvel in 2007 over royalties derived from the movies starring Nicolas Cage. In 2012 a lower court ruled in favor of Marvel stating that Gary gave up the rights in 1979. Marvel proceeded to demand Gary pay $17,000 for compensation […]
Over the weekend, I moved hosting services. I’m still working out the kinks (the site is loading slower than desired) and for about a day to two my email wasn’t working. So if you sent me anything Sunday or Monday, please resend to make sure I got it. Sorry for the hassles everyone, but on […]