Readers Digest holds contest for college cartoonists
If you’re a budding college cartoonist, Readers Digest is holding a contest for “the Next Great Cartoonist contest.” If you’re…
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Joe Wos tangles with The Trust over duck@%$!
Virginia Montanez has a highly entertaining post about a rubber duck death match between The Cultural Trust (Pittsburgh) and Toonseum…
Lynda Barry joins UW-Madison Department of Art
Cartoonist Lynda Barry has joined the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) and the UW-Madison Department of Art as an assistant…
IDW to publish Sunday Superman collection
IDW Publishing’s Library of American Comics has announced that it will publish a 25 years of Superman comics that appeared…
Venezuelan president blames Spiderman, superheroes for local crime
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has stated that he believes superhero idolization – or the excessive exposure to them is resulting…
Greg Evans daughter taking over writing of Luann
Luann creator Greg Evans is turning over the writing of his comic strip to his daughter, Karen. Karen holds a…
Video: Jeff, Christopher Keane talks about Bil Keane statue
Nice piece from 12News about the Giddy-up statue being cast and erected in Paradise Valley honoring Family Circus creator Bil…
Marketing lessons from the success of the Salt Lake Comic Con
The Salt Lake Comic Con set records for the biggest first year comic-con. Without a doubt there was a lot…
Spider-man arrested for convenience store robbery
A University of Pittsburgh student was arrested this early this morning after robbing a convenience store dressed in a Spider-Man…
Rare Asterix original up for sale
File this under I wish I had the cash to even think about it. From Bleeding Cool: Albert Uderzo is…
Berkley Breathed’s Flawed Dogs movie to be directed by Noah Baumbach
Interesting news from Bleeding Cool: I’ve confirmed that Noah Baumbach, director of Frances Ha, Greenberg and The Squid and the…
Times-Picayune editorial cartoonist Eldon Pletcher passes
From The Times-Picayune: Eldon Pletcher, The Times-Picayune’s editorial cartoonist from 1966 to 1984, died Sunday of emphysema and congestive heart…
No Good Dinosaur pushed to 2015; No Pixar film in 2014
For the first time since 2005, Pixar will not release a feature film next year. The Good Dinosaur was slated…
Conrad’s Chain Reaction sculpture not a safety concern
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times Art Critic, notes that the reasoning behind Santa Barbara’s push to remove Paul Conrad’s Chain…
French newspaper tells Japan to lighten up
Last week Japanese officials said they’d file a compliant to the French embassy after a French newspaper ran a couple…