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…
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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…
Four webcomics have raised over $1 million on Kickstarter
Over on Fleen, Gary Tyrrell looks at the four webcomics (Cyanide & Happiness, Machine of Death, Schlock Mercenary and Dresden…
Interviewed: Tom Batiuk on second volume of The Complete Funky Winkerbean
Comic Book Resources talks to Funky Winkerbean creator Tom Batiuk about his strip. The second volume of “The Complete Funky…
Video: Chris Browne shares cartooning tips
Hagar the Horrible and Raising Duncan cartoonist Chris Browne shares his cartooning tips in this video created by Ken Alvine.
Video: The Pogo special that was never completed
Cartoon Brew has a sliver of insight into a bit of animation history. Famed animator Chuck Jones was to do…
Graphic novel Persepolis won’t be removed from Chicago schools
Last week reports gathered that Chicago Public Schools was going to pull Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis after some questioned…
Nate Fakes to produce Don Giovanni graphic novel
Break of Day creator Nate Fakes is gearing up to produce a 200 page graphic novel called Don Giovanni. It’s…
Smith Micro releases MotionArtist
I get press releases from Smith Micro from time to time. It seems like they’re always releasing something new every…
Video: Robert Ariail accepting the 2012 Berryman Award
I missed the announcement last December that Robert Ariail had won the Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning. The National Press…