Harvey Awards ballot now available
This year’s Harvey Awards ballot is now available to comics professionals. Ballots are due May 6th. This year’s Harvey Awards…
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The Complete Cul de Sac to be released in November
When Richard Thompson retired his award winning comic strip, Cul de Sac, last year the one hope I had was…
Videos: Lincoln Peirce talks Big Nate
Andrews McMeel has released a series of videos featuring Lincoln Peirce talking about his strip Big Nate.
Video: Pat Oliphant featured in PBS special
Editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant was featured on ¡Colores!, a New Mexico PBS program. He’s the focus of the first 8…
Jeff Burney pulls comic from newspapers to run as webcomic
Attica creator Jeff Burney has opted to move his comic strip that runs in the Ottowa Citizen and make his…
Video: Scott Stantis talk comics with Tim Rickard
Another Scott Stantis Cartoon Cavalcade – this time with video. Scott talks to Tim Rickard, creator of Brewster Rockit.
Details emerging in this year’s Festival of Cartoon Art
I’m excited to learn some of the details in this year’s Festival of Cartoon Art at the Ohio State University….
Family Guy gives Tom Gammill’s The Doozies prime-time shout out
Last Sunday’s Family Guy gave Tom Gammill’s The Doozies a shout-out.
ComiXology to sell self-published comics
An interesting move by ComiXology to become more of a platform, like Apple’s iBook Store and Amazon eBook store. Today,…
Stripped scores audio interview with Watterson; pushes for more funding
“Stripped” documentary creators Fred Schroeder and Dave Kellett scored a major coup gaining audience with Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill…
Behind the Disney purchase of LucasFilms
I’m a bit late posting this, but it’s an interesting look at how Disney was able to buy LucasFilm. The…
Newspaper forgets to print comics, no hilarity ensues
The Free Press, (Mankato, MN) had to deal with an onslaught of customers (who may or may not have had…
Matt Groening created Life in Hell posters for Apple
Life In Hell and The Simpsons creator Matt Groening drew some posters for Apple Computer back in the 1980’s in…
Jimmy Margulies picks up am New York paper
When news hit that editorial cartoonist Jimmy Margulies was laid off from The Record, Jimmy told me someone had reached…