Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau has announced that he’s taking another hiatus from his daily comic strip to work on the second season of his online sitcom Alpha House. He’ll continue producing the Sunday strip. The daily replacement strips will start in papers on March 3. From the Boston Globe: “It’s a wonderful opportunity, but as […]
Last month, I linked to news that a Powerpuff Girls cover was being pulled because some felt the art was overly sexual by depicting them in skintight mini-skirts and white stockings. The artist, Mimi Yoon is defending the piece on her Facebook page. my objective was to illustrate modern, pop cultured, SASSY (not sexy), and […]
The UCLA Communications Studies has posted the audio of a speech given by Peanuts creator Charles Schulz in 1971. Unfortunately, even though delivered as a video, it’s only the audio – we don’t see any of the cartoons he draws for the audience.
Mike Lynch revisits the topic of cartoonists using gag writers. Historically, it was much more common than today. Some think using a gag writer is the equivalent of using steroids – a true cartoonist should do both the writing and the art. I used to be squarely in that camp, but I’d much rather see […]