Thank you Daniel Boris
A big thanks goes out to Daniel Boris, who sponsored the blog last week. He’s running a Kickstarter campaign to…
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See Jack Kirby on The Incredible Hulk tv show
Interesting find. Jack Kirby appeared briefly as a police sketch artist on the 1970’s Incredible Hulk series.
Check out the CAPS auction to benefit Stan and Sharon Sakai
Last week the Comic Art Professional Society (CAPS) launched an auction to benefit Stan and Sharon Sakai. The money raised…
1963 Beetle Bailey Episode 2 Halftrack’s Navy cartoons
Culled from Youtube: Beetle Bailey Episode 2 Halftrack’s Navy (1963) cartoons
Library and Archives Canada acquires Lynn Johnston
Library of Archives Canada has acquired over 3000 original drawings, watercolors, textual material and photographs from For Better or For…
Ed Catmull: Inside the Pixar Braintrust
Interesting piece over at Fast Company by Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios, on…
Mark Parisi releases ‘Cartoons Your Cat Doesn’t Want You to See’ ebook
Off the Mark cartoonist Mark Parisi has a new eBook out perfectly themed for cat-lovers. The book is entitled Cartoons…
Jack Elrod retires, James Allen takes over Mark Trail
Another serial comic is changing hands. Long-time Mark Trail cartoonist Jack Elrod is retiring and his assistant James Allen is…
Trailer: DreamWorks upcoming “Almost Home”
) I love Steve Martin. Hits theaters November 26th.
Canadian paper apologizes for Nazi cartoon
The Advocate newspaper in Pictou, N.S. has issued an apology for a cartoon that they ran depicting a Nazi swastika…
Algerian cartoonist acquitted of mocking president
From Al Arabiya News: Ghanem was accused at the criminal court in Oran last month of insulting the president, with…
Video: Bob Mankoff explores how cartoons work at SXSW
New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff was a speaker at SXSW. Huffington Post has posted a on-the-sidewalk discussion on Bob…
Superhero’s salaries (Don’t go into journalism)
I make more than Peter Parker, but less than Tony Stark. Guess I’m doing okay. Via 9Gag.com
Video: Dave Kellett and Frederick Schroeder on MSNBC The Cycle
Nice interview with Dave Kellett and Frederick Schroeder on MSNBC’s The Cycle.
Steve Breen sings with Bono? Dan Piraro meets Ricky Gervais!
Steve Breen posted the photo below on Facebook with the caption: “Renowned Irish singer and Bono.” In an email, he…