Break out the credit cards and take out a second mortgage. The Stephan Pastis and Bill Watterson original Pearls Before Swine strips are now officially up for auction. Here are the strips in question below. Click through on them to see a really big, big version where you can see the pencil markings and other […]
Back in April, it was announced that Archie was going to die heroically in a futuristic story-line “Life With Archie”. Now we learn that heroic manner is to take a bullet for his gay best friend. From WILX.com: Archie Comics co-CEO Jon Goldwater says he wants Andrews’ death to be a lesson about gun violence […]
The LA Times has a story on how decades of creating Doonesbury has helped Garry Trudeau write and produce the TV show Alpha House. From the LA Times: “Alpha House’s” executive producer, Jonathan Alter, a former Newsweek senior editor, said that’s where Trudeau excels. “One of the great things about Doonesbury that I noticed many […]
From the Longview News-Journal (Longview, TX): Carthage cartoonist Donnie Pitchford?s characters Lum and Abner will guest-star in the award-winning “Dick Tracy” comic strip on Sunday, July 20. ?Lum and Abner, those two loveable characters from Pine Ridge, Ark. will be part of a unique series in which the great detective rescues another famous comic character, […]
From Molly Crabapple’s blog: In June, Molly Crabapple was invited by the Karam Foundation to the Salam School in Turkey, a mentorship program for children displaced by the Syrian War. While there, she covered the walls with her drawings and wheat pastes based on many Syrian fables. What a great opportunity. Click through below to […]
Four members of The Australian Cartoonists Association will be attending this years 2014 International Cartoon Festival of Saint Just le Martel. About 50 ACA members contributed to an exhibit of work “Australian view of the World and Australian Humour”. The four that will be attending are Eric Lobbecke, Judy Horacek, Ward O’Neill and Christophe Granet. […]
Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo is experimenting with audio with her comic strip this week. Each day this week her feature appears in newspapers as usual along with a message to visit her website to hear audio commentary about that day’s strip. From her blog: What Is It and How Will It Work? The 6-day […]
The Association of Alternative Newsmedia has announced this year’s awards for best in alternative journalism. In the category for cartooning, first place this year goes to Jen Sorensen (Slowpoke Comics), second place goes to Tom Tomorrow (This Modern World) and Cullum Rogers (INDY Week). Congratulations!