Happy 50th birthday to Latin American comic strip Mafalda created by Joaquin “Quino” Lavado in 1964. From Euronews: Brazilian tourists sang ?Happy Birthday? in front of a life-sized statue of an eternal six-year-old girl on Monday. But the icon parked on a bench in a middle class Buenos Aires suburb has actually just turned 50. […]
This year’s Toonfest 2014 celebrating cartooning in the hometown of Walt Disney (Marceline Missouri) will include editorial cartoonist Steve Artley, Nancy cartoonist Guy Gilchrist, Tank McNamara co-creator Bill Hinds, animator/artist Eddie Pittman, and Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price. I’ve never been, but those who have all report that it’s a great experience for both […]
Hi Neigher turned 100 years old on Sunday. He spent some of his years in Hollywood drawing Popeye, Betty Boop and even worked on Disney’s Fantasia. From Garry Brown of The Republican (MA): He has been to Hollywood and back as an illustrator. He has been a newspaperman and an advertising man, bringing boundless energy […]