It’s hit my Facebook wall a couple of times now. Photographer Sandro Miller recreated some of the most iconic photographs with actor John Malkovich. They’re interesting to say the least. But what I have found to be much more funny is this collection by caricaturist Rodney Pike who Photoshopped Mr. Bean into some of the […]
Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants has topped the list of books that were banned or challenged in 2013 according to the Office for Intellectual Freedom. The reasons cited include “offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence.” Also making the list this year – as far as other comic/cartoon related books are concerned: Jeff Smith’s Bone series […]
A recent Hagar the Horrible offended one Washington Post reader after reading this strip below: She writes: I was stunned to see a rape joke in the Sept. 13 ?Hagar the Horrible.? This strip stopped being funny years ago and, even though aimed at kids, consistently relies on sexist humor and jokes about drunkenness. This […]
I admit Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis gets away with things most other features can’t, but this letter to the editor revealing the extent one reader goes to hide the “offensive” strip from his granddaughter is unbelievable. The comic strip ‘Pearls Before Swine’ ranges from just plain stupid to downright offensive. My granddaughters regularly […]
I linked to a story last year in The San Diego Union-Tribune regarding Luann creator Greg Evan turning writing responsibilities over to his daughter Karen Evans. At the end of the story is a line about how Greg would like to turn the artwork over to his grandson. This week, the strip is being guest […]
This week’s sponsor are the wonderful people over at Universal Uclick. As you know, Universal runs GoComics – the largest comics portal in the world. They provide the digital home to the largest number of newspaper comics and a growing number of the most popular web comics on the web. With such a variety of […]
From The Age (Australia): Oliver Buckworth, 28, claims he was removed from a Gold Coast-bound flight after a fellow passenger saw the contents of his notebook over his shoulder and informed Tiger staff. “The irony is I was writing a sentence about the absurdity of the fearmongering when we live in such a happy country […]
Check out Newsday cartoonist Matt Davies ink and color his cartoon. Always in awe of those who color by hand.
A big thanks goes out to Universal Uclick for sponsoring the blog this week. Universal is the owner of GoComics, the largest comics portal in the world with some of the most recognized and famous comics (and webcomics). The portal itself has over a billion (with a B) page views a year. That?s a lot […]
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Oh, the overwhelming Tall Tale Features-ness of this episode is staggering! 6 years ago, I started Tall Tale Radio, and now have reached 200 episodes! The podcast started because Mike […]
Ottawa Citizen editorial cartoonist Cam Cardow has posted a video showing how he creates the Duoshade effect in Photoshop. Doushade was a paper that when a special chemical was applied, a diagonal shading line appeared under the pen and ink drawings creating a shading effect. The paper was discontinued in 2009. Here’s Cam’s video:
Daily Cartoonist regular reader Mark Stokes has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the publishing of his first ever collection Zombie Boy Comics Volume 1: Some Kind of Horrible. From his description: Zombie Boy Comics follows the afterlife and times of “living challenged” Morgan McCorkindale, a.k.a. Zombie Boy, and his pals Duncan, Beatrice, Claustria, Boog […]
Nick Anderson with other contestants vying for Hottest Bachelor in Houston. Click for larger, shirtless (and tan line) magic. When an editorial cartoonist wins the Pulitzer, they’re assured their obituary’s first line will mention it. But if voting goes well for Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson, perhaps he’ll be better known as Hottest Bachelor […]
This is cool. Animation director Genndy Tartakovsky has been working on a Popeye animated feature film for Sony Pictures Animation. Today they released an “animation test” – not the real voice talent or even scenes from the movie in production. But it’s cool nonetheless. Check it out:
From Publisher’s Weekly: According to Nielsen Bookscan?s numbers, the graphic novel category is up 10% this year over 2013. As of September 14, graphic novels have sold 5,618,000 copies in 2014, up from 5,116,000 in 2013. The number matches up with the most recent figures from Diamond Comics Distributors, which showed graphic novels up 3.81% […]