Santa Monica votes to keep Paul Conrad’s Chain Reaction sculpture
Fantastic news from Santa Monica where the city council voted 6-1 to keep Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad’s…
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Please support The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning
The awesome Anne Morse Hambrock is gearing up for another fantastic Kenosha Festival of Cartooning this year. If you haven’t…
German cartoonist apologizes for Zuckerberg cartoon
German cartoonist Burkhard Mohr has apologized for drawing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a hooked-nose octopus in a cartoon related…
Podcast: Episode 196 ? Greg Johnson
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to GoComics and give it a listen….
Did you know these actors did voice work for animation?
Interesting post over at Mental Floss about 21 notable actors who did voice work for various animated series and movies….
They replaced Cal Grondahl with a children’s illustrator??
I’m a bit surly this morning after reading the news that my one-time local paper The Standard Examiner hired a…
Disney to judge: End Stan Lee Media for good
Hollywood Reporter has a good update on the latest court case involving Stan Lee Media’s attempt to assert it’s ownership…
What the hidden Bizarro symbols mean
I’ve known of the hidden symbols in Dan Piraro’s Bizarro strip for years, but didn’t know each one had a…
Stephan Pastis kicking off Falling Down tour
Timmy Failure author and Pearls Before Swine comic creator Stephan Pastis is heading out on two book tours – one…
“Pastis” getting divorce? Pastis is NOT getting a divorce
Michael Cavna notes that recent story-lines in Pearls Before Swine in which the Stephan Pastis character is having marital problems…
Patreon growing as crowd-funding platform of choice for creators
Over at Robot6, Corey Blake crunches numbers of crowd-funding platforms. Of interest is the rapid rise of Patreon for comic…
Tunisian cartoonist pardoned, but remains in jail
I know I’ve mentioned this case before. Here’s the back story again: Jabeur Mejri was sentenced to seven and a…
NCS announces speakers for 2014 Reuben Awards weekend
The National Cartoonist Society has announced the line-up of speakers for the upcoming Reuben Awards weekend. Also announced is a…
Lego Simpsons to air May 4
On May 4 an entire Simpson’s episode will be in the form of Legos. The article from The Guardian suggests…
Profiled: Mike Lester and Mike Du Jour
Mike Lester’s comic Mike Du Jour will start running in the Florida Times-Union in March – which is also his…