Awards Art Spiegelman, on August 12, will be the recipient of the MacDowell Medal. Wikipedia: The Edward MacDowell Medal is an award which has been given since 1960 to one person annually who has made an outstanding contribution to American culture and the arts. It is given by The MacDowell Colony, the first artist residency […]
Multiple-award nominee cartoonist Steve Conley is raising funds over at Kickstarter for his beautifully illustrated “The Middle Age.” With a few weeks left, Steve has already greatly exceeded his $5,000 goal. From the Kickstarter page: Sir Quimp of Grawlix is an older knight who is stuck with a sarcastic, cursed sword and is on an against-all-odds quest to […]
Matt Wuerker introduces our theme for the day, which is futility. The economy has grown four percent and, for all the hoo-hah, you’d think we’d developed a car that runs on plastic straws. It’s a very good number. It’s the best we’ve done in nearly four years, which is to say, we did it under […]