Mike Thompson – 20 Years at The Freep Friday marks 20 years since I first walked into the front door of the Detroit Free Press as the new political cartoonist for the premier news organization in the most interesting news town in America. And this city and state has never left me wanting for topics […]
One of the world’s most recognizable cartoon characters, Mickey Mouse, is celebrating his 90th birthday on November 18. The date is taken from the 1928 premiere of the animated short film “Steamboat Willie” in which Mickey Mouse made his theatrical debut. Nation Multimedia (Thailand) presents 10 fascinating facts and fun trivia about Mickey Mouse. […]
Patrick McDonnell as Schulz Museum’s Second Saturday Cartoonist – or not On November 10 the Schulz Museum was all set to welcome award-winning cartoonist Patrick McDonnell, creator of the comic strip Mutts, to talk about his favorite mutts, from real-life dogs to Snoopy. McDonnell will sign books after his talk, including his newest collection […]
Maybe you can see things more clearly from a slight distance, but Canadian cartoonist Michael de Adder once more boils it all down to the essential point, aided, I would note, by the fact that his detailed style makes it possible to capture Bill Murray’s best hangdog expression. Simply citing the movie would have been […]