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Some marginal items related to comics and cartooning.
Johnny Hart Enters the Binghamton Hockey Hall of Fame
Cartoonist Johnny Hart has been inducted into the Binghamton Hockey Hall of Fame. From WICZ:
The latest inductees to the Binghamton Hockey Hall of Fame have been announced as three new members will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on April 11.
This years inductees include former Binghamton Senator Jason Spezza, B.C. Icemen netminder Dieter Kochan, and late-cartoonist Johnny Hart.
The late Johnny Hart was a cartoonist whose work is still seen all-around Broome County. The Endicott, New York native is credited with the original designs of the Broome Dusters and the B.C. Icemen as well as other logos such as the B.C. Open and Broome County Parks.
The Hillside Middle School Tiger Tribune
SEVEN HILLS, Ohio — The next generation of journalists are getting their feet wet with Hillside Middle School’s Tiger Tribune.
The 16-page online publication covers all the goings-on at the Seven Hills school.
John Benson for cleveland.com reports on the Hillside Middle School reporters and their newspaper the Tiger Tribune which includes a comics page!
Then there’s Tiger Tribune cartoonist Abigail Halbasch, an avid reader who often comes across school newspaper storylines in various books.
Now, the sixth-grader gets to live out the experience.
The Seven Hills resident describes her newspaper peers as a second family.
“I like the fact that everyone is so comedic, kind and really fun to hang out with,” Abigail said.
And she draws as a newspaper cartoonist, which provides more than just a creative outlet.
“Creativity runs through my veins, is what I like to say when I’m feeling blue,” she said. “I also think the newspaper helps me with my art skills, too.
Aaron Blabey has signed an eight-figure deal with Macmillan
Bestselling author Aaron Blabey has signed an eight-figure deal with Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group for two new series.
The first, called Game of Pets, will debut in the fall of 2026. Macmillan and Foundation Media Partners plan to develop and produce it as a feature film franchise.
Blabey’s The Bad Guys series and Thelma The Unicorn were adapted for film by, respectively, DreamWorks Animation and Netflix. Blabey served as executive producer on both.
Universal Pictures and DWA are releasing The Bad Guys 2, a sequel to the $250 million-grossing 2022 hit, later this year.
Deadline: Australian graphic novelist Aaron Blabey and Macmillan have reached a $10 million deal.
Herb Galewitz, Editor of Pioneering Anthologies of Comics
But vintage comics’ unfortunate example of Gresham’s Law was a frequent presence in those days when the doors tentatively opened to comics’ respectability: Herb Galewitz.
Rick Marschall reviews those 1970s Herb Galewitz-edited comic strip collections that I eagerly snapped up.
Galewitz might have scratched the itches of nostalgists who recalled strips of their youth; but he might also have accelerated more than he did the appreciation of the art form of the comic strip, as others worked to do. Instead, his books featured scant background information; bad reproductions; and casual, scrapbook-standard continuities. He worked from syndicate proofsheet archives which, when spotty, Galewitz made no effort to fill.
San Francisco Chronicle Abandons The Chronicle Building
After 100 years in the heart of San Francisco’s South of Market district, the newsrooms at Fifth and Mission are emptying out. This summer, SFGATE and San Francisco Chronicle reporters, editors and photographers will decamp to a newer, shinier building at 450 Sansome St. near Jackson Square. The move will make way for the development of a condo tower on Fifth Street adjacent to the Chronicle Building. The new spot will likely have more reliable elevators and a prettier view, but it won’t have the cinematic history at 901 Mission.
Andrew Chamings for SFGATE reports on The Chronicle leaving their home of 100 years.
The old newsroom on Mission Street is steeped in lore, from the ciphers sent there by America’s most famous serial killer to the fierce rivalry, and eavesdropping, between the neighboring Examiner and Chronicle newsrooms.
The article focuses on the cinematic history of the building like Zodiac, the movie about S. F. Chronicle cartoonist Robert Graysmith’s story of the killer, though I would [refer to be enlightened about the DeYoung Chronicle/Hearst Examiner competition.
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