Cartoonist and editor Lex Fajardo is the latest guest on Geoff Grogan’s “Blockhead” podcast. From Geoff’s podcast page: To help celebrate the 70th anniversary of “Peanuts” debut, Lex Fajardo of Schulz Creative Associates and “Kid Beowulf” joins Geoff for a wonderful conversation about his new Kickstarter and “the comics we love.” Fajardo’s bio from GoComics: […]
Ann Telnaes, Barry Blitt and Pia Guerra discuss editorial cartooning with NPR’s Scott Simon virtually at 5:00 – 6:30 (CT) tonight (Oct. 13). Registration is free but required. Click here for more details.
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher will the guest of honor this Saturday (Oct. 17) at the Crystal Moll Gallery in Baltimore. He’ll be signing copies of his book “Daggers Drawn” and featured in a Facebook Live event for all who would like to attend.The Moll Gallery will also be exhibiting and selling original KAL artwork. About KAL […]
Robb Armstrong has created more than 10,000 “Jumpstart” comics over his 30-year career. To celebrate the comic strip’s XXX anniversary, Robb has selected more than 500 strips that look back at some of the highlights of his three-decade run. Check it out on Amazon here. From Robb’s Amazon page: One of the longest-running African-American comic […]
Venerable “Doozies” cartoonist and “Simpsons” producer Tom Gammill tours the temporarily closed Bushmiller Museum and Research Center with a very special guest, Irish whisky and Sluggo on blues guitar.
The State of California is now offering Snoopy license plates for cars and motorcycles. The special plates will help raise funds for museums statewide. From the Cal Museums site: Certainly, these stylish plates proclaim your love for the world’s most famous beagle. They also support a great cause by raising critical funds for California’s great […]
Over at The (Comics) Beat Avery Kaplan gives a very positive review of Half Full-cartoonist Maria Scrivan’s middle grade novel “Forget Me Nat.” From the review: One of the highlights of the Nat series has been the way Scrivan brings her well-honed skills as a syndicated daily newspaper cartoonist to the drawing table. Scrivan’s skill at spinning […]
Our friends over at Ohio State University Bill Ireland Library & Museum are hosting a three-round virtual Comics Trivia evening on October 2nd. You are required to register to participate. From the CXC site: The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum challenges you to a three-round game of comics trivia! We’ll start out with some […]
There’s been a lot of good press surrounding cartoonist Keith Knight’s new Hulu comedy show “Woke.” It debuted on September 9th and NPR reviewed it on the same day. From the Eric Deggans review: “This is a pitch-perfect comedy released at just the right time, encouraging us to laugh at all of the absurdities surrounding […]
On today’s “Three-Word Answer” it’s Part 2 of our chat talking with social/political/pop-culture/jack-of-all-genres Ruben Bolling. Ruben is the cartoonist behind the weekly comic “Tom the Dancing Bug” that can be seen on such august sites as BoingBoing, Daily Kos, The Washington Post and GoComics. If you’ll remember the format of this Q&A, we ask, oh […]
“That New Carl Smell” cartoonist Carl Skanberg was profiled in a feature story on MLB.com. From the Michael Clair piece: Skanberg is a lifelong White Sox fan who has a long history of covering the team’s exploits through his comics work. After losing his job right before the pandemic hit, the veteran cartoonist decided to devote […]
Over at the YouTube, children’s author and “Savage Chickens” cartoonist Doug Savage reads (in a soothing and delightful Canadian accent) from his book “Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy.” Now, presented by Gotham Reads, here’s Doug Savage reading “Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy in ‘Day of the Aquabear.’”
On today’s “Three-Word Answer” we’re talking with social/political/pop-culture/jack-of-all-genres Ruben Bolling. Ruben is the cartoonist behind the weekly comic “Tom the Dancing Bug” that can be seen on such august sites as BoingBoing, Daily Kos, The Washington Post and GoComics. If you’ll remember the format of this Q&A, we ask 20 questions and the answers MUST […]
Intrepid Washington Post reporter Michael Cavna talks to cartoonist Garry Trudeau about the release of his third Trump-themed Doonesbury book. From Cavna’s piece: “There has been never the slightest danger of running out of inspiration — Trump serves up a banquet of lies, obfuscation and cruelty almost daily,” says Trudeau, whose new material runs every […]
On today’s “Three-Word Answer” we talked with award-winning cartoonist, illustrator and children’s author Dave Whamond. The pen, heart and mind behind more than 50 books, Dave’s also been creating his syndicated comic panel “Reality Check” since 1995. An Alberta, Canada native, Dave has been called “one helluva guy” by too many people to count. If […]