The Cartoon Art Museum fundraising auction rolls on with two pieces that have had a nice bit of action on their bidding. The first is by cartoonist and sitcom creator Keith Knight and the second by Pixar story supervisor and “Magic Pickle” graphic novel series’ author Scott Morse. Click here to see Scott’s piece. […]
From the Politico site: In this episode of PUNCHLINES, Matt Wuerker interviews Mike Lester, one of the featured cartoonists in this week’s Politico Cartoon Carousel. They discuss Obamagate and Mike being one of the few conservative cartoonists in the industry.
Monomythic, a blog “covering gods and monsters, epic stories and forgotten legends, love and war, and everything in between,” features an interview with Baldo co-creator Hector Cantu and new Heart of the City cartoonist Steenz on Facebook Live .
Caitlin McGurk over at Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum is asking for help to identify the source of some Anime cels in their collection. From the Ireland site: Anime fans, now’s your time to shine! Within our International Museum of Cartoon Art Collection, we have a number of unidentified cels and animation […]
From the piece: “A lot of bad art is going to come out of this nightmare — including my own — and that’s okay,” Emmy-winning artist Dean Haspiel said a month ago, as more people were isolating and social distancing. His point was that artists should keep creating art — any art — in response to the […]
Comic book writer and artist Jason LaTour features Andrews McMeel Syndication’s Shena Wolf on the latest episode of his podcast “The Drawl.” Among the subjects covered, Jason and Shena talk about Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Wallace the Brave, Breaking Cat News, the new version of Nancy and racism in older comics. Jason’s bio from his […]
“Half Full” cartoonist Maria Scrivan’s debut YA novel has hit the New York Times best-seller list. “Nat Enough” (Graphix/Scholastic) breaks into the “Graphic Books and Manga” list at No. 11 with the story of middle-schooler Natalie “Nat.” From the book’s amazon page: Natalie has never felt that she’s enough — athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented […]
From the May 1st New York Times, a profile by Abdi Latif Dahir entitled “Tanzanian Cartoonist Has a Stick for Every Powerful Eye.” From the piece: Gado, 50, is one of Africa’s leading editorial cartoonists. A native Tanzanian who calls Kenya his home, he has won awards and been syndicated in newspapers and digital publications worldwide. […]
Over at Politico, Pulitzer winners Matt Wuerker and Darrin Bell chat about Darrin’s career, the lack of diversity in editorial cartooning and newspaper editors. https://www.politico.com/video/2020/05/01/punchlines-cartoonist-of-color-with-darrin-bell-074113
The Washington Post’s Michael Cavna talked to Jack Ohman, Matt Wuerker and Rick McKee about Vice President Mike Pence’s mask-free visit to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. From the piece: “Not only did he put himself and others at risk — and violate his own policy and that of the hospital — he set a […]
On Geoff Grogan’s latest “Blockhead” podcast, he interviews “Dennis the Menace” cartoonist Marcus Hamilton. From the site: “Dennis the Menace” takes over “Blockhead”! The wonderful Marcus Hamilton, daily cartoonist of “Dennis the Menace”, is here to talk about Dennis, the Mitchells, Mr. & Mrs. Wilson, his career as a top-notch illustrator in the 1970s and […]
Today at 3:00 (ET) Indigo Bookstores out of Canada will be holding a live Instagram conversation with cartoonist/author Terri Libenson. From Terri’s Facebook page: Today! 3 PM EST! Instagram Live chat with Indigo about BRIANNA and the Emmie & Friends series. Bonus! You can turn it into a drinking game any time you catch me […]
Rick Kirkman (Baby Blues) and NCS President, Ginger Meggs’ cartoonist and Covid-19 sufferer Jason Chatfield are proposing to the NCS membership and all cartoonists to include symbols within their comics as a tip of the hat/thank you for everyone working to help control the Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s Jason’s entire letter: Calling all cartoonists, including editorial cartoonists! […]
In today’s Art & Design section, The New York Times talks with six syndicated cartoonist about their approach to using Covid-19 in their work. Reporter Gavin Edwards spoke with Mark Tatulli, Ray Billingsley, Bill Hinds, Tony Carrillo, Lalo Alcaraz and Stephan Pastis. From the piece: Unlike internet cartoonists, who can respond immediately to current events, creators […]
The Cartoon Art Museum is continuing its “A Boy and His Tiger” fundraising auction with two sought-after items. A Bill Watterson signed print of the last Calvin and Hobbes … And original art from Patrick “Mutts” McDonnell …