Linda Finck on Saul Steinberg; Keith Knight on Little Victories; Michael Maslin on Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell; Walter Scott on criticism; Vincent Alexander on Rob Schribner; Brian Anderson on transitioning from comic strips to graphic novels. It feels wrong to describe Saul Steinberg’s work in words; it simply transcends them. Steinberg called himself “a writer who […]
Cartoonists of The New Yorker; Henrik Rehr; Ian Jones’ Bushy Tales; R. J. Matson’s 2024 revue; Scott Adams on drones; Jenny Jinya on Death; Eddie Campbell’s Kate Carew; Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes; Fleischer Brothers’ Inkwell Imps. On November 21 at the Rizzoli Bookstore on Broadway, At Wit’s End: Cartoonists of The New Yorker received its […]
A Charlie Brown Christmas – year 59. Next year will not only be the 75th anniversary of Peanuts debut on October 2, 1950 it will also be the 60th year since A Charlie Brown Christmas first appeared on December 9, 1965. Of course times have changed and your opportunity to view the Peanuts special free […]
Animator Dante Barbetta was born December 2, 1934 and so joins the Senior Strippers roll. “Friend Bob,” who Dante addresses in those above drawings, is Bob Coar who, for Cartoon Research, informs us of Dante’s long and varied career in animation in his Born to Animate – Dante Barbetta biographical entry to Coar-Toon Rehash. And […]
Soft-spoken cartoonist historian Tim Jackson, who died on Nov. 3 of complications from Lewy Body disease, was best known for his 2017 Eisner-nominated book Pioneering Cartoonists of Color, which put the history of African-American editorial cartoonists and comic-strip artists in high relief. But Jackson didn’t just write about pioneering cartoonists of color; he was a […]
Socialists Charles Schulz and Al Vermeer, Walt Kelly and Jim Henson – Pogo and Muppets, Al Brodax animates The Beatles for TV, Wild Takes Animated by Tex Avery and others, and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – the comic strip. Peanuts, Priscilla’s Pop Push Progressivist Propaganda Nat Gertler stumbled upon a 1963 syndicated column by […]
The Daily Cartoonist, practicing the Fairness Doctrine, suggests some Third Party Candidates. All characters © the current copyright holders
The Unwarranted hatred for Comic Sans; The Comics Courier, a tabloid comics criticism newspaper; a Bob Foster obituary; the Kansas City studio of Walt Disney; and an Amber Waves Comics Kingdom news item. New Comic Amber Waves Brings Heartfelt Tales of Childhood to Life This crisp fall week welcomes a new strip available on Comics […]
Cartoonists for Kamala continues receiving and auctioning cartoon art. One of the latest is from Robb Armstrong where he revises a recent Sunday JumpStart. Robb rewrote the last two panels: From Mike Lynch via Antonio Marques we are treated to a four page informative article on “How An Animated Film Is Made” written by Jerome […]
With Brenda Starr, Girl Reporter; 19th Century Haitian caricatures; PS: The Preventive Maintenance Monthy magazine; and The U.S. Army Air Force and Warner Bros and Private Snafu Commercial Article 16 – Dale Messick and Brenda Starr: Breaking Barriers and Hitting Deadlines Steven Heller interviews James Sholly about the latest issue of Commercial Article, which “explores […]
Day Two of the AAEC/ACC Conference in Montreal began with the Americans conducting a business meeting while the Canadians held a panel on digitization and conservation, apparently in both languages, unless the Billy Ireland’s Jenny Robb is fluent en francais, since she was one of the presenters. After lunch, we were reunited and began a […]
Comic strips Star Hawks, Bringing Up Father, Garth, and Sergeant Joe; with a detour to the Fleischer Studio. From World of Monsters: STAR HAWKS employed an unconventional format for a newspaper comic strip by using a two-tier layout as opposed to the conventional single-tier strips that were considered the standard. This enabled Kane to expand the […]
Cartoonist and animator Bob Foster has passed away. Robert Michael (Bob) Foster November 16, 1943 – September 30, 2024 Word is spreading that Bob Foster has died. Bob spent his lifetime in a wide range of cartooning and animation jobs. Below is Bob’s resume from 2010. I first learned of Bob’s talents with his Myron […]
A wide range of comic and comic-adjacent items. WESTPORT — Notable work by many of the cartoonists who have called Fairfield County home over the last century are showcased in two new exhibits at the Westport Library. On display are cartoons by: Dik Browne (“Haggar the Horrible”); Mort Walker (“Beetle Bailey”); John Cullen Murphy (“Prince […]
Gary Larson’s net worth, Li’l Sparky calendar, Max & the Midknights TV, public domain Buck Rogers, Jef Mallett interviewed, Warner Bros. theatrical cartoons coming (or not), and a warning about tomorrow from a turtle. Gary Larson Net Worth 2024: The Far Side of Success Sazadul Islam Saju at Surprise Sports puts cartoonist Gary Larson’s current […]