A Little of This, A Little of That
Tain’t Funny McGee McPherson © John McPherson A New Castle News reader finds no humor in a Close to Home…
Animation
Continue reading
Ron Campbell – RIP
Animator Ron Campbell has passed away. Ron Campbell December 26, 1939 – January 22, 2021 From the Ron Campbell…
Call for Entries: 2020 NCS Divisional Awards
The National Cartoonists Society has begun its annual call for entries for consideration for the NCS Divisional Reuben Awards recognizing…
Wrapping Up the Old with a Year-End Roundup
Some miscellaneous items from the recent past. On this day 25 years ago, Bill Watterson’s iconic comic strip Calvin and…
The Comics Research Bibliography 2020 Edition, Your Resource Source, Now Available
Over 1200 pages long with more than 1200 new entries, this is a bibliography of articles and books on all…
David Mruz – RIP
Comics and animation historian David Mruz has passed away. David Richard Mruz February 11, 1951 – December 20. 2020…
2020 In Memoriam Lists
Year-end lists are starting to show up. A couple In Memoriam on animation sites have been posted. Cartoon Brew documented…
Bill Plympton’s SLIDE Kickstarter
Famed animator Bill Plympton has three days to raise $40,000 for his independent animated feature. As a kid growing up…
Animated Mindrot*
For some reason I have a few stories relating to animation in the queue. A Charlie Brown Christmas at 55…
Helen Komar – RIP
Animator Helen Komar has passed away. Helen (Sobkow) KomarSeptember 4, 1927 – November 27, 2020 From the obituary: Helen…
Clifford Controversy: Too Big, Wrong Red
Fans of Clifford The Big Red Dog are upset about the live-action movie since they saw CGI Clifford in the…
Comics and Cartoons In The News
Early Daily Peanuts Comic Strip Auctions for $192,000 From Bleeding Cool: Charles Schulz‘s Peanuts syndicated comic strip began its 17897…
Cartoonists Chronicles 20-11-19
Accounts of comic/cartoon history that we stumbled on this past week. Eustace Tilley: Origins of an Icon Alex Jay’s short…
A Cartooning Menagerie
Small Newspapers and Freelance Cartoonists Small Market Sports © Bill Charbonneau Darren Johnson on getting cartoons for small newspapers: Still,…
Flash Gordon: A MInute to Save the World – An Animated Serial by David Reddick
Among the special projects coming from King Features is MOTION COMIC SHORTS SERIES – FLASH GORDON: A MINUTE TO SAVE…