2015-16 Kenosha Festival Of Cartooning fundraising kicks off
The 2015-16 Kenosha Festival Of Cartooning fundraising has started. Anne Morse Hambrock, the festival founder, has a great event lined…
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Eisner award nominees announced
This year’s Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Looking though the list (below), I’m seeing several familiar names. Glad to…
Tom the Dancing Bug publishes “Alien Invasion in My Backyard”
Tom the Dancing Bug creator Ruben Bolling has published a new book for children called Alien Invasion in My Backyard….
National Cartoonist Society announces Division Award nominees
The National Cartoonist Society has announced the 2014 Division Awards aka Silver Reubens (or tongue in cheek the “Steckleys”). The…
Profiled: Dave Coverly and his new book Dogs are People Too
Speed Bump creator Dave Coverly has a new book out called “Dogs Are People, Too: A Collection of Cartoons to…
Exploring Calvin & Hobbes site launches; new book next week
Universal Uclick has launched a new website to commemorate the 30 year anniversary of the launch of Bill Watterson’s Calvin…
Bob Weber publishes two Slylock Fox books
Bob Weber’s Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids is hitting Amazon. Andrews McMeel Publishing is publishing two Slylock Fox books:…
Dan Collins is going to hell for the third time
Dan Collins has released his third e-book in the Cartoons That Will Send Me Straight To Hell series. His e-book…
Audio: The Art of Richard Thompson discussion
Last week, the editors of The Art of Richard Thompson gathered for an evening to talk about Richard Thompson. Below…
Chris Browne publishes children’s book for South Dakota
I know a lot of newspaper cartoonists have migrated into the children’s books, so Hagar the Horrible cartoonist Chris Browne’s…
My review: The Art of Richard Thompson
This Tuesday “The Art of Richard Thompson” will hit book shelves everywhere. In one word, let me sum up the…
Captain Underpants is #1 banned book in America. Again
Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants has topped the list of books that were banned or challenged in 2013 according to the…
Graphic Novel sales up 10% this year
From Publisher’s Weekly: According to Nielsen Bookscan?s numbers, the graphic novel category is up 10% this year over 2013. As…
Alison Bechdel named 2014 MacArthur Fellow and with it $625k
Dykes to Watch Out For creator Alison Bechdel has been named along with 20 other individuals as 2014 MacArthur Fellows…
Rob Harrell’s new book “Life of Zarf” hits shelves
Adam@Home cartoonist Rob Harrell has a middle grade novel out called Life of Zarf: The Trouble with Weasels The description…