Mo Willems is Kennedy Center Artist-in-Residence
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced that Mo Willems-the beloved author and illustrator best…
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Some Recent Comics Shtuff
It’s Gahan Wilson’s Birthday! Happy Birthday to Gahan Wilson. To celebrate here’s a recent audio interview with the master…
Hey Kids! Comics! What I Want For Valentines’
above: Liò by Mark Tatulli Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for February 2019 release. Images…
Tomi Ungerer – RIP
Author, Illustrator and cartoonist Tomi Ungerer has passed away. Jean-Thomas (Tomi) Ungerer November 28, 1931 – February 9, 2019* *Ungerer…
20 Things You Didn’t Know About Dr. Seuss
You’ve probably been pronouncing “Seuss” wrong. Sorry, but Seuss is not pronounced “Soose.” Instead, Dr. Seuss and his family,…
Cartoonist Profile: Here’s George Booth
“Here, George!” by Sandra Boynton and George Booth was released last week. George Booth began his cartooning career 70 years…
Never been seen before Dr. Seuss book published
Brainpickings.org reports that previously unpublished Dr. Seuss book has been found and now published. In the spring of 1957, almost…
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….
Profiled: Iranian artist Maya Neyestani jailed for children’s cartoon
The LA Times has an interesting profile on Iranian (now living in Paris) artist Mana Neyestani about his three month…
Dozi the Alligator to hit bookshelves in May
Heritage Builders Publishing has announced that it will publish the ?Dozi the Alligator? children?s series by award-winning cartoonist Daniel Boris….
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…
New Mark Pett book hits bookstores tomorrow
From the Deseret News: Mark Pett?s pencil and watercolor spreads tell the story ? and the story within the story…
Thank you Daniel Boris
A big thanks goes out to Daniel Boris, who sponsored the blog last week. He’s running a Kickstarter campaign to…
Check out Daniel Boris’s Dozi the Alligator
This week’s sponsor is the talented Daniel Boris, creator of Hoxwinder Hall. Hoxwinder Hall was voted a top-5 finalist in…
Check out Chris Eliopoulos’s new ‘Ordinary People Change the World’ books
This week’s sponsor is Chris Eliopoulos. I’ve been a fan of Chris’s work for, well… the first time I saw…