News Briefs for December 21, 2009
Animation » Some suspect the Homer Simpson character is a caricature inspired by Irish comic strips of the late 1800s…
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Berenstain Bears heading to big screen
USA Today reports that the Berenstain Bears are heading to the big screen. Walden Media, the company behind the Chronicles…
News briefs for October 27, 2009
Awards » The Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award Competition for 2009 is due November 12, 2009. Comic books » Joe…
Fourth “Wimpy Kid” released with 4 million copies
Jeff Kinney’s fourth “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” book is being released today with a print run of 4 million….
Jules Feiffer, daughter team up on book about First Dog
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer has illustrated a children’s book written by his daughter, Kate, about the struggle to choose…
“World’s youngest professional cartoonist” pens new book
Alexa Kitchen, who is twelve years old, has a new book from Disney-Hyperion Books, “Grown-ups Are Dumb (No Offense).” She…
News briefs for August 17, 2009
Comic Books » Steven Kirk has an interesting post about the legal layout of the Superman character. He writes that…
News Briefs for July 23, 2009
Comic Books » Publisher’s Weekly reports that Sergio Aragones will be working on the Bart Simpson comic book. From the…
Stephen Silver to host self-publishing seminar
Character designer, illustrator Stephen Silver will present a three-hour seminar on the topic of self-publishing for children’s books, art books…
News briefs for May 6, 2009
Children’s Books » Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell has a new book coming out this fall called “Wag.” The book is…
News Briefs for May 4, 2009
Alt Comics » Slowpoke creator Jen Sorensen is profiled in the Washington Post. Children’s Books » Jules Feiffer spoke at…
Mars Needs Moms movie details released
The motion picture based on Berkeley Breathed’s children’s book Mars Needs Moms is moving forward. Announced are the main actors…