Once again a local Republican website has posted Woody Harrington‘s image equating The Grand Old Party with the Ku Klux Klan. It is unknown how long the image remained on the opening page. The Roanoke Times reports: A familiar Republican Party mascot pictured on the Patrick County GOP website hid Ku Klux Klan imagery […]
Original November 29 post: Eleanor Davis, who The New York Review called “one of the very best cartoonists working today,” seems to have hooked up with The New York Times for a daily spot illustrating their “Of Interest – Noteworthy Facts from Today’s Paper” column. Above is her first from November 3, 2021. […]
So you’ve been wondering what Dan Piraro has been up to since giving up Bizarro dailies to Wayno? Apparently he’s been experimenting… …with a different genre and a different format – a graphic novel in serial form. Dan expands our consciousness with an introduction/explanation: Five years ago a scene from a story dropped into my […]
The National Basketball Association has announced their 2019-2020 schedule. The Los Angeles Clippers released their NBA 2019-20 schedule in a comic format. Five artists contributed to the effort. Karmo Ruusamaa Bob Lian Norman Nazar Jack Perkins Jonathan Chan The Clippers Social Media Team gives a shout out to pjpaula04 […]
Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price will be teaching a class on cartooning in April. The description from the course website: What are the components of a caption cartoon? (Plot, setting, characters, surprise… all in a snapshot.) Each day’s lecture will focus on a different element of panel cartooning and I’ll assign exercises to strengthen that […]
Newspapers aren’t the only medium cutting comics. Yahoo! has announced it has closed down its online comics page that ran on their Yahoo! News portal. From the NY Post: The comics appeared as part of Yahoo! News, which attracts some 43 million unique users per month. A Yahoo! spokeswoman said: ?We never had a destination. […]
Wednesday marked the 30th anniversary of the launch of Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes. To note the anniversary Lee Salem recalls working with Bill: You worked closely with Watterson for more than 10 years, remaining a friend after 30 years. Please share a few of your favorite memories of working with him. From an editorial […]
Stan Sakai, creator of Usagi Yojimbo is facing financial challenges due to a medical costs caring for his wife who has been battling a debilitating illness. She requires 24-hour home care beyond what insurance will cover. The Cartoon Art Professional Society is creating an auction to raise money for Stan and are asking for any […]
Michael Jantze is back at the drawing board and ready to knock out a special edition book of his comic strip The Norm. Here’s part of his pitch on Indiegogo: “Knocked Out Loaded” is a story I pitched and sold to DC Comics in 1990 – along with another graphic novel titled “Rave On” – […]
Amazon has posted their “Best Books of the Year So Far 2013: Comics & Graphic Novels” for the first six months of the year. Here’s their list: Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon, by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Javier Pulido and others (Marvel) Solo: The Deluxe Edition, by various (DC Comics) Thor: God […]
Yolanda Johnson Bryant interviews editorial cartoonist Kerry G. Johnson who is also an art director, caricaturist, cartoonist and graphic designer. Listen to internet radio with ymjauthor on BlogTalkRadio
So you couldn’t afford an original Bill Watterson oil painting of Cul de Sac character Petey, or any of the two original strips that went to auction earlier this year. But maybe you can afford to buy one of five autographed Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Watterson or maybe even one of the five Watterson […]
Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson has a nice summary of his presentation he gave back in February at the Success in Comics seminar. I must have done everything right, right? Not so much. When I take a good hard look at it, probably 95% of the things I’ve tried ended up failing. But the other 5% […]
The fine folks over at The Cartoonist Studio have announced they have started a blog to go along with the other cool features. Each day one of the many syndicated pros will respond to a topic. While you’re over there, check out the studios and cartoon of the day.
With better special effects and better writing, super-hero movies have been doing really well in theaters in the last decade. Sure there have been some stinkers, but when you think of Batman, The Avengers, Ironman, many have done quite well. Directors finally figured out that treating the comic book movies more like action thrillers make […]