New book celebrates HERBLOCK’s 100th birthday
From the press release: To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of political cartoonist Herbert Block (Herblock), the Library…
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IDW to release The Family Circus Library
This November, IDW will release “The Family Circus Library, Volume 1” – the first two years of Bil Keane’s classic…
Thomas Nast up for NJ Hall of Fame
Thomas Nast, considered as the Father of American Editorial Cartooning, is one of this year’s nominees for the New Jersey…
Newspaper cartoonists autographs
Over at the Yesterday’s Papers blog, John Adcock has posted scans famous comic artists’ autographs. Included in the post: Billy…
Berkeley Breathed to panel Long Beach Comic Con
Bloom County, Outland and Opus creator Berkeley Breathed will make his comic-con debut at Long Beach Comic Con on October…
News briefs for September 9, 2009
Animation Film » The New York Times writes about the postapocalyptic Shane Acker movie “9” that is due out today….
Pittsburgh’s ToonSeum on the move
ToonSeum, a Pittsburgh museum devoted exclusively to the cartoon arts, is moving to a new location. One reason for the…
Boston Globe posts Ted Kennedy cartoons
The Boston Globe has a slideshow of editorial cartoons of Senator Ted Kennedy going back to 1962. Over all 33…
Tom Spurgeon begins “best of decade” project
Tom Spurgeon has begun what I’d consider a massive project – naming the top 100 comics for the years 2000-2009….
Ask Nevin Martell about Looking for Calvin and Hobbes
A new book about Bill Watterson is due out in October by Nevin Martell who set to write a biography…
Review: Looking for Calvin and Hobbes
On one hand, you gotta admire the tenacity of Nevin Martell who set out to write a biography of Bill…
Comic strip “Annie” turns 85
The comic strip Annie turned 85 yesterday. Little Orphan Annie first appeared in 1924, a creation of Herold Gray. The…
News Briefs for August 4, 2009
Comic Strips » The Aaugh Blog has an interesting post on who draws (and doesn’t draw) the Peanuts characters that…
Bloom County collection due in October
I mentioned this back in February, but it’s worth repeating. IDW Publishing will release the complete Bloom County collection –…
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…