Having read about the combined Association of American Editorial Cartoonists – Association of Canadian Cartoonists convention from a Yankee’s perspective, I think it well worthwhile to read about the combined Association of Canadian Cartoonists – Association of American Editorial Cartoonists joint conference from a Canuck’s frame of reference. Montreal recently hosted a dynamic convention that […]
The Townsend Award (“the Townsie”) is a two-fer from the Association of Canadian Cartoonists one for the best Anglophone cartoon of the year and one for the best Francophone cartoon of the year. As Mike Peterson reported (and, again, we’re setting this up as a stand-alone item): Mike also lists two other awards that were […]
Day Two of the AAEC/ACC Conference in Montreal began with the Americans conducting a business meeting while the Canadians held a panel on digitization and conservation, apparently in both languages, unless the Billy Ireland’s Jenny Robb is fluent en francais, since she was one of the presenters. After lunch, we were reunited and began a […]
Welcome to Montreal, home of Westmount High, alma mater of Kamala Harris, who, as Terry Mosher (Aislin) reminded us, lived here for a few years when her mother was a professor at McGill. There will be a lot of graphics today, so the prose will be sparse, and note that a lot was shot at […]
Nous sommes ici, at the AAEC and ACC Convention in Montreal, and I’m gradually re-learning to shift from English to French and back again as well as recalling that once you find the place you’re looking for and then find a place to park, you have forgotten how to get where you were going. Fortunately, […]
I would certainly love to be at the September 28 opening of The Larry Todd Retrospect at The Willits Center. According to The Ukiah Daily Journal: In addition to the exhibition, Larry Todd will be present for an opening reception on Sept. 28 from 6-9 p.m., where visitors will have the chance to meet the […]
Wes Tyrell, President of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists (ACC), and Jack Ohman, President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC), have both signed off on the updated schedule of the joint ACC/AAEC Montreal Convention to be held October 3 – 6, 2024. Below is the new updated schedule. Featuring: Aislin, Lalo Alcaraz, Barry […]
Note: This schedule has been superseded by an updated schedule. Expected Special Guests and Emcees: Christian Vachon, Wes Tyrell, Jack Ohman, Aislin, Boris, Graeme McKay, Ward Sutton, Mr. Fish, Serge Chapleau, Kal, Barry Blitt. And maybe Patrick Chappette, Matt Wuerker, Joel Pett, and Ann Telnaes. Bonus: an appearance by The Daily Cartoonist’s own Mike Peterson. […]
Harold and the Purple Crayon, 1960s Popeye cartoons, 1972 Sergio Aragonés poster, Little Orphan Annie and Harold Gray, 2024 San Diego Comic-Con book. Crockett Johnson and Harold and The Purple Crayon Harold is the sole visible creator in his universe. The pages he inhabits are plain white expanses until he fills them: with simple objects […]
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con is coming up at the end of July 2024 and they have some special guests lined up from the world of comic strips – some with hidden connections. From the SDCC Unofficial Blog is a list of those guests: Paul Levitz • Editor/writer, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern […]
Both the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) have posted updates concerning their upcoming 2024 conventions. Since the NCS’ Reubens Banquet and Awards come first – August 22-24, 2024 – we will start with them. Reuben Playbill Ads ON SALE thru July 16 The NCS update has to do […]
Graeme MacKay, editorial cartoonist for The Hamilton Spectator, attended the recent joint convention of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He writes: … this gathering in 2023, despite missing some old familiar friends and faces was robust in numbers giving the sense that editorial cartooning is alive and well […]
It’s all happening at the CXC on September 27 through October 1, 2023. Comic book writers and artists, editorial cartoonists, comic strip creators, small and large press… The Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, “a comics, art & animation festival,” begins next week in Columbus, Ohio and, as always, in association with The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and […]
That’s comic, I say comic strippin’ the Comic Con, son. Tom Batiuk and Dan Davis, both veterans of comic conventions, began preparing for the San Diego Comic Con last week as all true comic fans did. Sunday got the Crankshaft co-stars in their costumes and today to The Con. Tom and Dan are responsible for […]
(Adam Sacks) (Joy of Tech) So I got on Threads (comicstripoftheday) and yet, unlike Scrooge, my life has not been transformed. I don’t much like it, because it seems crowded, but maybe that’s because I don’t much like looking at things on my phone because they seem crowded. I’m assuming Threads will eventually come to […]