Feiffer: Well, when I was young, it didn’t much matter what I thought, because I was scared of my shadow, and I wouldn’t have done anything about anything. Kuper: Which brings me back to my question. You came from that, and then you end up in a profession that is the most extreme example of […]
Adrian Tomine, Kate Carew & Eddie Campbell, Art Spiegelman, Marshall Ramsey, and Bruce Eric Kaplan (BEK). A Comic Artist’s Antidote to the How-To Guide [Adrian]Tomine, it turns out, is an adept conversationalist — or at least his latest book, Q&A [link added], suggests as much. Recently released by his longtime publisher, Drawn & Quarterly, the […]
Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud are co-chairs; Connie Zeigler on Brenda Starr and Dale Messick; Phil Witte – counsellor, cartoonist, critic; Barbara Shermund biographer Caitlin McGurk; Terry Laban – graphic novelist; Beginning: Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon. Telgemeier, McCloud chosen as National Library Week honorary chairs From the American Library Association: CHICAGO — Award-winning author and […]
A strange interview with Lynda Barry; and Darrin Bell on the state of the comic art. Austin Kleon sets up a Q&A with cartoonist Lynda Barry in an unusual fashion. Typewriter interview with Lynda Barry Darrin Bell on the other hand traveled to the University of Wisconsin at Waukesha and engaged in a little Q&A […]
Scott Underwood has been living his childhood dream. He contributes the art and colour for the Sunday pages of Slylock Fox, a comic strip aimed at kids. For the last four years, Underwood has been living his childhood dream. He contributes the art and colour for the Sunday pages of Slylock Fox, a long-running comic […]
Edward Gorey, Maria Scrivan, James Sturm, Jerry Fearing, Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud, Michael Maslin, Bill Watterson and Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, The Stanleys, and encouraging developing cartoonists. Rich Johnston shares news of the print run for Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud’s forthcoming book: The Cartoonists Club, a new graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier and […]
Editorial cartoons are being seen by more people than ever, but the income that supports them is drying up. Fresh after being let go from his 30-year newspaper job, renowned editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder talks to The National’s Ian Hanomansing about the perils of his profession in the age of social media. Ian Hanomansing […]
Pat Oliphant lost his eyesight a few years ago, but his blue-green eyes still search my face when I sit beside him and introduce myself. He says I speak too fast and that I have an accent and that it’s from Texas. I correct him (not from Texas) and point out that he’s got one […]
The Unwarranted hatred for Comic Sans; The Comics Courier, a tabloid comics criticism newspaper; a Bob Foster obituary; the Kansas City studio of Walt Disney; and an Amber Waves Comics Kingdom news item. New Comic Amber Waves Brings Heartfelt Tales of Childhood to Life This crisp fall week welcomes a new strip available on Comics […]
Billy Ireland & Jenny Robb, Marshall Ramsey, Ernie Bushmiller, Ward Sutton & Stan Kelly, Paul Gilligan, and Mort Walker, Bill Hoest, & Bil Keane. Chillicothe, Columbus, and the World — A boy who grew up in Chillicothe and then worked for the Columbus Dispatch to became a world-famous cartoonist was part of the focus of […]
Featuring Bianca Xunise, Chip Beck, Alan Hardman, Eli Valley, Patrick McDonnell, Herblock, Larry Todd, Matt Wuerker, Ann Telnaes, Michael Ramirez, Pedro Molina, Vladimir Kazanevsky and Rachita Taneja. Bianca Xunise is the Ignatz Award-winning author of comics including GothThrob, Imaginary Boyfriends, Keep Out, and Say Her Name. She is one of the authors of the daily […]
Barry Blitt, Dennis Draughon, Tim Oliphant, Drew Litton, Cathy Wilcox, Jules Feiffer, Ernie Bushmiller, Quino. Randall Enos, and dozens of Cartoonists For Kamala. Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist Barry Blitt tired of Trump One might expect that Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Barry Blitt would be on the euphoric side with a coming U.S. election pitting his seemingly favourite […]
Hilary B. Price is the creator and cartoonist for the Rhymes With Orange comic strip. Recently, Hilary won Cartoonist of Year at this year’s Reuben Awards, which are the Academy Awards for the cartooning industry. In 1995, she became the youngest-ever female syndicated newspaper cartoonist. TOM: Where do you get the most readers these days […]
Jim Keefe, Jason Chatfield, Bob Eckstein, Michael Maslin, Darrin Bell, RL Crabb, Richard Marschall, Kyle Bravo, and Wayno. Keefe improvises Sally Forth artist Jim Keefe discusses that unusual and inventive middle panel in today’s comic strip. Chatfield packs up his old kit bag I travel a lot, which I’m lucky to do. I like getting […]
Gary Larson’s net worth, Li’l Sparky calendar, Max & the Midknights TV, public domain Buck Rogers, Jef Mallett interviewed, Warner Bros. theatrical cartoons coming (or not), and a warning about tomorrow from a turtle. Gary Larson Net Worth 2024: The Far Side of Success Sazadul Islam Saju at Surprise Sports puts cartoonist Gary Larson’s current […]