Universal Uclick has launched a new corporate website. From their press release: Universal Uclick, the world’s largest independent syndication company, announces the launch of UniversalUclick.com, a website designed to showcase the company’s diverse selection of comics, editorial cartoons, text features, games and puzzles available in print, online and on mobile phones worldwide. The new site […]
Via Tom Richmond’s blog is a story on Comics Beat detailing a heated exchange between famed MAD cartoonist Sergio Aragones and Comic book writer (and Harvey Award Keynote speaker) Mark Waid over free content – the topic of Mark’s speech. It was mostly pep talk, partly an entreaty “not to be afraid of the future […]
Sherman’s Lagoon creator Jim Toomey was recently a featured TED Talk speaker. TED is explained as, “Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world” and being a TED speaker is a high privilege. Jim was part of a presentation on panel of speakers talking about Mission Blue – a project aimed at creating marine […]
Gene Luen Yang is the creator of American Born Chinese – the first graphic novel to win the American Library Association’s Printz Award and nominated for a National Book Award in the category of Young People’s Literature. He recently keynoted a small comic book conference where he talked about his start in graphic novels. Gene […]
A while ago I reported that Sita Sang The Blues creator Nina Paley would appear at on open reception for her exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Franciso. While the exhibit will still run through it’s scheduled dates, the opening reception has been cancelled. A new date will be announced.
The Cartoon Art Museum and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are hosting a special evening with Nina Paley, creator of Sita Sings The Blues on July 20. There will be a special screening of her self-created animated feature film. The museum is also exhibiting her work between July 3 and October 24th. Tickets for the screening […]
Investor’s Business Daily’s editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez will be a guest lecturer at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on June 14. Michael’s lecture is entitled “Editorial Cartooning, Journalism and a Citizen’s Responsibility in a New World Order.” He will also be signing his latest book “Everyone Has the Right to My Opinion.” Both events are […]
Today opens registration for the 2010 Festival of Cartoon Art in Columbus Ohio. See full announcement and details that I posted last Thursday or visit their site for details. Register early and get a discount: The registration fee will be $125, with an early bird discount of $20 (must register by August 1, 2010). Members […]
Mark your calendars and register early. Space is limited to 275 participants. Registration for the 2010 Festival of Cartoon Art organized by The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum will open on June 1, 2010. The Festival, which is a celebration of cartoons and comics, will take place October 14-17. Online registration, […]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Rob Rogers will present his “How a Cartoonist’s Brain Works” at The Cartoon Art Museum this Thursday, June 24. The presentation is described as an “interactive combination of live drawing and a cartoon slide presentation takes the audience behind the curtain of his creative process.” From the ol’ press release: Rogers’s material will […]
Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher, the editorial cartoonist for The Economist magazine, has returned from a speaking tour in the Middle East. I have just returned from a 12 day visit to Amman, Jordan and Beirut, Lebanon as part of a strategic speaker initiative sponsored by the US Embassies in the region. During my visit I addressed […]
After more than three decades of drawing Garfield, Jim Davis will honored by Ball State University on April 17. An Extraordinary Evening with Jim Davis will recognize the genius of the comic strip creator, credited with developing the worldwide Garfield marketing phenomenon. Guests will have an opportunity to meet Davis and learn firsthand about the […]
Kick back and watch this video of Rob Roger’s lecture to the Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for the Arts in Society delivered on March 6, 2010. Runs 39 minutes, but well worth it. h/t Mike Lynch
The Macworld website has posted news that PvP creator Scott Kurtz will speak at this year’s Macworld along with Chicago Sun-Times and Macworld columnist Andy Ihnatko. The discussion description: or the past century, succeeding as a writer or artist in the newspaper business required submitting work to syndicates and editors. Chances of success for slim, […]
Several stories have been filed about last weekend’s Chicago Humanities Festival featuring several notable cartoonists. The Chicago Tribune writes about New Yorker cartoonists Pat Byrnes, Edward Koren, Roz Chast and New Yorker cartoon editor Robert Mankoff about cartooning humor for The New Yorker. The Tribune also write about Jules Feiffer, Chris Ware, Lynda Barry and […]