Clay Jones used his Twitter account to let his Facebook followers know that he had been suspended because the Facebook Artificial Intelligence doesn’t recognize satire and humor. Clay Jones’ Facebook account was back on the streets this morning.
Regarding NFTs Alex Hallatt poses an interesting question when she comments: The thing that upsets me most is the copyright notice. Selling an artwork does not mean you sell the copyright. Unless you say that you are doing so. I must admit that being an old Luddite I am outta my depth with this cryptocurrency-NFT […]
Daryl Cagle, this weekend, is entering the world of cryptocurrency. I’m a newspaper editorial cartoonist. The decline of newspapers has dragged my profession down … Cartoonists are on the front lines of journalism — but we struggle to pay the rent. Daryl anticipates a new revenue source for cartoonists. Crazy sales figures and global media […]
Cartoonist Scott Adams has created and is selling two NFT versions of a Dilbert comic strip – identical except for a curse word added to one of them. On his twitter feed Scott explains: For those who wonder, NFTs are digital art that is collectible because the original is registered on the blockchain. Yes, anyone […]
PORTLAND, Ore., March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The VC comic strip, a parody of the venture capital industry that was a huge hit with Silicon Valley insiders during the 1990’s dot-com era, has offered its very first comic for auction as an NFT (non-fungible token.) The sale of the property, titled The VC 1.0 combines a true […]
Friday The New York Times dropped a story about satire and Facebook’s bots inability to recognize it: Since 2013, Matt Bors has made a living as a left-leaning cartoonist on the internet. His site, The Nib, runs cartoons from him and other contributors that regularly skewer right-wing movements and conservatives with political commentary steeped in […]
Graphic Storytellers at Work: Cross-industry opportunities for cartoonists, illustrators and comics-makers, [is] a new report which explores how the skills of cartoonists, illustrators and comics-makers are being applied. This happens across a diverse range of industries such as health and education. The Australia Council for the Arts commissioned research to look at workplace opportunities for […]
Welcome to the Comic of The Future, brought to you by Rhymes With Orange, King Features, and Mental Canvas. From Rhymes With Orange: The King Features’ syndicated cartoon Rhymes With Orange has teamed up with Mental Canvas to bring you a cartoon that you can virtually jump into and explore. What’s the cartoon about? No […]
Watch as Wisconsin State Journal political cartoonist Phil Hands walks viewers through his creative process as he draws this year’s Mother’s Day cartoon. WiscNews presents Phil digitally drawing this year’s Mother’s Day cartoons.
above: Régis Loisel An exhibit of original European comic art in New York City gives Forbes a reason to look at the collectors market for original comic art. Philippe Labaune, founder of Art9, has a few ideas explaining why American collectors are getting into original comics art right now. “The American collector is moving steadily […]
In [E&P’s] featured “E&P Reports” interview this week, Dennis Draughon talks to E&P contributing writer Rob Tornoe about what it means to be a political cartoonist … for Capitol Broadcasting/WRAL. Draughon, incidentally, is the 2019 EPPY Award winner for Best Editorial/Political Cartoon with under 1 million unique monthly visitors. Dennis Draughon discusses being downsized out […]
The Improbable Remains On his How To book tour Randall Munroe goes north to Alaska. The Juneau Empire reports on Randall’s lecture there. The Spurns that Patient Merit of th’ Unworthy Takes At the time of this writing, the two most influential politicians in the United States are a real estate developer who became […]
Chris Waldron became Andrews McMeel Universal‘s new Chief Digital Officer. Among AMU’s operations is comics newspaper syndication and book publishing. Atlanta-based digital executive Chris Waldron joins Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU) as Chief Digital Officer beginning May 22, announced Chief Executive Officer Andy Sareyan. Waldron joins AMU after almost 20 years at Cartoon Network, […]
Children’s book illustrator Will Terry reviews Apple’s iPad Pro as a professional illustration device.