I’m often inspired by the motivations of cartoonists. Some are in it for the money, some for the love of the art and some, like Morrie Turner, are trying to make a difference. The Lodi News-Sentinel ran a story about a recent appearance of Morries in their community where he talked about: his life, his […]
With the release of the coffee table, “Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays!”, the San Francisco Chronicle’s art critic has written up a review of the 100 year old strip. The coffee book contains 120 of the best Sunday strips. Readers today will find the text and dialogue of “Nemo” quaint, but the […]
In a festival to spotlight Chicano and Latino writers, Lalo Alcaraz will be reading from some of his works (not sure how that works for a cartoonist, but oh well). So if you’re in the St. Paul Minnesota area and are a fan of Lalo, carve out some time on Tuesday night. Noted Latino author […]
The October 31 edition of Newsweek will have a story about the upcoming Boondocks television series. TV cartoons often get away with outrageous situations and dialogue that no live-action show could touch, from Homer’s gay-marriage ministry on “The Simpsons” to the infamous “South Park” episode about?well, take your pick. “Boondocks” is every bit as political […]
Garry Trudeau, Doonsbury cartoonist, has an account in the San Francisco Chronicle about his research and meeting with soldiers returning from Iraq so that he could better approach the subject. If I feel prepared — if I feel there’s been enough collecting, enough churn, enough marination — it gives me the confidence to know I […]
Jim Morin, editorial cartoonst for the Daily Herald in Miami Florida, is now one of three artists that are providing free paintings of soldiers killed while in active service. Project Compassion is a non-profit organization based out of Utah. Project Compassion is a way to say ?Thank you? to those American servicemen and women who […]
I had read a mention in an article that Dick Wright, syndicated editorial cartoonist, was a pastor in a church. After a little googling, I found this article that goes into depth about Wright’s involvement in his church. Mr. Wright, who lives in Warrenton, founded Community Christian Fellowship in 1999, when the church he was […]
The Indiana Daily Student has written an article about the reclusive former cartoonist Bill Watterson. Not being able to track down Watterson, they did the next best thing – they interviewed his parents.. After “Calvin and Hobbes” ended, Jim Watterson and his son would paint landscapes together, setting up easels along the Chagrin River or […]
Aaron McGruder’s upcoming television version of his popular comic strip “The Boondocks” has been reviewed by toonzone.net. The show is somewhat controversial as it uses the “N word.” The review is a good read if you’re insterested in Aaron’s strip and want to know how well it makes the leap to another medium.
David Reddick is an artist that works with Garfield creator Jim Davis. His (David’s) home town newspaper has done a write up on him that reveals some of the non Garfield projects he’s working on (like a strip called ‘The Trek Life’).
Tonight is the annual Cartoons and Cocktails – the largest auction of original editorial cartoons by the top editorial cartoonists in the nation. From a press release on Newswire: Cartoons & Cocktails, D.C.’s largest auction of original political cartoons by the nation’s top cartoonists. News personalities will auction dozens of cartoons, while guests enjoy an […]
I came across this funny posting on a bulletin board on the The Annoyatorium. It was a list of reasons why Jim Borgman, editorial cartoonist for the Cincinnati Enquirer is and isn’t annoying. One of the reasons he IS annoying: Much like Chris Matthews, the far left considers him part of the conservative agenda, while […]
From Editor and Publisher: Editorial cartoonist Doug MacGregor of The News-Press in Fort Myers, Fla., donated a kidney last month to a close friend he met 34 years ago in ninth grade. Both are recovering well.
Lots of good stuff on Chip’s new blog. He’s just as funny in his writing as he is in his editorial cartooning. More editorial cartoonists should have blogs.
A post on Jason Kottke blog yesterday explored who really was the first super hero (and how do you define a super hero). He maintains that the first super hero was Mandrake the Magician which debuted in newspapers in 1934 – four years before Superman. Toonpedia.com provides some historical information on the strip (which is […]