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 […]
Dynamic due Daryl Cagle and Brian Fairrington have collaborated once again on another editorial cartoon collection book. This book, The Big Book of Bush Cartoons is listed on Amazon.com, but has not begun shipping.
The Times Mail, Bedford, Indiana, ran a story yesterday reporting the results of a survey taken of their readers on which strips should go and which new strips should get coveted spot in the funny section. Zits and Luann took the top honors with Get Fuzzy in third. Pat Brady’s Rose is Rose will be […]
The Kitsap Sun is a paper in Bremerton WA where Tim Meenes grew up. They’ve published a profile piece on Tim Meenes, editorial cartoonist for the Post Gazette newspaper in Pittsburgh. The article requires free registration.
If you’re into collecting cartoon memorabilia, you might be interested in this complete collection of buttons. “All of the participating cartoonists were alive and created self-portraits specifically for this button set.” It’s definitely worth a peak. Why don’t cartoonists do something like that today? It’s like having something akin to baseball cards for the cartooning […]
David Fitzsimmons, editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, has been awarded the Lee Spirit Award which “recognizes outstanding citizenship and personal commitment to the community and Lee” (Lee being the owner of 58 daily papers across the country). In the past year, he made 118 personal appearances, before crowds as small as […]
For those cartoonists/readers who bemoan the continued existence of comics that survive long after the orginal creator has died, this will not be received as good news: Little Nemo has turned 100 years old. In another effort to goad such readers, may I also remind them that the creator of Little Nemo was born in […]
Peanuts has dominated the Daily Cartoonist postings this last two weeks, but here goes another one: Namco America has announced a deal with United Media to bring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the “Peanuts” gang to mobile starting in Spring 2006. No information was given as to which phones or phone carriers would […]