Stan Lee has committed to writing six how-to books on the topics of writing comics and drawing comics. The first title will be available in early 2007 with the second title in mid to late 2007. The book will be published through Dynamic Forces. Stan, among a plethora of other books he’s written, wrote the […]
Mike Lynch has posted photos of the last nights NYC NCS get together. Photos include Brendan Burford, Caroline Dworin, Rina Piccolo, Marc Bilgrey, Tony Murphy, Mort Gerberg, Doug Bratton, Anne Gibbons, Isabella Bannerman, Garry Trudeau, Dan Piraro and of course Mike Lynch. Looks like they had a great time.
I’ll be in Las Vegas this Sunday through Tuesday for a tech conference. If there are any ‘toonists in the area who’d like to get together and talk shop over a favorite beverage or lunch, drop me an email. Likewise, if there is some event or exhibit related to cartooning in the area that would […]
David Fitzsimmons, editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Daily Star, has created a “Best of Fitz” calendar for 2007. He’ll be personalizing and signing copies at the newspaper’s office on Saturday Dec 2 from 2-4 pm. Cost of the calendar is $6.95.
E&P’s Dave Astor interviewed several editorial cartoonists about whether they believe the incidents of plagiarism has been on the increase with the rise of the internet. The response was that it hasn’t. Cartoonists also opine on why there seems to be so many common ideas generated by editorial cartoonists.
The Pacific Palisades Democratic Club will host former L.A. Times editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad on December 10. Paul will have copies of his books on hand and will be doing a book signing after the reception. A $25 suggested donation is requested and attendees should RSVP. UPDATE: According to LA City Beat, Paul will also […]
Andrew Feinstein, co-creator of Girls and Sports was recently interviewed by Expanded Books regarding the release of his first book, Opening Lines, Pinky Probes and L-Bombs: The Girls & Sports Dating & Relationship Playbook. You can see the interview on YouTube.
Not sure I missed this story, but the Pittsburg Post-Gazette has posted their results from a comic survey and Bill Amend’s Foxtrot is king of their comics page beating out Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse by one vote. Other’s in the top 10 include: Dilbert, Mother Goose and Grimm, Zits, Bizarro, Peanuts Classic, […]
The Commercial Dispatch has added Mark Tatulli’s Lio, Paul Gilligan’s Pooch Cafe and Phil Frank and Joe Troise’s The Elderberries to their line up. Outgoing strips include The Boondocks, Agnes and Peanuts. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has added Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott’s Baby Blues to replace The Boondocks.
Joshua Fruhlinger, AKA the Comics Curmudgeon, wrote an op-ed piece for the LA Times about how the comic strip fan community is still vibrant, but increasingly not interested in the reading the comics from a newspaper. He says: The only place you won’t find this kind of enthusiasm is in the newspaper comics pages. Rather […]
Jules Feiffer is in Arizona this week. Today he speaks at Arizona State University at 4 p.m. to give a presentation called “A Discussion with Feiffer: The Art of Social Commentary on Stage, Film and Paper.” The event is free and open to the public. The Arizona Republic also profiled Jules’ visit.
Robert Cabrera, who launched Silo Roberts in 2004 with United Media, has decided to pull the plug on the strip so that he can attend graduate school for computer animation. I emailed him to confirm the end of his strip and he wrote back the following: The decision to end the strip was difficult, but […]
Steve Sack, editorial cartoonist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, has been awarded Berryman Cartoonist of the Year by The National Press Foundation. Steve has been with the Star Tribune since 1981. If you’re not familiar with Steve’s work – he’s unique in editorial cartooning as his cartoons often look like they were done in paint […]
From Bill Amend’s web site comes an apology or perhaps better stated as an explanation as to why his November 23rd’s strip mentioned the wrong football schedule. Apparently, Bill used last Thanksgiving’s NFL schedule accidently. The error went out to newspapers and while a correction was made to the web version, that correction was never […]
Patrick McDonnell’s children’s book, Just Like Heaven was featured on the Today Show yesterday morning. The books publisher, Little Brown Books for Young Readers donated 15,000 copies to the Today Show’s annual toy drive. They’ve posted the segment online for your viewing pleasure.