Industry news for the professional cartoonist
» Check out Sally Forth writer Francesco Marciuliano’s video that he has written and produced under his Medium Large feature. And don’t forget to check out some of his comics over at medium-large.com » Dan Piraro is doing another stand up comedy show in Santa Cruz. » Mike Rhode has a photo of a statue…
The New York Comic-con is this weekend and there are many syndicated folks working the show. Here’s a run down of individuals and sessions of interest: Lee Nordling is moderating a panel entitled “Comic Strips for the 21st Century.” It is described as: Throughout the 20th Century, the comic strip rode the crest of newspaper…
Just got a tip that this year’s NCS Reuben Award Nominees for Cartoonist of the Year are: Dan Piraro, Dave Coverly, and Al Jaffee. Dan is the creator of Bizaro and is syndicated through King Features. Dave is the creator of Speed Bump, syndicated through Creators, and Al is a longtime contribute to MAD magazine….
» Wednesday’s Baldo paid a special tribute to Gus Arriola, creator of Gordo. Hector Cantu told E&P that “Gus broke ground for Latino strips. He was a tremendous inspiration to me and Carlos.” Gus passed away earlier this month at the age of 90. » Funky Winkerbean creator Tom Batiuk will be the featured guest…
2007 was to be a year of great shake ups. Bill Amend announced at the end of 2006 that his strip Fox Trot was going to Sunday only and Lynn Johnston had maintained for years that she was retiring For Better For Worse when her contract was up in the fall. But instead 2007 might…
Over on RACS, D.D.Degg reports that yesterday’s Parade magazine didn’t feature Bunny Hoest’s Howard Huge, a cartoon staple of the magazine since 1980. Earlier this month I reported that the magazine had begun running other cartoonists including cartoons by Dave Coverly, Carla Ventresca, Dan Piraro, Donna Barstow and Gary McCoy.
Earlier, I reported the Parade magazine was going to start running cartoons by Dave Coverly and Carla Ventresca. E&P reports that last Sunday’s line up included Dan Piraro, Donna Barstow and Gary McCoy.
A new comic exhibit entitled “Comic Relief” is opening up in Sioux Falls (SD) and will feature cartoon art from Lynn Johnston, Mort Walker, Gary McCoy, Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Marcus Hamilton, Stan Goldberg, Dan Piraro, Hy Eisman, and Tom Richmond. The show is organized by Ken Alvine – a member of the National Cartoonist…
From Tom Richmond comes news that the NCS Foundation (the non-profit entity of the National Cartooning Society) will be auctioning off original artwork at this year’s San Diego Comic Con the Foundation. Artist’s work will include pieces from Jack Davis, Ray Billingsley, Bill Morrison, Dan Spiegle, Tom Richmond, Stephen Silver, Chad Frye, Garry Trudeau, Rick…
The 2007 Harvey Award Nominees have been announced and several newspaper cartoonists are among the nominees. Bizarro creator, Dan Piraro, is up for two awards: Best Cartoonist and a Special Award for Humor in comics. Competing in the category of Best Syndicated Strip or Panel includes Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau, Mutts by Patrick McDonnell, The…
The National Cartoonist Society has announced the nominees for the various awards that will be given out during the Reuben weekend May 27th in Orlando this year. Here is the breakdown on who’s up for what: Cartoonist of the Year Bill Amend Dave Coverly Dan Piraro Feature Animation Peter De Seve, Character Design (Fox) “Ice…
The New York Comic Con (February 23-25) will feature several King Feature Syndicate cartoonists/writers and one former Creators cartoonist. King Features has a booth for a dozen or more cartoonists to sign autographs and meet attendees. These include: Isabella Bannerman (“Six Chix”), Chance Browne (“Hi and Lois”), Hy Eisman (“Popeye”), Ron Ferdinand (“Dennis the Menace”),…
The Akron Beacon Journal is asking readers to vote for a replacement strip for FoxTrot, whose daily strip is ending at the end of this year. The choices given are: Stephan Pastis‘ Pearls Before Swine, Tundra by Chad Carpenter and Dan Piraro’s Bizarro. The article also mentions that they brought back Mary Worth, who had…
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.
According to E&P, several cartoonists will be on hand at the sixth annual “Toonfest” on September 15-16 in Marceline MO.