Industry news for the professional cartoonist
Torsten Adair of Comics Beat is suggesting taking “normal” single panel cartoons and switching the captions with “unusual” gag panels. The inspiration for this is a 1983 oops in the Dayton Daily News that accidentally (twice) switched captions from Dennis the Menace with the Farside. You can see the results over on Dangerous Minds. For…
A memoir penned by New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff is set to be released in March of next year. The book is entited, “How About Never–Is Never Good for You?: A Life in Cartoons” From the publisher’s description: With the help of myriad images and his funniest, most beloved cartoons, he traces his love…
The Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Several nominees are of interest to readers of this blog. Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman are nominated in the category of Best Humor Publication for their collection BBXX: Baby Blues Decades 1 & 2. Also in this category is a nomination for Naked Cartoonists edited by Gary Groth….
We’re well int award season. The nominees for the Glyph Comic Award have been announced. The winner will be announced on May 17 at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention in Philadelphia. The nominees are: Story of the year The Call, Steve Broome, writer and artist KOBK, C. J. Johnson, writer and SMACK!,…
The Boston Globe has an interesting story about how the Massachusetts Republicans tried to convince Li’l Abner creator Al Capp to run for the Senate. The difficulties that Massachusetts Republicans face in recruiting Senate candidates are nothing new. In 1970 they needed someone to challenge the young Senator Edward Kennedy, and they went so far…
Mother Goose and Grimm creator and editorial cartoonist Mike Peters is heading back home to St. Louis in February to lead the Soulard Mardi Gras parade as their grand marshall. Mike, quoted from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch," “I’m glad it doesn’t take too much” skill to be marshal, Peters said. “I think all you have…
Axe Cop, the webcomic written by brothers Malachai Nicolle (age 5 when the webcomic was launched) and Ethan Nicolle (age 28 when launched) will debut on Fox’s Adult Swim-style Saturday-night on July 27. This is a Halloween themed teaser released last fall.
This year’s Annie Award nominations have been announced. The Annie Award is the Oscar equivalent for the animation industry. The winners will be announced February 2, 2013. Production Categories Best Animated Feature Brave – Pixar Animation Studios Frankenweenie – The Walt Disney Studios Hotel Transylvania – Sony Pictures Animation ParaNorman – Focus Features Rise of…
South African editorial cartoonist Jeremy Nell (AKA JERM) was fired (contact terminated) from The New Age because his editorial cartoons contained “political judgements or statements.” At least that’s what JERM believes. Others speculate it was because his cartoons often poked fun at the African National Congress and South African President Jacob Zuma – which have…
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Peter Hartlaub interviewed Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis. The interview is void of Stephan’s typical ego-centric replies and gets to the heart of his work on the strip. Q: What’s a word you’d love to use in your strip but you can’t because it’s the comics page? A: “That sucks”…
I need a bit of technical direction from those of you who are more experienced with streaming video. My dad’s funeral service is Sunday morning and many of his family and friends who live outside of the US have asked if there was a way to stream the service live. The abbot has no objections,…
The Latern profiles Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle. He catches a lot of flack for daring to not be Republican in Texas. “There’s a lot of people here that cannot stand me, wondering why the newspaper has a staff cartoonist that’s out of step with Texas politics. It’s a lot…
Mentioned in the news that Alex Hallatt’s Arctic Circle comic strip had hit the 5 year milestone mark was news that an ebook collection of her strip would soon be available. And now it is. You can download yours from Lulu.com or Apple’s iBookstore. As Alex jokes in her email to me – the cost…
At least two editorial cartoonists are covering the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL. The local cartoonist at the convention is Andy Marlette of the Pensacola News Journal. Flying in from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is Rob Rogers. From Andy’s coverage: The halls are filled with star-shirted delegates from Texas, camouflaged-capped NRA members, at least one…
July 16 was declared Brad Anderson Day in Brocton, NY. Brad Anderson is the creator of Marmaduke which launched in 1954. He grew up in Brocton and the town commemorated his work and achievements on July 16. A statue of Brad and Marmaduke have been commissioned and will be placed on town hall next summer….