Pearls Before Swine (AMS) lives up to its name today, because Ulysses really is, and always has been, a case of casting pearls before swine. Joyce didn’t much care if people “understood” it, though he added even more layers of riddles, inside jokes and obscure references to Finnegan’s Wake, next to which Ulysses reads like […]
Former Anchorage Daily News editorial cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl has published a new graphic novel entitled “My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s.” From the Anchorage Daily News: When Peter Dunlap-Shohl, the former editorial cartoonist for the Anchorage Daily News, received a diagnosis of Parkinson?s disease at age 43, he saw his whole world collapsing. Thirteen years later, […]
The three Pearls Before Swine strips that ran earlier in June that set off an internet wide speculation whether famed Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson was contributing artwork (he was!) were auctioned off last night. The combined value for all three strips was $41,000. Below is the break down of each strip. $11k $19k […]
I have in my hot little hands a copy of Richard Thompson’s The Complete Cul de Sac. Let me just get the negative stuff out of the way up front. Looking at this box set, I can’t help but feel a bit cheated that there are only two volumes. It’s not that anyone cut corners […]
Chris Sparks, the leader of Team Cul de Sac, was nominated for four Eisner awards at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, but he walked away with one that he wasn’t even nominated for. He was awarded the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award for his anthology “Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson?s” […]
So you couldn’t afford an original Bill Watterson oil painting of Cul de Sac character Petey, or any of the two original strips that went to auction earlier this year. But maybe you can afford to buy one of five autographed Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Watterson or maybe even one of the five Watterson […]
Rob Tornoe interviewed Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson about the decision to end the strip. Some of the answers are canned responses that I’ve seen else where. But a couple include new information. Now that you’ve created a bit of free time for yourself, do you have the strength to work on any personal […]
Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson is scheduled to have his brain rewired tomorrow. So Friday morning I’m going in for Deep Brain Stimulation surgery. This is not only a good excuse for my continued tardiness in answering some 5,000 emails, it will also provide me with unpredictable mutant powers and a surprising haircut. And […]
Yesterday, I received a review copy of Chris Sparks’ “Team Cul de Sac”. I’ll quote what I tweeted a half hour later, “It stopped everything until I thumbed through every page. Fantastic book!” The concept of having so many cartoonists from the biggest names in comics to the not so big all drawing on the […]
The Team Cul de Sac art will be auctioned off on May 27 and a few of the pieces are now on “display” on the Heritage Auction’s website. So far art on display include Cathy Guisewite, Mort Walker, Ron Ferdinand, Sergio Aragones, Karl Kesel, and Don Rosa with more to be added soon. Also on […]
Glenn Fleishman writes a wonderful profile of Richard Thompson, his battle with Parkinsons Disease and the lastest news of hiring Stacy Curtis to do the inking. Thompson is the creator of Cul de Sac, a delightful daily comic strip that features the Otterloop family: Alice, Petey, Mom (Madeline), and Dad (Peter). There are dozens of […]
(Click to see larger image) Chris Sparks of Team Cul de Sac has released the dust cover art for their upcoming book of all the artists contributing to the fund raiser for Parkinson’s Disease. The book will feature Cul de Sac inspired art from over 150 cartoonists and artists. Buy either the regular edition book […]
Chris Sparks the mastermind and muscle behind the Team Cul de Sac project to raise funds for a cure for Parkinson’s Disease has released the names of the artists who will be featured in the Team Cul de Sac book that is due out in June. Here’s the list of artists: Bill Amend Brian Anderson […]
The long awaited Team Cul de Sac book is now ready for pre-order and you can even order a signed and numbered copy. The non-signed book is $35 (signed $65.50). The book will be available through Amazon, but if you order it through Chris Sparks the price includes a donation to the Michael J. Fox […]