For those of us who are attending the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning vicariously, here are sources to watch: The official blog. Mike Peterson has a great post about the cartoonists gathering for the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. Attending cartoonist Twitter accounts (some are more verbose than others): Mike Cope John Hambrock Rick Stromoski Terri Libenson […]
Great news from Anne Hambrock, founder and organizer of the The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning: The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning is THRILLED to announce that among the items we are offering in the National Cartoonists Society Foundation Benefit Auction is a RARE signed print of the last Calvin & Hobbes strip! When Bill Watterson retired […]
Amy Lago, Washington Post Writer’s Group Comics Editor, will be at this year’s 2014 Kenosha Festival of Cartooning and providing portfolio reviews for aspiring professional cartoonists. If you’re planning to attend and would like this opportunity to have your work reviewed by one of the best editors in the business, you need to register first […]
Between Friends creator Sandra Bell-Lundy writes: If you live anywhere near Kenosha, Wisconsin, there is an amazing comics festival coming up in September…”The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning”. There are a MULTITUDE of cartoonists giving presentations PLUS two?count ?em?TWO gallery shows of original cartoon art. And even better?the events are all free to the public?so all […]
Please head over to Indiegogo and donate to The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning campaign. Anne Morse Hambrock puts a ton of time, heart, expense and work into this festival. It’s worth a donation – no matter the size. We believe cartooning is a wicked cool artform and have dedicated this festival to providing opportunities for […]
The awesome Anne Morse Hambrock is gearing up for another fantastic Kenosha Festival of Cartooning this year. If you haven’t heard about the festival or know a lot about it, it’s a small (but growing) festival in Wisconsin that is a three-day love affair of all things comic art. Fans get meet their favorite cartoonists, […]
Cartoonist Lynda Barry has joined the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) and the UW-Madison Department of Art as an assistant professor. From the University of Wisconsin – Madison: Barry’s journey in studying the creative process originally brought her to the university in 2012 as an artist in residence at the Arts Institute. But beginning this […]
Wisconsin state journal editorial cartoonist Phil Hands has been added to the staff roster after eight years as a freelancer. He’ll continue to do three cartoons a week and a caption contest. As a staff job, he’ll continue to draw the same number of cartoons but will also manage the features pages including the comics, […]
Fresh off of a lay-off from the Green Bay Press-Gazette, editorial cartoonist Joe Heller is moving forward with his self-syndication. According to a post on his Facebook wall, he picked up a newspaper group representing 26 newspapers for his self-syndication cartoons. Nicely done, Joe.
After 28 years at the Green Bay Press-Gazette, editorial cartoonist Joe Heller was told he was part of a Gannett-wide layoff plan. As with many, many others who have faced this scenario, I asked Joe to give me an exit interview. Alan: How long have you been at the Green Bay Press-Gazette? Joe: 28 years […]
Gus McNair writes a column in The Badger Herald taking issue with the paper’s decision to pull a comic from an edition last week because the comic mentioned race. The comic in questions is by Vincent Cheng and the comic depicts a man deciding which music to “like” on Facebook that shows he has a […]
A great 24 minute video by Tall Tale Radio’s Tom Racine reporting of the events and individuals of the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning:
Kenosha Festival of Cartooning organizer (founder, director) Anne Hambrock has announced that her Kickstarter project to raise $10,000 for festival expenseshas been fully funded with another 24 hours to go. As of this morning, I reported that the project was $3,693 short of the goal. In just the last 6-8 hours, the project has doubled […]
The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning Kickstarter project is down to its last day and needs to raise another $3,693 – which seems like a lot, but with the National Cartoonist Society’s Foundation matching grant that’s only $1,846 – very doable. In addition to rewards of signed book collections, publicity posters, signed program booklets and even […]
Tom Racine interviewes Anne Hambrock on her efforts to bring together the 2nd annual Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. From Tall Tale Radio: Anne Hambrock, wife of John Hambrock of “The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee” and colorist for the strip, is deep in the throes of organizing the 2nd Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. She threw […]