As I mentioned on Tuesday, Ann Hambrock is going the route of Kickstarter to raise money to fund her second annual Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. Today that Kickstarter project opens for funding. Please head over and pledge.
Anne Hambrock has started up a Kickstarter Project to help fund her second annual Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. She tells me that a lot of her donors and sponsors have seen funding cuts and are unable to contribute this year. This new fundraiser will start April 19 and run through May 22. The goal is […]
After Madison, WI-State Assemblyman Steve Nass threatened funding for University of Wisconsin if it went ahead with a planned “Art of Protest” exhibit, Madison political cartoonist Mike Konopacki created a parody press release taking jabs at Nass’ actions. Now Nass has filed a criminal complaint alleging Mike misused Nass’ official letterhead. The state has a […]
From University of Wisconsin-Madison: As part of her residency, Barry will offer four free public lectures about cartooning and writing featuring renowned guests Ivan Brunetti, Ryan Knighton, and Dan Chaon, with special guest Chris Ware. A full schedule is included below. Watch for public lectures starting on February 15.
The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning was last week. Here’s an radio interview featuring Tom Bancroft, Sandra Bell Lundy, Anne Hambrock, Paul Gilligan, John Hambrock, Michael Jantz, and Tom Richmond. Direct MP3 download. Paul has a small recap, Sandra has a lengthier one.
We’re less than a week out before the start of the Kenosha Cartoon Festival being spearheaded by Anne Hambrock. The festival grew out of an inquiry about brining John Read’s “One Fine Sunday” exhibit to Carthage College and Anne opted to build a festival around the exhibit. Current featured cartoonists invited to speak include MAD […]
Phil Hands, editorial cartoonist for the Wisconsin State Journal, took a bit of heat in an editorial written in the Capital Times that took issue with his reference to Hitler in a recent cartoon. The cartoon sports the governor talking about creating jobs and a hippy looking gentleman carrying a “Recall Walker” sign stating, “Ya […]
Phil Hands, editorial cartoonist for the Wisconsin State Journal, was featured on a local news segment about his work and process. Runs about 5 minutes.
I’m finding it interesting that conservatives in Wisconsin are happy that Wisconsin State Journal editorial cartoonist Phil Hands (a self described progressive) has taken their side on state budget issues. I can only assume that Phil is being honest about what he feels is best for the state regardless of the party in power. The […]
Press-Gazette profiled their own editorial cartoonist Joe Heller. “I occasionally use a brush to fill in full black in large areas, but mainly I love cross-hatching,” he says. “Cross-hatching is very relaxing to me. There’s a rhythm to it, and I can create different patterns and textures. “I really enjoy that. I don’t think I’d […]