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January 16th, 2012 | Posted in News
Anybody wanting to learn how to earn a living in comics in the 21st century would be well served to attend this if they can: Comics Seminar to be Held in Las Vegas February 25th & 26th How to make money with comics Chad Carpenter, the cartoonist behind the popular newspaper comic strip Tundra, and Bill Kellogg, Tundra’s marketing director who has managed to get Tundra in over 500 newspapers in less than six years, are hosting a seminar in Las Vegas on how to make money with comics. They hosted this seminar for the first time just over a year ago and it went… READ MORE
January 10th, 2012 | Posted in News
I’ve gotten several very constructive responses about the NCS’s new Online Comic Strip Division award, with some great suggestions that we will certainly look at incorporating into next year’s awards. Thanks to all those who both understand the challenge of putting this together and took the time to offer real thoughts and suggestions. One thing that was pointed out to us needs immediate correction. The original requirements for eleigibilty for the division included this: 5. Creator must earn the greater part of their living directly from the strip/property Has been amended to: 5. Creator must earn the greater part of their living directly from cartooning… READ MORE
January 6th, 2012 | Posted in News
Do you wish your school or local public library carried The Mad Art of Caricature!? So do I! Well, now they can. The Mad Art of Caricature! is officially being distributed for K-12 school libraries through Follett Library Resources and for U.S. Public libraries through their sister company, Book Wholesalers, Inc. Unfortunately no library will have a book on their shelves they don’t know exists. So, how can you go about getting them to stock a copy? Just ask one of the librarians about getting one through the appropriate resource above. Libraries won’t stock self-published books unless they have a national distributor, and now we… READ MORE
December 20th, 2011 | Posted in News
Not sure the world is not more than a bit better off right now. Of course the reviews of successor Kim Jong Un are not very encouraging… although his name is funnier. The above from MAD #473. READ MORE
December 20th, 2011 | Posted in News
I am finding that the Amazon.com search engine is not a very well-functioning tool. At the very least it seems to be doing a disservice to customers looking for real results for search terms. According to Amazon, the results of a search for any terms or phrase are weighted by relevance of the search, sales on Amazon thus far and a few other factors. After listing my book on Amazon early last month, it is currently sitting at #85 in results for a search of “How to Draw Caricatures”. That means the Amazon search engine thinks that 84 other books are more relevant to someone… READ MORE
December 9th, 2011 | Posted in News
When I joined the National Cartoonists Society in 1999, I got the chance to meet many of my cartooning heroes at the Reuben Awards weekends held in May each year. It was thrilling to get to meet legends like Jack Davis, Charles Schulz, Mort Drucker, Jeff MacNelly, Mike Peters… the list goes on and on. I’m not easily starstruck, but a few of those artists I was genuinely tongue-tied when I met them. Jerry Robinson might be the one I was most awed to meet, and that is saying something. Anybody who knows me knows I am a huge Batman fan… as I type this… READ MORE
December 5th, 2011 | Posted in News
Last month I attended a gathering of MAD (Magazine) men in Savannah, GA, which you can read about here if you missed my posts. Present that weekend was CNN’s Todd Leopold who, along with photographer David Holloway, covered the event. They were planning on posting an article about the gathering on CNN.com, and asked me if I would draw caricatures of each of the attending MAD artists to accompany the feature. That article just posted today, and while it is mainly about Al Jaffee (it’s this week’s CNN “Monday Profile”) it does talk about the Savannah weekend and features a little about each artist who… READ MORE
December 2nd, 2011 | Posted in News
As of right now my book is finally listed as “In Stock” on Amazon.com. Only 4 copies remaining when I posted this, but I sent another case out yesterday, so more are on the way. So, if you were waiting to order the book from Amazon, now’s your chance!! A HUGE thanks to all the people who took the time to write such great and thoughtful reviews this week on the book’s Amazon page. I’m very happy so many are liking the book and genuinely getting something from it. READ MORE
