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March 22nd, 2011 | Posted in News
I’d go to this: R. Crumb Retrospective – NYC 2011 Friday, March 25, 2011 – 7:00pm-10:00pm Society of Illustrators, 128 E. 63rd St., NYC The Society of Illustrators proudly presents “R. Crumb: Lines Drawn on Paper,” an exhibition of original artwork spanning the past four decades. This 90-piece exhibit showcases seminal covers and interior pages from ZAP, HEAD COMIX, THE EAST VILLAGE OTHER, MOTOR CITY COMICS, BIG ASS, HOMEGROWN FUNNIES, SAN FRANCISCO COMICS, and much, much more. This retrospective, curated by BLAB! magazine founder Monte Beauchamp, editor of The Life & Times of R. Crumb (St. Martin’s Press), presents key pieces culled from the private… READ MORE
March 17th, 2011 | Posted in News
The nominees for this year’s National Cartoonists Society’s Divisional Awards have been officially announced. They are: TELEVISION ANIMATION Dave Filoni – Supervising Director / Production Designer, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” Dan Krall – Art Director, “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated” Scott Wills – Art Director, “Sym-Bionic Titan” FEATURE ANIMATION Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, Directors, “How to Train Your Dragon” Glen Keane, Animation Director, “Tangled” Nicolas Marlet, Character Designer, “How to Train Your Dragon” NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION Sean Kelly Michael McParlane Dave Whamond GAG CARTOONS Bob Eckstein Zachary Kanin Gary McCoy GREETING CARDS Jim Benton Dan Collins Teresa Roberts Logan NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS Brian Bassett “Red and Rover”… READ MORE
March 11th, 2011 | Posted in News
I got some cool news yesterday, or at least cool if you are a fan of Stephen King‘s The Dark Tower series. Although the long series ended some years ago with the publication of The Dark Tower 7: The Dark Tower, there are plenty of holes where King could add to the tale via backstory and adventures alluded to in the existing books. I didn’t really expect him to do that, but it was something I was hoping would happen. Well, it has happened. King just made this announcement yesterday: Dear Constant Readers, At some point, while worrying over the copyedited manuscript of the… READ MORE
March 11th, 2011 | Posted in MAD Magazine
Yesterday MAD very quietly revamped their website to a new, cleaner and more streamlined design. You can now browse the PDF previews of back issues of MAD and extras like MAD Classics, etc. There are links to the Carto0n Network show and promo videos, “The Untold History of MAD” timeline by Desmond Devlin, a page with downloadable parody posters, and even a collection of the “Idiot of the Issue” feature from the old MAD Classics, which features an interview/bio of members of the Usual Gang of Idiots in PDF form! Nice to see this… yet another sign MAD is not being ignored by the new… READ MORE
March 5th, 2011 | Posted in News
Michael Cavna posts about the upcoming Reuben Awards on his excellent blog Comic Riffs, including statements from Cartoonist of the Year nominees Stephen Pastis, Richard Thompson and Glen Keane and some blathering by me about the NCS art I posted yesterday. READ MORE
March 4th, 2011 | Posted in News
Click for a closer look… Having just received my official 2011 NCS Reuben’s Weekend brochure in the mail yesterday, I would say it’s okay to share the artwork I did for it and this year’s Reuben’s T-Shirt. NCS president Jeff Keane had me do an illustration this year that worked on both the t-shirt and the brochure, which means a lot of cartoon characters. Therefore we didn’t include any of the guest speakers this time around, but limited the “real people” to master of ceremonies Tom Gammill, NCS Gold Key Award (the NCS Hall of Fame) winner Roy Doty, the 2011 Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement… READ MORE
March 3rd, 2011 | Posted in News
The sixth issue of John Read‘s excellent cartoon industry magazine Stay Tooned! is officially released today. I got my copy a day or two ago, and John continues to produce a top notch publication. Here’s the lowdown on this “Mike” issue: Issue 6 (available beginning March 3rd and until it inevitably sells out) features a multitude of Mikes: new profiles (that’s interviews and art galleries) of Mike Arnold, Mike Cope, Mike Edholm, Michael Jantze, Mike Lynch, Michael Maslin and Michael Ramirez; Cartoonist Surveys conducted by David Paccia with Mike Marland and Mike Shapiro; a “True-Life Adventure” told by Mike Mignola.¬¨‚Ć Photo reports share John Read’s… READ MORE
February 22nd, 2011 | Posted in News
The official ballots have been issued to all professional members of the National Cartoonists Society, and the nominees for the Reuben Award for “Cartoonist of the Year” are: Glen Keane Stephan Pastis Richard Thompson Glen Keane is an animator, author, illustrator and director who’s credits include The Little Mermaid (Ariel), Aladdin (Aladdin), Beauty and the Beast (Beast), Tarzan (Tarzan) and most recently Tangled (Rapunzel) for Walt Disney Studios. He has recieved the received the 1992 Annie Award for character animation and the 2007 Winsor McCay Award for lifetime contribution to the field of animation. This is Glen’s first nomination Stephan Pastis is the artist/writer/creator of¬¨‚Ć… READ MORE
