Tag Cartoonists
The Art of Ramona Fradon announced from Dynamite
Well here is a very worthy subject for an art book: Ramona Fradon, legendary Silver Age artist. Co-creator of Metamorpho and one of the defining artists on Aquaman, Fradon's career covers everything from Superfriends to Brenda Starr. Now's she the subject of a comprehensive art book from Dynamite that includes [read more]
New funding strategy for comickers: borrow money from David Choe, the $200 million artist
David Choe, the eccentric and talented graffiti artist/painter who once flamed out as the artist on an X-men spinoff is now set to make about $200 million from the Facebook stock offering. It seems that back in the day Choe painted murals for Facebook's Palo Alto offices...and [read more]
Kate Beaton announces she’s taking some time off from her webcomics
Given that she was the Person of the Year for 2011, and enjoyed a bestseller with her Hark! A Vagrant collection, it's no surprise that Kate Beaton has been getting lots of offers lately -- ranging from children's books to television work.
Thus it will also [read more]
New Joann Sfar documentary will make you feel better about being a cartoonist
Soon after posting yesterday's fret fest over the state of the cartoonist we had to hurry off to the world premiere of JOANN SFAR: DRAWING FROM LIFE a documentary by Sam Ball about the French comics superstar. A mellow, thoughtful 46 minute film, it captures Sfar a few years ago [read more]
SAVE THE DATE for Jeffrey Brown’s Sundance movie debut
In a world where every comics-to-movie project gets endlessly covered, SAVE THE DATE has pretty much flown under the radar -- but then it's an indie movie created by an indie cartoonist and not based specifically on a comics property. The film, based on ideas from indie cartoonist [read more]
EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Broxton talks about the Ashes split
Artist Jimmy Broxton/James Hodgkins has broken his silence about the ASHES split [read more]
Pizza Island disbands; ex-members engage in all-out friendliness
When six of today's finest, funniest cartoonists created a studio together it was news; that all of them were women somehow made it a "thing". Thus it is with some sadness but a sense of inevitability that the disbanding of the Pizza Island studio has been noted on [read more]
Announcing the Comics Industry People of the Year: Kate Beaton and Dan DiDio/Jim Lee
Last year the Beat inaugurated the Person of the Year award. In an industry where changing the status quo isn't always greeted with joy, this is our way of recognizing the people who either move the needle and shake things up or exemplify a level of excellence that others can [read more]
Cartoonest: professional belt tighteners
Comics are a business that relatively insulated from the ups and downs of the economy: things are ALWAYS marginal. While there's no doubt but that the global recession has impacted the comics industry—especially with customers dealing with price increases— quite frankly, there wasn't a lot to cut back. There's a [read more]
Happy Birthday, Charles Addams!
Today marks Charles Addams' 100th birthday, so we, along with Google, celebrate this influential cartoonist! [read more]
Must Read: PEN profiles Zapiro
South African cartoonist Zapiro is famous for his sharply observant cartooning and also for standing up to constant and onerous political pressures because of his observations. Most famously he was sued by the Prime Minister of South Africa for defamation—but as this profile at PEN.org shows, he's always been [read more]
Cartoonists sound off on sex problems
Grace Bello has taken the bold step of going to cartoonists and asking them for sex advice --
and posting the results on Nerve. The results may shock you. Not really, but we had to say that, just because "cartoonists" and "sex" were long considered a bad match [read more]
Nice art: Jason Pearson
If you're wondering why Twitter and Facebook suddenly blew up with the name of artist Jason Pearson, he was having a low moment and the comics community has rallied on a Friday afternoon with helping words and deeds.
The creator of BODY BAGS, Pearson has done work on tons [read more]
Alec Longstreth above to shave at long last
If you've seen cartoonist Alec Longstreth in recent years, you are probably wondering what religion he joined that prevented him from cutting his hair or shaving his beard for three years. It was the religion of comics: as explained in this interview, Longstreth vowed not to shave until his [read more]
Nice art: Ed Piskor’s Wally Wood beer label
Toonseum, the Pittsburgh-based comics museum, has teamed with East End Brewing Company to produce Illustration Ale, a pen-and-ink friendly brew that has six different labels by illustrators. Ed Piskor has posted the process for his label which features Wally Wood: [read more]
New Yorker releases 2011 Cartoons of the Year
Well, now this is nice! The New Yorker is releasing a "Cartoons of the Year" special issue tomorrow, edited by Robert Mankoff, the cartoon guru for the magazine. The issue features more than 250 cartoons by Charles Barsotti, Glen Baxter, Harry Bliss, David Borchart, Pat Byrnes, Roz Chast, Tom Cheney, [read more]
R. Crumb’s rejected gay marriage New Yorker cover: The rest of the story
Last year, R. Crumb announced he wouldn't be working for the New Yorker any more after one of his covers was rejected with no stated reason. Now VICE magazine's Nadja Sayej has unearthed the cover as (of all things) the illustration for a bookmark in the [read more]
Jack Davis, Phoebe Gloeckner headline Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest
The featured guests for this Decembers Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival have been announced, and it's pretty spectacular: CF, Jack Davis, Phoebe Gloeckner, Lisa Hanawalt, Chip Kidd, David Mazzucchelli, John Porcellino and Brian Ralph.
If you are like us, you are most excited about the chance to meet [read more]
Susie Cagle’s account of her arrest
Cartoonist/journalist Susie Cagle has a full report on the events on the night of her arrest along with 100 other Occupy Oakland protesters, from the fires at the barricades to jailhouse indignities. [read more]