Wednesday, July 15, 2020

The Garden As of July 15, 2020

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Here it is, bushy and green and ... SUDDEN REALIZATION! I'm going to be overrun with vegetables. (Ha ha. I just noticed you can se...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Video: "John Nesbitt's Passing Parade: 'People on Paper'" 1945

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Here's a 1945 MGM one-reeler documentary short featuring classic syndicated newspaper cartoonists. This edition of John Nesbitt's ...
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"North American Comic Book Sales Have Hit New Record High in 2019"

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Hit! Smack! Spank! Get it? Ha ha ha! Seriously, last year was the best year for comics sales . Comic books (and graphic novels, ...
Monday, July 13, 2020

Cartoonists' Exchange: HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH SIMPLE CARTOONS (1949)

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There's big money in cartooning and enormous markets, so says the Cartoonists' Exchange booklet titled HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH SIM...
Friday, July 10, 2020

Video: Keith Knight

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Lamorne Morris plays "Keef" Knight in a new streaming Hulu series based on the cartoonist's life. Cartoonist Keith Knig...
Thursday, July 09, 2020

Video: Barry Blitt of The New Yorker

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2020 Pulitzer Prize winner Barry Blitt is interviewed by Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker’s long-time art editor, about his career and art. ...
Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Video: James Thurber Unsold Pilot "Christabel"

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Here's a rare half hour of TV from June 8, 1959. From Alcoa-Goodyear Theater, this is "Christabel;" an unsold pilot for a ...
Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Former Marvel Comics Letterer Rick Parker: Notes for Aspriring Comics Artists Regarding Lettering

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Photo of Rick Parker in the Marvel Bullpen, ca.1979 by Eliot R. Brown. If you know comics, you know Rick Parker. He first went to work...
Monday, July 06, 2020

From the Dick Buchanan Files: The Search for Happiness Part Two: Here Comes the Bride! 1942 - 1964

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Dick Buchanan has another 25 gag cartoons regarding the journey toward happiness that we all are on -- successfully or not! Part one is he...