Cartoonists

Canadian artist James Stokoe (ORC STAIN, WONTON SOUP) tweeted a warm-up drawing of Galactus, seen full-size here. Holy crap. (Via Robot 6)

On August 25th CAPS, The Comic Art Professional Society is hosting a benefit auction on August 25 in Burbank to support veteran comics artists...

Take one part Kanye West's completely solipsistic Twitter feed. Add in one part abstruse New Yorker cartoons. Result: comedy.

Happy anniversary, Shaenon T. Garrity! It was July 31, 2000 that she launched Narbonic, one of the first prominent webcomics by a woman. Since then she's launched several other webcomics, including Skin Horse, won the Lulu of the Year award, worked as an editor and creator in both traditional comics and manga, and become one of the liveliest, most insightful comics commentators on the web. She's a treasure, that's what.

In an interview with Geoff Boucher, Frank Miller reveals the evolution of his Holy Terror, Batman! story. As many anticipated, it will no longer star Batman, and will find a new publisher, which isn't DC. The story has been adjusted to star, instead, a character called, The Fixer:

Brazilian cartoon maestro Fábio Moon is visiting Portland, OR, and he and Craig Thompson are having a blog war. Art ensues!

Via PR, Dynamite has announced that Kurt Busiek will be the writer of the Jack Kirby/Alex Ross project they've been teasing. Based on some...

Tomorrow's Times includes a comic by Art Spiegelman about his experiences collaborating with the Pilobolus Dance Company.

If you're not friends with artist Jeffrey Catherine Jones on Facebook, you are missing out on lots of art, like this gorgeous sketch which Jones gave us permission to post here in honor of Cat Blogging Friday.

Barry Deutsch a.k.a. Ampersand has an eagerly awaited graphic novel --Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, based on his long-running webcomic -- coming out in a few months, but he's also a political cartoonist, as seen at his Leftycartoons.com website. Warning: leftist views! Click

Everything's coming up Vinnie Colletta! After some brisk discussion here and elsewhere on the inking giant, John Morrow writes to say that...

Although there has been no official confirmation, close family friends have reported that EC artist Al WIlliamson has passed away. The youngest of the EC artists, Williamson joined the legendary crew at the age of 20, finding kindred spirits in

Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel and Angelo Torres

, the group known as the "Fleagle Gang." All shared a love of classic illustration -- influenced by Alex Raymond and Hal Foster -- which found expression in a lush, romantic style based in classical drawing.