Swipe File: Kris Mukai’s Commuter and a real woman with a subway pole in...
While there were more great comics than you could count at this weekend's MoCCA Fest one that got a little notice was Kris Mukai's Commuter (available for sale here) which captures real life moments of subway horror (rats, puke, bums, vandals, peoples selling batteries, mariachi bands) in comics form.
RIP: The Ultimate Warrior
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR08M6EUd0g
Only a day after recording this promo, the man known as The Ultimate Warrior is dead at age 54.
Born Jim Hellwig, the masked...
MoCCA Award of Excellence Winners announced — and here’s where you can get them
Saturday night at a rockin party at the Socirty of Illustrators, the winners of the 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence were announced....
The Beat MoCCA Festival Dining Guide — 2014 Edition: Cauliflower and Brussels Sprouts
Photo of Kalustyan's via
Five years of MoCCA at the Lexington Armory! We've seen a lot of pizza come and go. Although the area surrounding...
Richard Corben’s Luke Cage…as you’ve never seen him before
Speaking of Marvel and diversity, in 2002, Marvel published a Cage mini written by Brian Azzarello with art by Richard Corben. It was rough,...
There’s a movie about Bryan Talbot…and here’s the trailer
There is to be a documentary about Bryan Talbot, the creator of he Tale of One Bad Rat, Luther Arkwright, Dotter of Her Father's...
Steve Moore 1949 – 2014: A Personal Appreciation
Stephen James Moore was born at 2:00pm on June 11th, 1949, in a house on Shooters Hill in South London, where he lived all...
Center for Cartoon Studies announced new MFA track in “Applied Cartooning”
The Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction has just announced a new MFA course in "Applied Cartooning", which is a word I hear a lot hat talks about using comics for educational and informational purposes. When the cartoon Illuminati gets together they are all about Applied Cartooning, trust me. According to the announcement, this program will explore "how comics can impact such diverse fields as health, business, public policy, and education."
New Yorker cartoonists spotlighted in delightful 60 Minutes segment
http://www.cbsnews.com/common/video/cbsnews_player.swf
Even in a world where major media coverage of comics personnel is a daily habit, this profile of The New Yorker's cartoon process by...
Boondocks Returns to Adult Swim for 4th and Final Season without Aaron MacGruder
by Pam Auditore
Update: 3/22/2014
The Fourth and Final Season of the Boondocks animated TV series will premiere Monday, April 21 at 10:30p.m (ET/PT) on Adult Swim.
The...
Bill Watterson and Richard Thompson interviewed on the state of cartooning
Yep you head me right. This weekend the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum and LIbrary in Columbus Ohio will open two incredible shows,
The Irresistible...
Toys that poo will never lose their appeal
For those longing for the days of Barbie's crapping toy dog Tanner, we have very good news: there is a new generation of toy animals that take little toy dumps on command. Although this being 2014, the girls who own the pets are fashionable "Moxie Girls" and the lovable pets with "the silly poo" are a bunny a koala and a unicorn. It turns out unicorn poo looks a lot like a colorful plastic ball, which is a huge relief for all. Turns out the main varieties of toy turds are glitter, rainbows and jewels.
