Tag: Cartoonists
It can suck to be a middle aged comics pro case study #2: Ted...
A few months ago Ted McKeever, who has a resume as long as my arm and two legs put together, announced he was moving away from comics. But not before releasing a blistering roman...
It can suck to be a middle aged comics pro case study #1: Phil...
Phil Hester is the artist on Shipwreck, the upcoming book written by Warren Ellis about a very strange shipwreck, so he seems to be doing jsut fine in the comics world, especially with a...
Nice art: Evan Dahm draws Moby Dick
Cometbus #57 covers comics in New York City…yes there are still comics in NYC
It's true there's been a huge exodus of cartoonists (and other non rich creative types) from New York City in the last few years, but there are a few doughty souls still sticking it...
The long, strange journey of Trevor Von Eeden
Artist Trevor von Eeden has a secure place in comics history for a couple of reasons. First, he was one of the most distinct and powerful mainstream comics artists of the Bronze Age, with...
SPX announces more guests, Burns, Glidden, Pedrosa and many more
We already told you that this year's Small Press Expo, to be held Sept. 17-18 in North Bethesda, MD, is spotlighting Fantagraphics 40th anniversary with guests like Daniel Clowes and Joe Sacco. That by...
Great advice on working and making comics from Becky Cloonan, Jeff Lemire and Michael...
Comics creator process posts are the BEST posts. Jeff Lemire seems to have taken over Charles Soule's mantle as Busiest Person in Comics– writing 7-8 monthly books - and he reveals how he does...
Dash Shaw’s animated film about high school to be shown at two acclaimed film...
Add comics formalist/experimenter Dash Shaw (Bottomless Belly Button) to the list of cartoonist/movie directors: his animated film My Entire High School is Sinking Into the Sea will debut at be shown at both the...
Weekend reading: Some Jack Davis and Richard Thompson art
We lost two of the great this week, Richard Thompson and Jack Davis. I'll have a fuller round-up of reactions and remembrances but in the meantime just a few piece of art to remind...
Al Jaffee to get the Harvey Kurtzman Hall of Fame Award
Legendary is a word often over used, but Al Jaffee is truly a legendary cartoonist. Still drawing Mad magazine's fold-ins at age 95, he's been named the world's oldest working cartoonist, and now he'll...
RIP Jack Davis
And just to make this day even more sorrowful in comics circles, legendary MAD cartoonist Jack Davis has passed away at age 91. Davis created some of the most memorable horror comics at EC, but then basically invented an entire style of caricature that was endlessly imitated throughout the 60s and 70s.
RIP Richard Thompson
Cartoonist Richard Thompson, the artist behind Poor Richard's Almanack, Cul-de-Sac and many other wonderful comics, has passed away from the effects on his battle with Parkinson's disease.
A more talented, kind and wonderful person could...
