‘Feast’ Director Patrick Osborne To Direct Sci-Fi/Fantasy ‘Nimona’
Patrick Osborne, armed with an Oscar, brings Noelle Stevenson’s comic to the screen.
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‘Ernest & Celestine’ Director Will Adapt His Own Comic for TV
Benjamin Renner will take ‘The Big Bad Fox’ from the page to the screen.
Tonko House to Turn ‘The Dam Keeper’ into a Feature Film
The Oscar-nominated short is also getting a graphic novel series.
Book Review: ‘Insider Histories of Cartooning’
Historian R.C. Harvey sets out to rescue great cartoonists of old from obscurity.
Golden Wolf Creates ‘VANDROID’ Comic Book Trailer
London-based Golden Wolf created this slick animated trailer to promote Horse’s upcoming graphic novel release of “VANDROID.”
How Garfield Got His Groove Back: The ‘Garfield’ Remix Phenomenon
Poor Garfield. In his heyday, he was amongst the most beloved characters on the funny pages, his plush likenesses fastened to car windows and his sarcastic barbs adorning office walls around the globe. Then, somewhere along the line, he underwent a pop-cultural re-evaluation. Jim Davis’ strip is now something of a pariah: just look at how “The Simpsons” paired it with “Love Is” as the kind of strip that Milhouse reads. What a comedown for a character once hip enough to be quoted in “Two Tribes” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. But yet, the orange cat has been saved from cultural oblivion by a peculiar trend: the remixed “Garfield” strip.
Animation Director Stephan Franck Releases Collected Noir Comic ‘Silver’
Animator and director Stephan Franck (“Iron Giant,” “Despicable Me”), who was recently nominated at the Annie Awards for his work on “The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow,” premiered a collected paperback version of his adventure comic Silver at the Emerald City Comic Convention last month.
‘Dexter’s Lab’ Comic Will Be Published by IDW
Next month, IDW, the publishing company that partnered with Cartoon Network last year for the comic book revivals of “The Powerpuff Girls” and “Samurai Jack,” will be adding “Dexter’s Laboratory” to their library of monthly titles.
Tonight in NYC: Political Cartoon Legend Pat Oliphant Opens Art Show
Patrick Oliphant (b. 1935) is one of the Old Masters of editorial cartooning. He began his career in his native Australia, then came to the US in 1964, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1967, the first of many awards and accolades. The Gerald Peters Gallery in New York is presenting “Patrick Oliphant: A Survey,” which includes 34 mostly new works ranging from charcoal and ink drawings, paintings in watercolor and oil, and bronze sculpture.
How to Look At Ad Reinhardt, The Cartoonist Who Was A Fine Artist
Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967) was an artist’s artist, renowned among critics and curators, but hard for the general public to warm up to. His most famous fine art works are his Black Paintings, from the 1960s, which at first glance appear to be solid black, but on closer inspection turn out to be blocks of black and almost-black shades. Important, but challenging.
Cartoon Network Pulls “Too Sexy” Powerpuff Girls Comic Book Cover
Cartoon Network has pulled a controversial “Powerpuff Girls” comic book variant cover that was intended to ship next month from IDW PUblishing.
“The End of the World” is Don Hertzfeldt’s First Graphic Novel
Indie publisher ANTIBOOKCLUB has announced that they will publish the first printed work of indie animation filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt.
Jim Zub and Andy Suriano Reinvent “Samurai Jack” For The Printed Page
It was announced a few months ago that IDW would release a new Samurai Jack comic book, one that would pick up where the cult animated …
Bill Watterson: I Have Zero Interest in Animating “Calvin and Hobbes”
The notoriously reclusive Bill Watterson, creator of “Calvin and Hobbes,” speaks about why there will never be an animated version of his classic comic strip.
See A 26-Page Preview of “VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch”
Fantagraphics has made available a 26-page PDF preview (download here) of their forthcoming Virgil ‘VIP’ Partch retrospective book that …
Artist of the Day: Nick Edwards
Nick Edwards is a prolific cartoonist working in the UK who creates comics for print and online distribution, including his regular …
This Graphic Novel Has Something Inside That Others Don’t: Animation
Augmented reality technology brings the pages of “Anomaly” to life with CG animation.
IDW Publishing Announces “Samurai Jack” Comic Book
Fans of Cartoon Network’s Samurai Jack are finally being tossed a bone. Nine years after the series finale of Genndy Tartakovsky’s …
Dark Horse Comics Launches Kitchen Sink Books Imprint
Dark Horse Comics announced this week the launch of the newly formed Kitchen Sink Books imprint. The venture will begin publishing books …
Gabe Swarr Turns “Life in the Analog Age” Into A Weekly Online Series
Earlier this week, Gabe Swarr relaunched “Life in the Analog Age” as a weekly animated series online, with the goal of new episodes every week.
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