Not Webcomics

Cartoonretro is an interesting subscription site at $5 a month. It’s a new project from Shane Glines, creator of the Cartoon & Illustration Paradise website. Cartoonretro is devoted to celebrating and exploring the largely forgotten work of great artists, cartoonists, illustrators, photographers, filmmakers, actors, musicians and industrial designers from approximately 1925 through 1939.

Also of note is the Cartoon Brew blog which covers in depth animation in America. Most recently they had an interview with John Kricfalusi. Continue Reading →

Just 1 Page is a comics magazine produced for the British Comics Festival, which is held annually in May in Bristol. All proceeds from auctions of the original art and profits from sales of the magazine will go to the Trinity Hospice in London.

Art is donated from a range of artists, from professionals to amateurs, from small press and webcomics to the “big two and a bit”. Each issue has a theme, the latest being British comics. The magazine is sold at the Bristol and London Festivals, and is available to buy online. There have been two issues so far. Continue Reading →

Toon Radio has acquired the rebroadcast rights to the Fanboy Radio talk show.

Toon Radio is an internet radio station that specializes in animation soundtracks from around the world. Toon Radio is a proud member of the Audiorealm Radio Network and SWCI. Toon Radio operates out of Buffalo, New York.

Fanboy Radio (FbR) is a radio talk show about the comic book industry, its art, creators, and fans. Each week, two hours of comics commentary are highlighted by insider interviews with top creators, news, and live calls from listeners like you. Continue Reading →

Steve Jackson Games today announced the addition of Get Nifty: the Sluggy Freelance card game to its production schedule, targeted for a September release to stores. The non-collectible card game was designed by Rob Balder, creator of the webcomic PartiallyClips, and features the art of Sluggy Freelance creator Pete Abrams on 110 full-color cards and assorted markers. The game will retail for $24.95. Continue Reading →

Comic Book Resources has an interview with the authors of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Making a Graphic Novel. Now you can turn your webcomic epic into a 20th century artifact too.

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Slate recently published an in-depth article about the life and times of Jim Davis’ Garfield. The article features creator Jim Davis not as an artist but as a shrewd economist who deliberately created a marketable figure and has personally controlled its popularity to maximum benefit. Continue Reading →

A photoshopping contest to put superheroes in their “day jobs.” Some funny stuff. Continue Reading →

More funnyness. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Continue Reading →

NYTimes (free registration required) has an article on the next generation of New Yorker cartoonists.

[The cartoon editor, Robert] Mankoff looks at most of the 1,000 or so unsolicited submissions he receives each week, and makes a point of being accessible. “My policy is I’ll see anybody,” he said.

The move to bring in new talent to the magazine is not tension-free. Cartooning for its pages is a zero-sum game; The New Yorker publishes only 18 to 20 cartoons a week, for which it pays an average of $675 each. Space and money taken by up-and-comers is lost for the old guard, who are popular with many readers. Continue Reading →

Dave Sim is interviewed at The Onion AV Club this week. Especially cool because Sim jumps to freaked-out conclusions about questions and is gently spanked by the interviewer. Repeatedly.

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