To smurf or not to smurf, Sony has acquired the rights to Belgian cartoonist Pierre "Peyo" Culliford’s Smurfs to be produced in CG. Seems everybody wants to CG about just any property out there. Writers J. David Stem and David N. Weiss of Sherk 2 and 3 will helm the screenplay for the blue imps. […]
With stagnating sales in the 70’s DC and Marvel were looking for ways to make extra revue, comics were still not in comic shops because they were not yet created. These periodicals were in Mom and Pop stores all across North America. Many didn’t want to carry them, there was not much money to be made on […]
Jim Benton’s Cherise the Niece If you cherish Edward Gorey, Charles Addams, and Tim Burton and have a bent for black humor, then Jim Benton is your man. His new collection of prose illustrated gore and more is in the tradition of Edward Gorey?s The Gashlycrumb Tinies. These cleverly rhymed lines of wit is not […]
The New Yorker Magazine is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you will get. Adrian Tomine’s cover is a priceless expression between the war of the local bookstore versus Amazon. This issue has a new found story by Vladimir Nabokov, worth getting if you are not a Adrian Tomine. Tony M.If this article […]
Elwood Smith’s most vivid childhood memory is of crawling across the Sunday comics, his fat baby knee bones smudged with images of Krazy, Pogo, Mickey, Popeye, Barney Google, Snuffy Smith and the incorrigible Katzenjammers. They seeped into his bloodstream like a virus.Symptoms appeared early on. Hats began flying from hairless heads. Talk balloons materialized to […]
"I link,therefore I am!"This is the quote that introduces the world to webcomics from Charley Parker’s Argon Zark!. Since then, a slew of new strips have popped up each day. Most of the webcomics, to be truthful, are not that great. It’s rare that you find a talent like Trade Loeffler the creator of Zip […]
Sandbox World-What books were you influenced by the most when you were a child?Patricia– So many different titles come to mind. Regarding picture books, I loved and still love everything by Dr. Seuss. Horton Hears a Who, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and The Sneetches […]
How can a guy who is full of hot air be a welcome sight for both kids and adults. Well Balloon Guy has created himself a unique niche market with Balloon Guy Entertainment. With simple balloons he can create whole figures out of air. It’s a thing of beauty to see. Considering that kids have […]
Tall Tales was an innovative newspaper strip syndicated internationally by the New York Herald Tribune from 1957?1963. Whereas newspaper strips are square, single-panel or multiple-panel horizontal gag cartoons, Al Jaffee, known for the Fold-In in MAD Magazine, once again altered the format of his work to create a vertical strip?the first, and last, in newspaper […]
What does New Zealand native Alex Hallatt who lives in a town called Lyttelton in South Island know about the Arctic Circle? Plenty more than you and me who live closer to it. This UK born artist you migrated to New Zealand is the latest world cartoonists to make an impact with her new strip […]
Out with the old, in with the new. A part of comic strip history died this week. How many people knew there was a Dick Tracy Museum in Woodstock. Well not too many because they just closed their doors. It is reflective on the character who graced the papers and the radio waves in what […]
When something works for a young writer or artist or you happen to be both you stick with the winning formula. Such is the case for young writer/artist extraordinaire as he come back with a sequel to his first book called I’m The Biggest Thing in the Ocean. I’m the Best Artist in the Ocean! has […]