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New Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake is getting a face-lift. American Greetings Properties the owners of Strawberry Shortcake worked over a year to update the popular 80’s icon for…

Anna Smudge: Professional Shrink

Anna Smudge: Professional Shrink With the advent of summer holidays and school winding down. Kids are under the impression that learning is out the window.…

Smurf Movie

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…

Treasury Comics

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…

Cherise the Niece

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…

Adrian Tomine

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…

Elwood H. Smith

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,…

Trade Loeffler

"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…

Patricia Storms

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…

Balloon Guy

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…

Al Jaffee’s Tall Tales

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…

Alex Hallatt’s Arctic Circle

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…

Dick Tracy Museum Closes

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…

I’m the Best Artist in the Ocean!

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…

Big Buck Bunny

Look out Bugs Bunny there is a new rabbit in town.  Big Buck Bunny is the epitome of today’s super-size me culture. This clever cartoon was…

Disney’s Kingdom Comics

Kingdom Comics is the newest imprint to hit the stands to exploit the Disney vault of past nuggets in the company. A constant staple for…

Comic Art Now

Comic Art Now is a great book to reference some household cartoonists of the industry. Cartoonist my be the wrong word. Comic artists to some but…

Dumm Comics

Dumm Comics is a unique idea. It’s not everyday animators pool their talents together and create an online line of weekly strips. Heavily influenced by their…

The Cleveland Brown Show

There is an old adage when it comes to creative people, stick to what you know. Seth MacFarlane must be the crazy glue of the…

Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book

No man is an island some might say. There was no mention of a woman. Tove Jansson is the woman in question, she is gone…

Charles Bronson is Archie Cash

Charles Bronson’s onscreen persona was of a gritty worldly action hero, he transcends all nationalities with his multi-heritage background. His European popularity is so evident…

In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

The award winning 1970 children’s book, In the Night Kitchen, by illustrator Maurice Sendak is a take and homage to early the 20th century way of life and a…