Cartooning

Here's a 13 minute film made by Corey Wittig about Pittsburgh writer/cartoonist Eric Lidji, who draws a panel titled PUBLIC NOTICES for the City Paper.Cartooning is such a singular thing to do. It's just the cartoonist and a piece of paper. The end result should be unique, and that's the takeaway with Mr. Lidjil's observational riffs on inconspicuous moments of every day life in Pittsburgh. I wish every cartoonist would have a short film made by Corey Wittig about them.You can see it on YouTube (no embeddable link) here.

You wouldn’t think there’d be a nice for the little uber-cute neighbour girl Amber to show up in the Flintstones comics once Pebbles came along, but that wasn’t the case. Amber appears again in one of the Sunday comics 50 years ago this month. And we get more of the “thinking” Dino this month as well. Baby Puss fans will be disappointed to see our favourite sabertoothed pet is absent again. About the only thing interesting is the June 2nd comic are the two non-square panels. The gag is set up pretty well. Curious Dino peers out in the top panel. Here’s the selfish, mooching Amber in the June 9th comic. The last panel is the best, as usual, with Fred and Amber turned away at different angles. No word whether Amber is related to Cary Granite. Once again, Pebbles is here for, well, no reason at all. June 16th features the innermost thoughts of Dino. The story’s cute but I don’t really see the Dino of the TV show being as bitter. Triceratops toy alert! (see first panel). Looks like it’s the same artist from the week before. Bick Bickenbach maybe? Dr Spock becomes Dr Sprockrock in the June 23rd comic. Did Pebbles spell her own name in blocks in the first panel? I like how the layouts are at a slight angle; notice the couch in the first panel in the middle row and the car two panels over (with the smoking volcano in the background). Pebbles doesn’t appear in the June 30th home movies comic. It’s odd considering there was a whole cartoon episode devoted to Fred annoying everyone with his home movies of Pebbles, but that show didn’t air until the following season. Herb and Laura? I wonder who they’re named after. Herb’s expressions are great. As usual, click on each cartoon to get a larger view.

I have these are for sale this week. Some close ups of George Clark's wonderful brush technique for his long running newspaper panel THE NEIGHBORS. These are some big scans!Just look at that sweeping, confident brush line.Consider buying one.

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Cartooning classes with Karen Luk Saturday, July 27th and Friday, August 16th, 2013 Morning classes for 8 to 12 year old Afternoon classes for 13 to 18 year olds Sign up for our Manga classes for kids and teens with artist Karen Luk.  The cost is $35 per person ($30 for Cartoon Art Museum Members). [...]

Saturday, June 29th, 2013 from 11am to 1pm Free, all ages welcome!   Join us for a unique cartooning workshop for all ages on Saturday, June 29, 2013 as cartoonist and educator Robert Gordon asks the burning question, “Where do toons come from?” The workshop is free of charge, but advance registration is requested: http://guestli.st/169185 [...]

   Saturday, June 22, 12-4pm The Cartoon Art Museum hosts artist Rich Sigberman on Saturday June 22, 2013 from 12pm to 4pm as a part of its on going Cartoon-in-Residence program.  Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk to Rich, view and buy his work. This event is free and open to the [...]

Real excited to see all these Jason Murphy drawings for the first time ever, over here. Then again, excited to see Jason’s artwork over here.

Here's a short video of cartoons by STYX, a British cartoonist. These are from the STYX BUMPER FUN BOOK. STYX was the pseudonym of Leslie Harding, a very popular cartoonist, during the 1940s and 50s. Harding worked for the Daily Mirror, and also produced cartoons under the name of Wimsey -- as well as his actual, real name. He was a prolific and busy professional.Young Reg Smythe, who later created ANDY CAPP, idolized him. They were both selling cartoons through The Gilbert Agency, and Smythe made a point of figuring out when Mr. Harding dropped round with his batch of cartoons. Smythe made sure he was dropping off at the same time. Introductions were made, and before too long, Harding and Smythe were having a pint together in the local pub.As Paul Slade writes in his extensive bio of Reg Smythe:Harding saw something in Smythe and took the trouble to critique a batch of his cartoons, adding notes on the back with suggested improvements or a word of encouragement when he thought the drawing was particularly good. “It was very, very kind of him to take the time to do this when he was himself very busy,” Smythe says. “I was very grateful, took notice of his comments, and put the cartoons right as best I could.” Here are some STYX cartoons from Youtube poster Mrbeerale:Related: a STYXCartoons Flickr account.

BONE cartoonist Jeff Smith, who was visiting OSU, and Founding Curator Lucy Caswell.Five months until the new cartoon library is open! Sullivant Hall, the entry hall into the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, located at Ohio State University in Columbus, OH is under construction. There will be a grand opening celebration in November.More here.Look at Lucy Caswell's cool hardhat!