Joe Kubert is interviewed at the Sydney Supanova 2010 by Darcy Quinn.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Video: Art Spiegelman/Pilobolus "Hapless Hooligan in 'Still Moving'"
Chock full of comics visuals, this collaboration between Art Spiegelman and Pilobolus pulls together the language of movement and cartoons in a one-of-a-kind piece. Here's a preview from Dartmouth, where it premiered on June 24, 2010:
Related: Alastair Macauly's NY Times Dance Review of "Hapless Hooligan in 'Still Moving,'" created by Spiegelman and choreographer Michael Tracy.
Related: Video: Art Spiegelman on Comics
Related: Alastair Macauly's NY Times Dance Review of "Hapless Hooligan in 'Still Moving,'" created by Spiegelman and choreographer Michael Tracy.
Related: Video: Art Spiegelman on Comics
Video: Art Spiegelman on Comics
Art Spiegelman talks about his own work, how comics work and what the future of comics could be.
This interview is from June 2010, when he was at Dartmouth College for the world premiere of his collaboration with Pilobolus Dance Theater.
Related: Alastair Macauly's NY Times Dance Review of "Hapless Hooligan in 'Still Moving,'" created by Spiegelman and choreographer Michael Tracy.
This interview is from June 2010, when he was at Dartmouth College for the world premiere of his collaboration with Pilobolus Dance Theater.
Related: Alastair Macauly's NY Times Dance Review of "Hapless Hooligan in 'Still Moving,'" created by Spiegelman and choreographer Michael Tracy.
Video: Mike Shapiro Interview
Magazine cartoonist and caricaturist Mike Shapiro is interviewed by Arlington Weekly News (AWN) Anchor Dr. Pia Salmre.
This is an informative, short interview (it runs 4:47) with Mike Shapiro, a fellow magazine gag cartoonist whose work appears in Barron's, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review and other publications. Mike is right when he mentions that the more you draw, the better you get. He alos points out that you have to read a little bit of everything; you have to be aware of what's going on: trends, popular culture, buzzwords -- all this is part of the writing process of being a good gag cartoonist.
This is an informative, short interview (it runs 4:47) with Mike Shapiro, a fellow magazine gag cartoonist whose work appears in Barron's, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review and other publications. Mike is right when he mentions that the more you draw, the better you get. He alos points out that you have to read a little bit of everything; you have to be aware of what's going on: trends, popular culture, buzzwords -- all this is part of the writing process of being a good gag cartoonist.
Early Cartoonist Head Shots
Above: "Ding" Darling, H.T. Webster, Don Batholomew.
Via Allan Holtz' indispensable Stripper's Guide, a couple of newspaper advertisements from 1911 and 1912, featuring some rarely seen photos of early cartoonists.
I AM YOUR FATHER
http://www.freemansauction.com/
Sale No 1375 - The Vader Project
Jul 10 2010 12:00 - Main & 3rd Floor Gallery
Lot 15
MISTER CARTOON, , Darth Fader
Estimate: $15000 - 20000
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
GOING HARD ON THE BLVD
This past weekend we were out cruising in Hollywood.. Here are a couple fliks.
Bunny Bash June 24, 2010
Above: the 2010 attendees of the Bash, posing in the backyard. Photo nicked from Rosey Mulderrig's Village Tatler article.
Here are a few photos from the Bunny Bash, an annual event held at Bunny Hoest's North Shore home in Long Island. She graciously opens up the Hoest castle to cartoonists from all over.
Hmm. Giant cut out of a bunny by the mailbox? This must be Bunny Hoest's place!
Adrian Sinnott and Dotti Sinnott: a wonderful illustrator and his talented daughter. Adrian is Chair of the Long Island chapter of the National Cartoonists Society, otherwise known as the Berndt Toast Gang. Adrian shares some Bunny Bash photos at his blog.
Arnie Levin, Mort Gerberg, Dione and George Booth, and Marie Stemmle.
Gerry Mooney, Marie Stemmle, Sandy Kossin and New Jersey Chapter Chair Tom Stemmle.
Arnie Levin and George Booth. "Hang on. Let me take my sunglasses off."
"OK, you can take the picture."
Matt Diffee, S. Gross and Ken Krimstein. I can never get Sam to smile for a photo.
MAD Mag's Sam Viviano. We are playing "dueling photographers."
The Berndt Toast Gang's own award-winning Ray Alma (shown with patient spouse Caryn)!
Julie Haring and Suzan Haeni. Always good to see Jules and Suz!
David Paccia and Mike Lynch. David's the man behind the Wasting Paper blog, wherein he interviews cartoonists. David's Bunny Bash photos and report is here.
Adrian Sinnott and George Booth.
Howard Beckerman
Roberta Fabiano plays while Sandy Kossin gets down.
Our lovely hostess Bunny Hoest, Doug Bratton, Marie and Tom Stemmle.
Ken Krimstein, Sam Gross, Deana Sobel and Dotti Sinnott.
Sam Viviano draws on a couple of commemorative cards. One is in honor of Jerry Jurman's 80th birthday. The other is to give to Lee Ames. He recently moved from California, back to the Long Island area.
Don Orehek, Joe Giella, Mike Lynch.
Long Island traffic. Nothing like it! UGH!
Sorry to say that there were some people I didn't get a chance to say hi to: Stan Goldberg, Frank Bolle, Mort Drucker, Ed Steckley, and others.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Cartoonist Photographs
Here are a few cartoonist photographs that I came across on eBay.
Roland Coe, perhaps best known for his pre-war NY Post "Crosstown Cartoons." He had a wonderful sense of character movement and a sweeping wash style. One of those journeyman cartoonists, who did a lot in his day. Heck, he was a professional cartoonist at the age of fifteen. Unfortunately, he is largely forgotten today.
Related: my friend Ger Apeldoorn has some later Roland Coe samples here.
Marty Links was the creator of the cartoon panel BOBBY SOX, a comic that out-ran its fashion based title due to its longevity -- So, Ms. Links changed the name of the feature from BOBBY SOX (which was the title from 1944 to 1951) to EMMY LOU (1951-1979). More BOBBY SOX/EMMY LOU samples here.
Veteran cartoonist Jeff Hayes. From a 1952 Editor and Publisher article by Erwin Kroll via Stripper's Guide:
Fred Neher (1903-2001), whose single panel comic strip LIFE'S LIKE THAT was syndicated for 43 years. Nary an example of the panel was to be found by me on the Web. Yeah, 43 years. And I found just one small JPEG of it online. Please let me know if you have better luck ....
Creator of MUTT AND JEFF, Bud Fisher (1885-1954). Fisher arguably created the modern comic strip -- he certainly was one of the earliest creators to hit it big. He soon farmed MUTT AND JEFF out to unnamed ghosts while continuing to reap the majority of the feature's profit.
People forget how big the strip was. And there was ancillary income. For instance, there was a series of animated MUTT & JEFF shorts (a link to one here). Fisher, ever the egomaniac, was fond of telling people that he wrote and drew all of the cartoons all by himself -- in the paper and on screen.
The above 5 photographs from the Lewis Wayne Gallery.
This is not an endorsement of the Gallery, but I did like these photos that are now offered for sale via eBay.
Roland Coe, perhaps best known for his pre-war NY Post "Crosstown Cartoons." He had a wonderful sense of character movement and a sweeping wash style. One of those journeyman cartoonists, who did a lot in his day. Heck, he was a professional cartoonist at the age of fifteen. Unfortunately, he is largely forgotten today.
Related: my friend Ger Apeldoorn has some later Roland Coe samples here.
Marty Links was the creator of the cartoon panel BOBBY SOX, a comic that out-ran its fashion based title due to its longevity -- So, Ms. Links changed the name of the feature from BOBBY SOX (which was the title from 1944 to 1951) to EMMY LOU (1951-1979). More BOBBY SOX/EMMY LOU samples here.
Veteran cartoonist Jeff Hayes. From a 1952 Editor and Publisher article by Erwin Kroll via Stripper's Guide:
"'Cartooning is my work,' Mr. Hayes explains, 'but selling is my hobby. I love to sell.'"
[...] Mr. Hayes, a native of Newburgh, N. Y., came to New York City in the twenties to study at the Art Students League or, as he puts it, "to bum around for a while." Later he joined the advertising art staff of the New York Journal, where he stayed for 12 years. After a stretch of comic book work for King Features, he joined Consolidated News Features as general art handyman, doing sports and editorial cartoons and, at one time, three daily comic strips—"Pop," "Silent Sam" and "Witty Kitty." Besides "Chip" he still does "Silent Sam," also known as "Adamson's Adventures."
Fred Neher (1903-2001), whose single panel comic strip LIFE'S LIKE THAT was syndicated for 43 years. Nary an example of the panel was to be found by me on the Web. Yeah, 43 years. And I found just one small JPEG of it online. Please let me know if you have better luck ....EDIT: I was misinformed. I misspelled Fred Neher's name. My thanks to Rippee (see comments below).
Of course, spelling his name correctly really does help. Now I can find his Lambiek page and cartoons.
Sorry about that, Rippee -- and everyone else ....
Creator of MUTT AND JEFF, Bud Fisher (1885-1954). Fisher arguably created the modern comic strip -- he certainly was one of the earliest creators to hit it big. He soon farmed MUTT AND JEFF out to unnamed ghosts while continuing to reap the majority of the feature's profit.
People forget how big the strip was. And there was ancillary income. For instance, there was a series of animated MUTT & JEFF shorts (a link to one here). Fisher, ever the egomaniac, was fond of telling people that he wrote and drew all of the cartoons all by himself -- in the paper and on screen.
The above 5 photographs from the Lewis Wayne Gallery.
This is not an endorsement of the Gallery, but I did like these photos that are now offered for sale via eBay.
THIS IS TRUE by Rina Piccolo
Rina is a friend and she's one of those people who is funny in person and funny as a cartoonist. Take a look at THIS IS TRUE.
Cartoonist Self-Portraits
Ger Apeldoorn shows us an ad for the cartoonists then appearing in the Sunday Supplement section of THIS WEEK circa 1950.