What I Learned From Sergio Aragonés: An Appreciation By Jorge Gutierrez
Happy 80th birthday to Sergio Aragones!
Comics
‘Deadpool’ Animated Series Set For FXX
Brothers Donald and Stephen Glover (“Atlanta”) will create the show.
Warner Bros. Reboots Snagglepuss As A Gay Playwright Being Hunted By The U.S. Government
In a new DC Comics series, the classic Hanna-Barbera character Snagglepuss is accused of being a Communist.
Alcon Plans A Series of Fully-CG ‘Garfield’ Features
First rule of Garfield: You can never have enough Garfield!
DC’s ‘Hanna-Barbera Beyond’ Will Remix and Reimagine Classic Characters
Hanna-Barbera characters like you’ve never seen them before.
Stone Bridge to Publish Massive Osamu Tezuka Manga Biography
The 900-plus page manga biography is drawn by one of Tezuka’s former assistants, Toshio Ban.
A Feature Adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ ‘Ethel and Ernest’ Is In the Works
Details on a new animated feature from the beloved creator of “The Snowman” and “When the Wind Blows.”
Patrick Osborne, Director of ‘Feast,’ Will Direct ‘Battling Boy’
It’s the second high-profile feature directing gig for Patrick Osborne this year.
Fons Schiedon Reimagines Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ As A Motion Comic
How a two-hundred-year-old opera made the transition to an online motion comic for contemporary audiences.
‘Avatar’ and ‘Korra’ Co-Creator Bryan Konietzko Weaves New Graphic Novel ‘Threadworlds’
Hurry up and wait, benders! Bryan Konietzo’s debut graphic novel series arrives in 2017.
‘Feast’ Director Patrick Osborne To Direct Sci-Fi/Fantasy ‘Nimona’
Patrick Osborne, armed with an Oscar, brings Noelle Stevenson’s comic to the screen.
‘Ernest & Celestine’ Director Will Adapt His Own Comic for TV
Benjamin Renner will take ‘The Big Bad Fox’ from the page to the screen.
Tonko House to Turn ‘The Dam Keeper’ into a Feature Film
The Oscar-nominated short is also getting a graphic novel series.
Book Review: ‘Insider Histories of Cartooning’
Historian R.C. Harvey sets out to rescue great cartoonists of old from obscurity.
Golden Wolf Creates ‘VANDROID’ Comic Book Trailer
London-based Golden Wolf created this slick animated trailer to promote Horse’s upcoming graphic novel release of “VANDROID.”
How Garfield Got His Groove Back: The ‘Garfield’ Remix Phenomenon
Poor Garfield. In his heyday, he was amongst the most beloved characters on the funny pages, his plush likenesses fastened to car windows and his sarcastic barbs adorning office walls around the globe. Then, somewhere along the line, he underwent a pop-cultural re-evaluation. Jim Davis’ strip is now something of a pariah: just look at how “The Simpsons” paired it with “Love Is” as the kind of strip that Milhouse reads. What a comedown for a character once hip enough to be quoted in “Two Tribes” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. But yet, the orange cat has been saved from cultural oblivion by a peculiar trend: the remixed “Garfield” strip.
Animation Director Stephan Franck Releases Collected Noir Comic ‘Silver’
Animator and director Stephan Franck (“Iron Giant,” “Despicable Me”), who was recently nominated at the Annie Awards for his work on “The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow,” premiered a collected paperback version of his adventure comic Silver at the Emerald City Comic Convention last month.
‘Dexter’s Lab’ Comic Will Be Published by IDW
Next month, IDW, the publishing company that partnered with Cartoon Network last year for the comic book revivals of “The Powerpuff Girls” and “Samurai Jack,” will be adding “Dexter’s Laboratory” to their library of monthly titles.
Tonight in NYC: Political Cartoon Legend Pat Oliphant Opens Art Show
Patrick Oliphant (b. 1935) is one of the Old Masters of editorial cartooning. He began his career in his native Australia, then came to the US in 1964, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1967, the first of many awards and accolades. The Gerald Peters Gallery in New York is presenting “Patrick Oliphant: A Survey,” which includes 34 mostly new works ranging from charcoal and ink drawings, paintings in watercolor and oil, and bronze sculpture.
How to Look At Ad Reinhardt, The Cartoonist Who Was A Fine Artist
Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967) was an artist’s artist, renowned among critics and curators, but hard for the general public to warm up to. His most famous fine art works are his Black Paintings, from the 1960s, which at first glance appear to be solid black, but on closer inspection turn out to be blocks of black and almost-black shades. Important, but challenging.
