If Even Dorkin ran the newspaper comic strips . . .
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Your Daily Dose of FUN: If I ran the newspaper comic strips… at Comics212
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Your Daily Dose of FUN: If I ran the newspaper comic strips… at Comics212
Central Crime Zone (Free subscription) | yesterday
Since I learned how to read there have literally hundreds of various comic strips running in our newspapers. With the decline of newspapers they now also run online. Of this huge number of strips there are a few that stand large, memorable and still funny. Even timeless. Like most people, I have my favorites. One of my top favorites is now being collected in hardcover form. HAGAR THE HORRIBLE - DAILIES...
The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Warner Home Video has released two Christmas specials to DVD, PEANUTS: I WANT A DOG FOR CHRISTMAS CHARLIE BROWN and A MISER BROTHERS CHRISTMAS . After Charles Schulz passed away in 2000, his family made a vow that they would not allow anyone else to write the characters. They came up with an idea to make a new special in 2003, I WANT A DOG FOR CHRISTMAS, CHARLIE BROWN . The cartoon was based entirely...
Resonance FM Podcasts (Free subscription) | yesterday
Panel Borders: Ctrl Alt Shift – Lightspeed Champion and Savage Messiah Broadcast 19/11/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM Continuing ‘British Mavericks’ month on the show, Alex Fitch looks at the new charity anthology: “Ctrl Alt Shift unmasks corruption”, a collection of short comic strips that mixes seasoned professionals with the work of small [...]
Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Vworp Vworp Doctor Who fanzine is nearly here - and it looks pretty good! We've got a preview (subject to change) of the contents of the DWM and comic strips tribute to whet your appetite... Set for launch in December, Vworp Vworp contains interviews, features, comic strips and more as a 70 page love letter to all things Doctor Who Magazine shaped. dez skinn interview Vworp Vworp! discusses the...
The Daily Cartoonist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Animation » The Animation blog reports that Pixar is pushing “Up” heavily for a nomination for Best Picture. » The Washington Post profiles John Tayman who started the Bang Cartoons where he posts NFL related animated cartoons. Comic Strips » The Wizard of Id celebrates its 45 anniversary in newspapers last Monday. Editorial Cartooning » Robert Ariail’s is...
GayGamer.net (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Well, leave it up to the Danish to stir up controversy when it comes to facing issues head. This time it doesn't come in the form of satirical comic strips featuring a famous religious figure, but in the form of a flash game that tries to teach about the brutality of domestic violence. The game, called Hit the B*tch , basically sets a woman in from of the player and allows the player to use the mouse...
ZePy (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Creaza offers an engaging suit of web-based applications where kids can use their imagination by creating, publishing and sharing digital stories.With creaza you can create and edit web comics, movies, audio and mind maps. The featured tools include both an application for drawing cartoons and an organizer for getting your creative ideas in order. These go [...]
AfterEllen (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
This is part of an ongoing series of Jane's World comic strips posted every Thursday on AfterEllen.com. For more Jane's World , visit PaigeBraddock.com , and read our previous Jane's World blog posts . read more
downthetubes.net news blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Here's some info about the shows ace podcaster Alex Fitch is involved with that will be broadcast over the next 7 days: On air: Strip! - Ctrl Alt Shift: Lightspeed Champion and Savage Messiah Continuing 'British Mavericks' month on the Strip!, broadcast on ResonanceFM, Alex Fitch looks at the new charity anthology: " Ctrl Alt Shift unmasks corruption ", a collection of short comic strips...
Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Today, two more tools that just missed being placed on the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 list: PhotoPeach The idea of Photopeach is to help you .. "tell better stories online using photos... You can create a rich slideshow in seconds to engage your friends or family in a natural way. This is done by allowing two-way commenting right at each photo in the show and automatically pausing so you...
Mike Lynch Cartoons (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
There's big money in cartooning and enormous markets, so says the Cartoonists' Exchange booklet titled HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH SIMPLE CARTOONS. Here are the principles that all successful comic strips are based on, editorial cartoon techniques, chalk talk information, caricature, proportions, realistic figure drawing, the "three steps in developing a cartoon sketch" and so much more. This...
Welcome to Falling Rock National Park (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I've been consuming two pieces of National Park entertainment lately. I don't know what serendipity caused this to happen, but I'm happy it did. Ken Burns turned in his latest opus, a documentary on the national parks called America's Greatest Idea . I've only got through the first episode so far but that was a doozy. The creation of Yosemite first as a state park, then Yellowstone, the first national...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Here are some publishing odds and ends for your mid-afternoon reading pleasure. "Bookshelves are kind of a mosaic," explains journalist and popular Twitter scribe Susan Orlean as she shows off her bookshelf in Stacked Up . "I have a little bit of a system that starts with the absurd and moves towards something a little bit grander." Sarah Palin 's book tour stop brings Oprah Winfrey...
The American Street (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
. Lagniappe: Are you OK, Mr. Swift ? Please send us a sign…. Comix, comics, comixx, comic strips, editorial cartoons, cartoons, comic books, underground comix, satire, parody, Republicans, political cartoons Zencomix