New Yorker Cartoonist Arnie Levin

Arnie Levin is one of the many New Yorker cartoonists and cover artists whose style probably isn’t immediately identifiable to readers, but whose constant presence since 1974 has contributed incalculably to the magazine’s identity and success.

Steve Brodner's Liveblog of the GOP Convention (2)

The liveblog can be found here.

Some favourites:

Cartoon of the week (15)

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While the Liberals are mired in corruption and the PQ plans more restrictive language laws, the CAQ (Coalition Avenir Québec) promises to cut thousands of government jobs and abolish school-boards in the province.

Neil Armstrong

I thought I had a good idea to commemorate the passing of Neil Armstrong...

...but I suspected I wouldn't be alone:

On Richard Thompson and Cul de Sac

R.C. Harvey in The Comics Journal.

Richard Thompson, the creator of Cul de Sac, is reluctantly retiring from daily comic stripping, effective in September. The last Cul de Sac will be published on Sunday, September 23. Lee Salem, speaking for Thompson’s syndicate, Universal Uclick, explained in a letter to subscribing newspapers:

Steve Brodner's Liveblog of the GOP Convention (1)

From The Nation.

I’ve covered many political conventions over the years. They are hard to forget, but sometimes I think it would be a good idea.
Today, conventions seem to be about very little. They mostly exist as a fancy feast for fat cats and the creatures of the media-industrial complex.

The Animated St. Trinian's

Ward Jenkins posted the following in Drawn.

Uli Meyer & his crew have been working on an official animated feature featuring the girls of St. Trinian’s. Official in the sense that Ron Searle himself had given Uli his permission to create the film before he passed away. The wonderful thing about this film is the fact that it’s 100% hand-drawn animation AND hand-inked on frosted cels. No Cintiqs to be found on this production. The tests I’ve seen so far are simply amazing.

Be sure to check out the production Blog for Animated St. Trinian’s.

ST TRINIAN’S (by UliMeyerAnimation)