Former Phoenix Tribune Editorial Cartoonist Mike Ritter dies at 48

Mike Ritter, art director for the GA Voice, died shortly after midnight on Sunday, March 30, 2014. He was 48.

Mike, far right with Garry Trudeau during the 2004 AAEC Convention in Lexington KY.
Photo: Brian Fairrington

The Doug Wright Awards Nominees for 2014

The Doug Wright Awards have announced their nominees for 2014. The Awards event takes place during the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.

The Ting Comic and Graphic Arts Festival

From Sequential.

The Ting Comic and Graphic Arts Festival takes place next month in London, Ontario and the fest has just revealed an amazing poster and t-shirt design by cartoonist Jesse Jacobs. As well, they have added Seth to their guest list.

Full details here.

Bob Mankoff: the story behind "How About Never?"

Bob Mankoff writes about The story of "How About Never"

Publishing a memoir naturally engenders certain questions, one of which is what I think my “legacy” will be. 

And because questions of legacy naturally engender thoughts of mortality, my preference is to avoid both the question and the thoughts, so I usually deflect them by joking that I’d like my legacy to be not dying.

Designing for The Grand Budapest Hotel

An interview with the film's lead graphic designer Annie Atkins in Creative Review.

The film's official trailer and the use of symmetry in Wes Anderson movies:

Reprint on the iPolitics website (16)

Today on the iPolitics website.

Bill Watterson/Richard Thompson’s OSU Show

Michael Cavna in Comic Riffs.

Curator Caitlin McGurk holding Bill Watterson's oil painting of Petey
from Richard Thompson's "Cul de Sac"

Calvin and Hobbs and Petey and Alice, plus Miss Wormwood and Mr. Danders, all came out to play over the past weekend.

With a cast of beloved characters like that, how could the real-life interlopers not have a good time, too?