Animation has been captivating audiences for more than a hundred years. From classic forms like hand drawn and stop-motion, to cutting-edge techniques like motion graphics and CGI, animation has a long history of creating style and poetry unachievable through live action filmmaking. It is a… Read More
Long before Iranian cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraiyeh was sentenced to 25 lashings for drawing a parliament member in a soccer jersey, 19th-century caricaturist Honoré Daumier and his colleagues at the weekly Paris journal La Caricature endured prison sentences, fines, and litigation for their scathing portraits of… Read More
Terry Gilliam’s daughter Holly started sorting out her father’s drawings, designs, sketches or whatever else she finds in the basement and puts it on a blog. Holly Gilliam: “In October 2011 I took on the mamooth task of organising my father’s archive – all his… Read More
The Cartoon Movement is a collaborative publishing platform dedicated to high quality political cartoons and comic journalism. The Cartoon Movement network – currently 100+ cartoonists in over 60 countries – holds between them 11 awards including the World Press and UN Political Cartoon awards. Check… Read More
One of the most distinguished editorial cartoonists in the world, Paul Conrad has won three Pulitzer Prizes in addition to a long list of journalism’s most prestigious awards—although his favorite distinction is his 1973 inclusion on Richard Nixon’s enemies list. An extraordinary artist and journalist,… Read More
“The uprising has redefined art in Syria… it’s exposed the gulf between real artists and mercenaries in the pay of the state”. (Ali Ferzat) Sebastian Usher for BBC News: “Ali Ferzat’s hands sweep and glide and conjure shapes as he sits in a small art… Read More
A really cool post from the french editors of Simpsonspark.com lists all the art references with screen caps, the original paintings and links. A slideshow with the same theme can be found at complex.com and Anime Kida has more with it’s own Simpsons Art Parody… Read More
Submarine Channel is “super excited to finally unveil The Art of Pho – a deliciously surreal interactive motion comic about a loveable creature named Little Blue and his friends. Through an extraordinary sequence of events, Little Blue ends up in Ho Chi Minh City where… Read More
A lost Walt Disney cartoon that pre-dated Mickey Mouse has been discovered in a British film archive and will be offered for auction in Los Angeles on December 14. “Hungry Hobos” was one of 26 episodes featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character created by… Read More
The Simpsons continue to reign supreme. The intro for tonight’s episode comes from the amazing John Kricfalusi (Ren & Stimpy) who has posted some more art on his blog. Check it out here: Related: – Banksy’s Simpsons Intro – Simpsons characters as art masterpieces -… Read More
