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Look for GoComics at NY Comic Con!

NY Comic Con

GoComics will be exhibiting with Andrews McMeel Publishing at Booth 1715 at the NY Comic Con this weekend. If you're a comic strip fan and you plan to attend, look us up - we'd love to meet you!

In-booth signing schedule:

Friday
     2pm - Dan Piraro (Bizarro)

Saturday
     11am - Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz (Prince Valiant)
     2pm - James Gurney (Dinotopia)
     4pm - Mark Tatulli (Lio)

Special engagement Saturday, 12pm, Room 1E02:
     James Gurney slide presentation "Dinotopia, Behind the Scenes." Book signing to follow.

And don't forget to check out our friends' exhibits:
     TOKYOPOP - Booth 1321
     Devil's Due Publishing - Booth 1156
     Image Comics, Inc. - Booth 1407
     Teshkeel Comics - Booth 1944
     Virgin Comics - Booth 1415

Paul Gilligan on Comics Coast to Coast!

Pooch Cafe

Pooch Café creator Paul Gilligan was the guest on the Comics Coast to Coast podcast last week. Paul discussed a wide range of topics, including the Pooch Cafe movie deal, the process of creating the strip, his pet situation, and even politics.

Click here to go and listen!

Lio Creator Mark Tatulli in Online Chat - 1pm EST!

Lio

Lio creator Mark Tatulli will join Washington Post Comics page editor Suzanne Tobin today at 1pm EST for an online discussion. Click this link to follow the discussion and submit questions!

Lio

These Pulitzer Prize Winners Have Gone MAD!

MAD's "usual gang of idiots" has assembled a veritable Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists for an upcoming feature in the world's most notorious cartoon satire magazine. Several of GoComics' own Pulitzer Prize winners - Clay Bennett, Matt Davies, Dick Locher, Jim Morin, Joel Pett and Ben Sargent - have teamed up with cartoonists Steve Breen, Jack Higgins, Mike Peters and Michael Ramirez to provide cartoons for a two-page spread written by veteran MAD writer Jacob Lambert. Each cartoonist provides a single panel in an "expose" that focuses on the Bush administration's environmental policies.

“Why George W. Bush Is In Favor of Global Warning” will run in issue MAD #487, to be released to comic book stores February 13th. The official press release can be found here.

MAD Matt Davies

Jeff Danziger on YouTube!

GoComics editorial cartoonist Jeff Danziger has posted a nice little video on YouTube in which he talks about what goes into the creation of a political cartoon, what he gets out of it, and why he thinks cartoonists do what they do. Click the play button on the screenshot below to start the video:

Santa-roid Controversy?!

Hot on the heels of Major League Baseball's Mitchell Report bombshell, sports journalist Tank McNamara reports on a hearing currently rocking the North Pole. Right-click on the image below to play the short:

Animated Political Cartoons at MarkFiore.com!

Check out political cartoonist Mark Fiore's new and improved website, MarkFiore.com. You'll find his latest weekly animated cartoon, an archive of his previous creations, news links, a store section where you can buy Fiore videos and prints, and more.

Visit MarkFiore.com!

Yahoo Tech News: Comic Books on Mobile Phones

There's an excellent new article about comic books on mobile phones in the Tech section at Yahoo News. GoComics' mobile-exclusive comic book Thunder Road takes center stage as writer Sean Demory, artist Steven Sanders, GoComics' Jeff Webber, Tokyopop's Stu Levy and others discuss the future of comic books on mobile phones.

Check out the Comic Books section at GoComics.com to see the newest titles available through the GoComics Mobile Comic Book Reader.

Baldo Revealed: Part 2

Baldo

As promised, here's the follow-up video from Baldo co-creator Carlos Castellanos, demonstrating the inking and coloring of a Baldo sketch. Just click the play button below!

Now on YouTube: Baldo Revealed!

Baldo

Witness the creation of a Baldo sketch in a new video Baldo co-creator Carlos Castellanos has posted on YouTube. You can also check it out by clicking the play button below.

Castellanos plans to follow-up with a second video, in which he inks the sketch, and a third, in which he colors it.

Now Showing on Doonesbury.com and YouTube: Duke's Video Dump!

Duke's Video Dump

Take a nostalgic look back at the failed presidential campaign of Doonesbury's Uncle Duke with the Duke2000 campaign videos, now available for viewing on Doonesbury.com and YouTube. The computer-animated Duke announces his candidacy on Larry King Live, holds impromptu press conferences outside his motel room door, and offers up some of the best quotes of the 2000 campaign season, including the instant classic "I want to be the ferret in the pants of government."

Duke2000 videos are added weekly to the Duke's Video Dump section on Doonesbury.com. You can also view them on YouTube by entering the search term "Uncle Duke."

Duke's Video Dump

Stone Soup on Display!

Stone Soup

Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot is proud to call Eugene, Oregon, home - and the feeling is mutual. The Opus6ix Fine Art Gallery in Eugene is featuring a collection of original Stone Soup cell art and other published material in a special exhibition from March 31st through April 29th. Fans in the area take note: the gallery will host an artist reception on April 6th as well as a book signing on April 28th. Don't miss your chance to get an in-depth look at one of America's most popular syndicated comic strips.

In the photos below: Jan Eliot (center) with Janet and Michael Gilbert, comic book artists and writers who also call Eugene home; Janet Gilbert checks out a display of Stone Soup books that have been translated and printed in other languages, including Finnish, Spanish and Portuguese; Jan visits with Robert Canaga, the curator of the Opus6ix Fine Art Gallery (right), and a trio of Stone Soup fans. Click each image to enlarge.

Jan Eliot and Friends

Stone Soup Books

Jan Eliot and Fans

Photos by Art Maddox.

TMNT Movie Prequel Comic Books on Your Mobile Phone!

Leading into the highly-anticipated new TMNT film, Mirage has produced five comic books based on the pre-production and back-story notes of director Kevin Munroe. Each comic spotlights one character - Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and April O'Neil - and follows them into the beginnings of the film.

The first two prequel comics will be available on mobile phones March 22nd (the day before the film hits theatres) from GoComics:

Raphael - Story by Steve Murphy with art by Fernando Pinto. Prequel #1 focuses on Raphael's growing disillusionment with his brothers and sensei, his increasing use of violence and the strange discovery that might provide the solution to his problems. Not to mention lots of kick-butt dark-of-night ninja action! (Sample page below)

Michelangelo - Story by Jake Black with art by Mr. Exes and Ryan Brown. Prequel #2 focuses on Michelangelo's secret identity as the children's entertainer Cowabunga Carl! When a purse-snatcher interrupts Carl's gig at a hockey game, can nunchaku ninja action and Casey Jones be far behind? It's a face-off, and in more ways than one!

More TMNT movie comics will follow on mobile in the weeks to come. The TMNT movie prequel comics will join the GoComics Mobile Comic Book Reader archive, which already features the current Tales of the TMNT series and special Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issues.

To get TMNT comic books, wallpapers, games and more on your mobile phone, visit www.gocomics.com/TMNT. You can also download an assortment of comic books for your mobile phone at www.gocomics.com/comicbooks.

All images © 2007 Mirage Studios, Inc.

Lio Creator Mark Tatulli Interviewed on "Mr. Media"

He's prank-called the Peanuts gang, enlisted Superman for homework help, shipped a certain Family Circus wanderer to a home for wayward boys, and time-traveled to visit the Yellow Kid. Other than that, he's fairly normal. Unless you consider failed science experiments, out-of-control robots and monstrous reptile pets running around the house out of the ordinary. He also has a tendency to cross paths with aliens, witches and ghosts. Okay, he's a little odd.

Lio has been making huge waves since his debut on GoComics last May, landing in more than 250 newspapers and becoming the surprise hit of 2006. Creator Mark Tatulli recently discussed his quirky new strip in an interview with Bob Adelman of Mr. Media, which you can read or listen to at www.mrmedia.com.

You can check out all of Lio's adventures in the archives at My Comics Page. Your membership gives you unlimited access to the archives of every strip on GoComics (including Calvin and Hobbes, The Boondocks, Foxtrot, Bloom County and more) in addition to customizable daily comics page emails and comics collections.

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