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Webcomic Artists Pay Tribute to the Mars Curiosity Rover
Webcomic Artists Pay Tribute to the Mars Curiosity Rover
Webcomic Artists Pay Tribute to the Mars Curiosity Rover
After the tense clicking of cameras, the victory hugs and Bobak Ferdowsi's awesome mohawk, I came away from Sunday night's Curiosity rover landing with a lingering rush of excitement. We're back on Mars! We're looking for the building blocks of life on another planet...
‘Village Voice’ Doesn’t Pay Cartoonists, Asks Cartoonists Why They’re Broke
‘Village Voice’ Doesn’t Pay Cartoonists, Asks Cartoonists Why They’re Broke
‘Village Voice’ Doesn’t Pay Cartoonists, Asks Cartoonists Why They’re Broke
In anticipation of this weekend's MoCCA Festival, The Village Voice published its Cartoon Issue, featuring an exhaustive and fascinating article on the grim financial realities of cartoonists. Among the many depressing facts reported were that Fantagraphics makes only $6 million in sales a year; the Diamond Comic Distributor's total sales figures for 2009 were only $428 million; and that The Villa