Arizona Republic editorial cartoonist Steve Benson will be visiting the Utah Valley State College for a public lecture wherein he’ll speak on “Drawing Democracy: The Role of Political Cartooning in American History.”Utah Valley State College will host a public lecture and demonstration Friday at 11 a.m. in room 101 of the Physical Education Building, featuring […]
Most conservatives would consider Ted Rall a four letter word, but in last Friday’s New York Times crossword puzzle, “ted” was definitely a horizontal three letters.One of the clues in Friday’s New York Times crossword puzzle was “Editorial cartoonist Rall.” The answer, of course, was “Ted.” Rall, who’s syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, said on […]
From Brian Anderson’s blog, comes news that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has dropped his feature “Dog Eat Doug.”Time to rally the troops. St. Louis Post-Dispatch has been sampling DeD this month. They say the response has not been favorable. If you?re in that area, or know anyone in that area have them drop the paper […]
Kevin Siers and the Charlotte Observer, announced the winner of their first editorial cartoon caption contest.The winning caption: “Honest — I’m just here to protect Kaye McGarry!” –submitted by Katie Williams of Charlotte. Her caption refers, of course, to the security-conscious Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board member, and that body’s latest spat. She’ll be receiving our grand […]
From the Houston Chronicle comes news that Clyde Peterson, their editorial cartoonist for 41 years, is stepping away from the drawing table.AFTER an astonishing run of 41 years and more than 12,000 drawings, editorial cartoonist Clyde Peterson is leaving the Chronicle. Too young to retire, he says, he will be pursuing a number of long-postponed […]
Off topic, but interesting. A network has been created to get comics on iPods.Clickwheel is a whole new way of using your iPod, and a whole new way of reading comics. Looking for a simple innocent laugh? A dry, sophisticated chuckle? A true story of crime, disaster or ordinary life? A brain-bending exercise in comic […]
From the Southeastern Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society’s web site comes news that it will be responsible for judging this year’s Newspaper Panel category for the Reuben Awards. This is an important function that our Chapter performs, and it’s a lot of fun, too! Although only NCS members are eligible to vote for the […]
The Wisconsin Journal asked John Kovalic, creator of “Dork Tower“, to critique the National Security Adminstration’s kids site“I really think the characters are terrific,” responds cartoonist John Kovalic, creator of Dork Tower. “Kind of the perfect mix between Disney World and Guantanamo Bay. I can’t wait for the theme park.” He adds that “being a […]
In an interview with the Metro West Daily News, Brain Anderson, creator of “Dog Eat Doug” talks about the incredible timing of his strips debut.For the last several years, Brian Anderson worked an office job, but just before Christmas he got the news that he was being laid off. Rather than being depressed, the Natick […]
According to Daryl Cagle, Jack Abramoff’s attorney is on a spending spree buying editorial cartoons regarding his client.A number of cartoonists (myself included) have been contacted by Abbe David Lowell, the attorney for infamous lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, wanting to purchase Abramoff cartoons. There have certainly been a lot of Abramoff cartoons, and none of them […]
On canadiancartoonists.com, they’ve posted an article about editorial cartoonist Vance Rodewalt of The Calgary Herald. It’s a rather long piece, but delves into Vance’s history of how he became a cartoonist, the vanishing number of editorial cartoonists and how political correctness is affecting editorial cartooning.The rise of political correctness, which, says Rodewalt, “kind of snuck […]
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will be holding their second annual “Comics 4 Comix” fund raiser. The event features bay area stand-up comics, and the opportunity to purchase original cartoon art from Dan Piraro (Bizarro), Paul Madonna (All Over Coffee), Patrick McDonnell (Mutts). Comics 4 Comix will be held February 10. Ticket and […]
Via The Comics Reporter comes a link to a story about how editorial cartoonists in Canada are reacting to having to draw a new set of politicians that come with a new election cycle.Brian Mulroney had “The Chin.” Jean Chretien’s mouth — and what came out of it — made him great fodder. They were […]
Another fun but off-topic post. A couple of days ago a LiveJournal blogger invited artists on LiveJournal to draw a picture of Batgirl. Several hundred did. (Story continues below picture…)Batgirl is copyright by Clio Chiang, used by permission.One of the exciting things the internet is allowing artists to do is more communcal type projects such […]
Photo couresy of United MediaYou might remember an earlier posting in which the Kansas City Star was eliminating two pages from their Sunday comics thereby dropping a couple of comic features. Despite the dramatic shake-up, they did pick up on Brevity by writer Guy Endore-Kaiser and artist Rodd Perry. The Star has interviewed the two […]