Industry news for the professional cartoonist
Ruben Bolling was recently awarded second place for cartoons by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies last week…. According to the Universal Press press release, Ruben has been a finalist for the last six years taking top prize in 2002 and 2003.
Daryl Cagle has posted video of Dick Locher and this year’s Locher Award winner William Warren talking about the award. He has also posted the four award submission cartoons over on his site.
With the release of Ann Coulter’s new book, she’s generated a lot of press and controversy over some of the things she has written – and a few are questioning the reaction from the public who’s knickers were in a complete twist when ultra-liberal Ted Rall made some of the same points earlier…. Editor and Publisher writers Dave Astor and Greg Mitchell have asked Universal Press if any newspapers have cancelled their subscriptions to Coulter to which they replied no.Is there an example of a media bias or the power of imagery over words?
Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley was honored by the Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists as the best editorial cartoonist in the state in an awards evening last Friday. Pat has also released a follow up book to his “Curious George Goes To War” called “Curious George Is Watching You” which is getting lots of press here in the conservative state of Utah.
MetroWest Daily News editorial cartoonist, Dave Granlund’s work is on display now through the during the month of July at the Danforth Museum of Art. The exhibit is called “Pulling It All Together” and features artwork from his recent book.
Aaron McGruder recently was asked by Esquire magazine his opinion of the state of the American black man…. A: Displaced by Katrina, or B: Inconvenienced by family displaced by Katrina.”When Esquire asked McGruder to comment on his submission he replied, “I don?t explain the jokes.
Vietnam Veterans Group to Honor ‘Doonesbury’ Cartoonist:NEW YORK Vietnam Veterans of America will give “Doonesbury” creator Garry Trudeau its President’s Award for Excellence in the Arts July 14 during a VVA conference in Tucson, Ariz.A Doonesbury.com note discussed the upcoming award and the perception of some critics that Trudeau has an “anti-military bias” in his comic: “It may interest — if not confuse — these critics to learn that if Trudeau has such a bias, the military itself has failed to notice. During the first Gulf War, the Pentagon organized a touring exhibition of the ‘Doonesbury’ war strips, and during Trudeau’s visit to Kuwait, where he met hundreds of soldiers, he was awarded certificates of achievement by the Ready First Brigade and the 4th Battalion 67th Armor, which made him an ‘honorary Bandit for life.'”More recently, the DOD, USO, and VA have all worked closely with Trudeau on the strips depicting B.D.’s wounding in Iraq, and last December, Walter Reed Army Medical Center presented him with the Commander’s Award for Public Service, the third-highest civilian award given by the Army.
“Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties” was number 7 over its opening weekend and only took in $7.2 million according to The Numbers.Most reviews that I read thought the script was less than stellar, but I’m sure as a parent, if I had a choice between Pixar’s “Cars” and “Garfield,” I’d take the former. “Cars” is in its second week at number 1 and took in $31.2 million over the weekend for a growing total of $114.5 million.Here are a couple of more reviews: The Patriot News in Harrison, PA thinks it wasn’t too bad, but the VUE Weekly hopes Garfield doesn’t have nine lives; The Boston Globe wasn’t impressed as well.
Cartoon Art Museum: Current Events:Artist-in-Residency ProgramThe Cartoon Art Museum will host a different professional cartoonist in its galleries as part of its new Artist-in-Residence program. Museum patrons will see cartoonists at work on their latest projects and learn everything you ever wanted to know about cartoonists–but were afraid to ask.Featured artists include Paul Madonna, whose comic strip All Over Coffee appears four times a week in the San Francisco Chronicle.Keith Knight, award-winning creator of nationally-syndicated comics The ‘K’ Chronicles and th(ink), is the resident artist on Saturday, July 17, and Michael Jantze, creator of the nationally-syndicated daily comic strip The Norm, is scheduled for Saturday, August 28.
In an age when computer users are looking for more and more sophistication in their ?content,? this was about as technically sophisticated as cartoons get.Cartoonists may need to get more sophisticated about computers in other ways, too.Even if they are not into full animation, many already have regular commentaries, or ?blogs,? and their own websites.Others, notably Daryl Cagle, are trying to sell their drawn cartoons via the Internet.That?s providing outlets for cartoonists who have been squeezed out of jobs at big newspapers in the last few years. The number of full-time editorial cartoonists in the United States is now about 90, according to the association.Many cartoonists, myself included, have other jobs besides coming up with their concoctions of commentary, art and humor.What does this decline in full-time cartoonists mean?The president of the group, full-time cartoonist and Pulitzer winner Clay Bennett, wrote in November, ?There are few journalists in a newsroom who can define the tone and identity of a publication like an editorial cartoon does.
The McCoy brothers, Gary and Glenn, will have their first book compilation available to the public this August.
Cagle’s Web Log!:Every year the membership of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) votes on the “Golden Spike” award for the best cartoon that was killed by an editor which should not have been killed by an editor. This year’s winning spiked cartoon (below) is by Canadian cartoonist, Michael DeAdder of the Halifax Daily News.
Would you like to vent these feelings in public – under the blanket of the U.S. Constitution – and make a few bucks besides?The Times Herald-Record is looking for an editorial cartoonist to comment on local issues…. A sense of humor is a must.If you’re interested, send some samples (they cannot be returned) along with a resume to Bob Gaydos, editorial page editor, Times Herald-Record, 40 Mulberry St., Middletown 10940.
Beginning June 25th a new character named “Ming Ming” will debut in Tom Armstrong’s “Marvin” feature. According to the marketing flyer created by King Features, Ming Ming is Marvin’s new cousin – adopted from China.
According to this story on ICv2.com, John Kovalic will produce a quarterly editorial cartoon commenting on the game industry for ICv2 Retailers Guide.