Industry news for the professional cartoonist
The Harvard Crimson’s editorial cartoonist, Kathleen Breeden’s editorial cartoons are coming under scrutiny for possible plagiarism. An unnamed individual informed the the newspaper Saturday and pointed out the similarities of her work with those on Cagle.com. In question are four cartoons published on September 22nd and October. 11, 18 and 25th.
Mark Anderson points us to an article over in the Chicago Tribune about a Bill Mauldin exhibit that opened up on Friday at the Jean Albano Gallery. There are some interesting historical tidbits about Bill that I didn’t know, such as:
It’s been a while since I’ve reported on any newspaper industry trends. This article out of the Clickz Network reports that newspapers in September attracted more than 58 million unique readers according to a Nielsen/NetRatings report. That is the highest number for newspapers ever. The increase is attributed to an increase number of video and podcasts produced by newspapers.