The Herblock Foundation has announced that it is allowing animated editorial cartooning for consideration for the Herblock Award. The foundation has also waived the normal $50 entry fee “given the difficulties facing editorial cartoonists… the fee money can be better used to support other efforts to promote the craft.” In keeping with the changes in […]
Piers Baker’s Ollie and Quentin have hit the two year mark in syndication. He writes on his blog: Ollie and Quentin is two years old this week. Two years since I handed my life over to the Syndication Monster and its Deadline Hounds who snap at my heels every day. At my launch I was […]
The Australian Acting-Prime Minister has condemned an cartoon drawn by an Indian cartoonist that compares Aussie police to the Ku Klux Klan. The cartoon was published in response to investigations into the murder of a young Indian man.
A cartoonist who posted cartoons picturing the Prophet Muhammad engaged in bestiality and other obscene images in front of a mosque and Somali-owned store will likely not be legally charged for any crime. The St. Cloud Times (MN) reports that county and city attorneys have looked into the issue and have outlined reasons for not […]
An animated editorial cartoon by Mark Fiore has the conservative blogosphere buzzing and livid at National Public Radio for posting a cartoon on the opinion section of its website back in early November. The cartoon entitled “Learn to Speak Tea Bag” pokes fun at Tea Party conservatives for using button pushing terms such as “Nazi” […]