CSotD: What I did on my summer vacation
A combination of having done political cartooning presentations for many years and being in Denver at the time of the Dark Knight shootings made this 1981 Jim Mazzotta cartoon spring to mind.
Posted on: July 27, 2012
London Olympics has an official cartoonist
Most Olympics that I can remember have had a cartoonist or two covering them for their respective papers, but this the first time I’ve heard of an Olympics with a commissioned official artist. Covering the London Olympics and Paralympics is political cartoonist Nicholas Garland.From the London Evening Standard:“The brief is really very wide – he […]
Friday diversion: OZO
Loved the art in this short – especially the birds. OZO from OZO Team on Vimeo.Via Florian Satzinger
AAEC releases video of Ding Darling talking editorial cartoons
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has posted a new video with audio from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Ding Darling talking about his approach to editorial cartooning. The video contains a collage of editorial cartoons from early US history to the present day.The AAEC’s annual convention will be held in Washington DC this year (Sept […]
CSotD: No one has ever lost votes by underestimating the paranoia of the American people
There are several layers to the Voter Suppression Movement, but I think Tony Auth does the best job of getting to the heart of the matter.Both Keith Knight …… and Lee Judge … … question the GOP’s priorities, but that doesn’t really cut to the heart of the matter. In fact, it kind of ignores the […]