Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau will be the first cartoonist to receive the George Polk Career Award. The George Polk Award is given to honor special achievement in journalism. From the press release:Garry Trudeau will be the 33rd recipient of the George Polk Career Award and is the first cartoonist in the program’s history to be […]
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks may have been the target of the shootings this weekend in Copenhagen. There have been two other known attempts on his life since he drew the head of the Prophet Mohammad on the body of a dog back in 2007.It doesn’t sound like authorities are ready to officially state that Lars […]
Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) has won this year’s Grand Prix Press Cartoon Europe cartoon. The cartoon above was published in the October issue of The Economist. KAL’s cartoon beat out 150 other cartoonists and takes home 8,000 Euros. Second and third place goes to Jean Gouders (The Netherlands), and Quirit (Belgium) respectively.Congratulations to KAL
The next issue of MAD Magazine will be edited by Weird Al. Last May the National Cartoonists Society honored the Grammy award winning musician with the The A.C.E. Award (Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinaire), an award given to someone who had aspirations of being a cartoonist but made it big in another field. A fan of MAD […]
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Illustrator and caricature artist extraordinaire, Kenny Durkin, joins us to talk his work and how tough dealing with dozens of people at a party or an amusement park can be! […]
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan enlisted Ralph Steadman to create a series of illustrations for Blu-ray covers for the show. The art goes on display in London this Friday. Below is the art for the main character Walter White. Head over to Mashable to see the rest.From Mashable:Gilligan said he thought the idea of enlisting […]
I wasn’t aware that Pardon My Planet cartoonist Vic Lee also did fine art. He goes by the moniker Lynden Saint Victor with his paintings. Here’s an example:Lee’s fine art will be exhibited at the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival March 20-22. If you’re in the Winter Park, FL area, check it out.
Cartoonists Rights Network International is a non-profit organization that monitors threats and abuses against editorial cartoonists around the world. When a cartoonist is being arrested, abused, beaten, censored, or disappeared for his or her work, CRNI applies international pressure and works with the diplomatic community for redress. They’ve started an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds […]
Malaysian editorial cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, better known as Zunar, has been arrested in a government crackdown on dissent. The New York Times reports that Zunar, who has long been targeted and harassed by the government for his cartoons, was detained after Lunar posted the following cartoon on Twitter. Cartoon Zunar: PM Najib is the […]
Dave Blazek, creator of the comic Loose Parts is one of the funniest guys I know. Always a pleasure to talk with him at the Reubens. Dave was the latest guest on the Comics Coast to Coast podcast. Make sure you give it a listen.
The Wall Street Journal has profiled Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque (AKA Lunar). They’ve also posted a video of him talking about how he draws his cartoons. My only comment about that is, can we pass a law that prohibits video producers from using that cheesy background music? Malaysian Cartoonist Shares His Secrets.
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: One of the greatest experiences of my life was getting to go to Egypt for a month to work on a TV show for the Discovery Channel. As a history […]
The American Society of News Editors has announced this year’s Sunshine Week will be March 15-21. They’re also asking editorial cartoonists to contribute cartoons on the topic of open and transparent government to be used in the week’s celebration. Cartoons will be used in a gallery on the Sunshine Week website as well as part […]
Scott McCloud, who is perhaps best known for his books “Understanding Comics” and “Making Comics”, is coming out with a new graphic novel called The Sculpture. The New York Times profiles his contributions to comic language as well as the new novel. There was another reason to pursue the project, too. ?It gnawed at me […]
Interesting tidbit out of The Washington Post from Pandora co-founder Tim Westergren on it was Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury that helped the streaming music service build an audience.We?ve got a lot of press coverage over the years ? in print, on screen, etc. The only press hit that materially changed our growth trajectory was Doonesbury. So we […]