Posted on: June 30, 2015

The video below of editorial cartoonist Jimmy Margulies was posted yesterday. I suspect the actual air date might have been much earlier. Either way… here’s… Jimmy!

The Southern Poverty Law Center has issued an apology to Hartford Courant editorial cartoonist Bob Englehart for reposting a plagiarized cartoon that they found on Twitter. Bob’s original cartoon (below) was drawn in reaction to calls to remove the Confederate Flag.Below is the cartoon someone swiped and heavily altered including removing his signature and posted […]

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonist has issued a call for a public apology by Maine Gov. Paul Le Page, who speaking at a youth leadership event stated that he’d like to shoot Bangor Daily News cartoonist George Danby. George’s son Nick was one of the youth leaders in attendance that night.Here’s the statement from […]

ABC7, an ABC affiliate for the greater Washington DC area, recently looked into the cartoon plagiarism of the Montgomery Sentinel. The report was mostly reporting the paper’s position that they’ve taken corrective action and are moving past the issue and Councilman Tom Moore, who exposed the paper. Here’s the report:At this point, it’s clear the […]

Marvel Comics is diversifying several of their characters. NPR has a report on the upcoming new Spider-Man and alter ego Miles Morales, a half-African-American, half-Latino character.From NPR:As far as its comics go, Marvel has had a string of diversity shifts recently, with changes to Captain America, Ms. Marvel and Thor. Bendis tells NPR’s Arun Rath […]

Disney/Pixar’s Peter Docter was featured in the New York Times on Sunday during which he revealed that he was inspired by Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson. Here’s the snippet:DRAWING I just bought a pile of crow-quill pen nibs. You know, the kind you dip in ink before you draw. Richard Thompson, the author of […]

Congratulations to The Indianapolis Star editorial cartoonist Gary Varvel who will be inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.From the The Indianapolis Star:Nationally syndicated through Creators Syndicate, Varvel counts graphic-novel projects “Path to Hope” (2010) and “The Father Factor” (2012) among his career highlights at The Star. The former addressed child poverty, while the […]

From the Huffington Post:Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) said Wednesday that he’d like to shoot the cartoonist for the Bangor Daily News, a joke that fell flat in light of the January shooting that killed five Charlie Hebdo cartoonists in France. LePage made his comments about cartoonist George Danby on Wednesday in front of a […]

So a really cool thing is in the works – not just in the works, it is happening this January. National Cartoonists Society Foundation President Steve McGarry has organized a week-long Caribbean Cartoonist Celebrity Cruise. These aren’t just B-rated or has-been cartoonist “celebrities”, we’re talking four Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonists (two of which have been […]

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: Animator Jim Lujan joins me to talk about his cool and edgy animated shorts, as well as the hugely amazing project he’s working on with legendary animator Bill Plympton, “Revengeance!”   […]

I’m not sure a third movie in a sequel series is ever good, but I like the comedic timing in the teaser.

The San Diego Union-Tribune has kicked off a comic poll. Yes, the bane of every cartoonist’s existence wherein a newspaper editor (who may or may not have a sense of humor or appreciate for comics) kicks the responsibilities of determining what should appear in their newspaper to most 65 year-olds (who may or may not […]

Washington Post columnist Michael Cavna, AKA Comic Riffs, has been awarded four awards in the Society of Features Journalism contest. He was honored with first place for his blog Comic Riffs, video storytelling and two third place wins in arts and entertainment and short feature.Congratulations to Michael.

I’m a big Wumo fan, so I’m highly excited that the first Wumo book collection was released yesterday by Andrews McMeel Publishing. The book is entitled WuMo: Something Is Wrong. If you’re not familiar with the strip, head over to GoComics and give it a read. Also, if you don’t want to pay for the […]

From Gambit:Bunny Matthews, who created the quintessential comic-strip Yats “Vic and Nat’ly” in 1982, announced today in a Facebook post that he is suffering from brain cancer. Matthews, whose cartoons appeared in Gambit for years (along with every other local publication), has provoked, skewered and amused the New Orleans arts, music and media communities in […]