First there was the long list, then the short list, and now finally we get the finalists for the European Cartoon Award. The finalists include: Emad Hajjaj, Zehra Ömeroğlu, and Tjeerd Royaards. The winner will be announced next week during their annual Cartoons Day in Hague, Netherlands.
Editorial cartoonist, sculptor, and painter Ken Crook has passed away. Kenneth Erle (Ken) Crook July 13, 1929 – November 30, 2025 Carl McGowan at Newsday is reporting the death of their former editorial cartoonist Ken Crook (or here): Kenneth Crook, who drew cartoons for Newsday for more than a decade before leaving in 1970 to pursue […]
If I were still editing a kid-written weekly feature, we’d have already had our annual Nutcracker-or-Christmas-Carol discussion. I miss the kids, but I don’t miss trying to cover this pair of mandatory holiday extravaganzas. The Nutcracker was easier, because, while it barely changes each year, we had enough kids who actually knew something about ballet […]