From the Malay Mail:The Federal Court today allowed the government to appeal a lower court?s decision to lift a ban on two books by political cartoonist Zunar. The cartoonist, whose real name is Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ulhaqur said that the ban on the two books, 1 Funny Malaysia and Perak Darul Kartun were initially lifted […]
Saturday Night Live pokes fun of Drawing the Prophet Muhammad.
A Tina’s Groove comic (above) that was slated to run May 5 didn’t make it past King Feature editors because it was deemed potentially offensive to some readers. Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo writes how insane it is that the US newspaper comics are stuck in the 1950s as far as humor.This tastes like crap […]
King Features Syndicate has launched a new comic strip on American soil. The strip, Carpe Diem, originates from Sweden and is by Niklas Eriksson. The strip has been running in Europe for many years. in 2008 it won Scandinavia?s biggest comic prize, the Pondus Award.If your paper doesn’t subscribe to it yet, you can read […]
Bruce MacKinnon, editorial cartoonist for The Chronicle Herald, has been awarded the Atlantic Journalism Award for editorial cartooning.Finalists were Michael de Adder also of The Chronicle Herald and Wayne Wright of The Journal Pioneer.Congratulations Bruce as well as Michael and Wayne.
Legend of Bill and Intelligent Life creator David Reddick has posted on Facebook that he’s tied the knot.Congratulations, David! My best to the both you and Dana.
Kevin Kallaugher is this year’s recipient of the Herblock award. Below is the audio from his acceptances speech at the Library of Congress.Bruce Guthrie has posted scores of photos from that evening including this one. It looked like a great event.
NPR interviewed New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee regarding his latest book Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People. The book comes out later this month. From NPR:On The New Yorker’s rejection rate It’s classically bad. … We’re supposed to turn in 10 gag ideas, you know, at a sketch level. And on a really good […]
Bosch Fawstin, the artist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad won the Draw Muhammad contest in Garland TX the night two gun-men attempted a shooting spree, says he’s not going into hiding and will continue to expose “the world’s most dangerous” movement.From World Net Daily:Fawstin, who spoke to WND Friday evening by telephone, said he […]
ABC News talks to Lio and Heart of the City creator Mark Tatulli as well as B.C. cartoonist Mason Mastroianni about the shrinking comic page and how it’s affecting cartoonists. Mark mentions that his client list has lost 30 papers in the last 18 months. B.C.’s list has shrunk 5%, which is a big number […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has posted an official statement condemning the recent shooting attempt in Garland, TX.The shootings in Texas once again demonstrate that art is provocative, but we must not cower in the face of threats to this profession or to free expression. Political art, be it cartoons, paintings, sculpture, or anything […]
Cartoon Brew reports that Warner Bros. and Netflix are working on a 13-episode series of Dr. Seuss?s Green Eggs and Ham. One of the executive producers will be Ellen DeGeneres, which makes me feel more comfortable with the idea of this beloved book becoming an animated series. According the the Cartoon Brew post, the Seuss […]
Mike Rhode over at ComicsDC announced that this year’s recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy award for editorial cartooning is The Washington Post Writers Group’s Darrin Bell.From the announcement:The …awards… will be presented by Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy at a ceremony featuring remarks by Kerry Kennedy and Michael Beschloss on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at […]
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: Howie Noel of the great comic “Tara Normal” is here to talk with Lucas Turnbloom and me about his ongoing Kickstarter to fund the second book in the series, “Tara […]