CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, has issued a statement regarding the “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” urging for tolerance on both sides. In the Quran, Islam’s revealed text, God states: “Invite (all) to the way of your Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching, and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: […]
Yesterday, Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Fiore released his latest animated cartoon entitled “Inky Al-Jihadi” depicting a Jihad on Cartoon Coorespondance Cartoon where individuals can learn how to be offended by drawings of Mohammed no matter how small or insignificant.
From CNN.com: Hewlett-Packard says it’s developing a next-generation wristwatch for the U.S. military. The printing and computer company says the watch will have a flexible display that shows maps and other strategic information to soldiers in remote combat fields. The watch’s screen will be made of plastic and it will run on solar energy, making […]
A little afternoon levity. Not a comic in the traditional sense, but this sadanduseless.com Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates comic will soon go viral in some crowds if it hasn’t already. Read all of them for a chuckle.
The Pakistani government (Pakistan Telecommunications Authority) has ordered all Pakistani ISPs to block traffic to Facebook until May 31 to prevent citizens seeing the “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” pages after a group of Muslim lawyers petitioned The Lahore High Court.Protests in Pakistan have reportedly already begun:In the southern city of Karachi, 2,000 female students rallied […]
Mike Rhode posts photos taken by Joe Azar at this year’s Herblock Award dinner to honor Politico’s Matt Wuerker.
The Hartford Courant caught up with Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead and Rick Stromoski, creator of Soup to Nutz and recorded their feelings about the digital future as presented by Apple’s iPad. Griffith says the Web has been a good platform for his work, and he’s encouraged by what he’s seen of the […]
Tomorrow is the accidentily set date for everyone to draw the Prophet Mohammed. Open discussion – is anyone participating? What are your predictions about what will happen tomorrow? A non-event day, or will it go viral causing riots in the streets. Take a position now. Tomorrow we’ll see.
Good catch from Tom Spurgeon. Ohio State University’s Bill Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum has launched a new database to search through a portion of their massive collection. OSU’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum has opened a new database to make it easier to access a portion of one of the world’s largest collections, […]
Rina Piccolo, creator of Tina’s Groove and the new Velia, Dear webcomic, writes on her blog her experience in meeting with New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff to discuss her cartoons for publication in The New Yorker. Let me say one thing about Bob. I’ve heard a lot of negative things floating around, but in […]
The Mail Tribune (Medford, OR), is asking its readers which comic strip “clunkers” they should dump. The process of picking, or replacing, comic strips is highly sophisticated: If we get enough complaints about a particular strip, we look around to see if we can find something better. If we decide to replace a strip, everyone […]
Gemma Arterton, the “Bond girl” in Quantum of Solace will star in a new film premiering at Cannes film festival entitled Tamara Drewe – based on “the cartoons of Posy Simmonds that originally appeared in Britain’s Guardian newspaper.” Arterton, who appeared in the 2008 James Bond film “Quantum of Solace”, plays the title role of […]
From the News Time comes news that South African cartoonist Weyni Deysel allegedly fataly shot himself Saturday night – a day after his 59th birthday. The editor of The Citizen, Martin Williams, told the SABC that his death was a sad loss for the paper, he had great input and on a personal level, Williams […]
With the announcement of the end of Little Orphan Annie, Time Magazine is looking at the best long-running comics. They also allow you to order them in your order of preference.Here’s their original list: B.C. Dennis the Menace Beetle Bailey Annie The Katzenjammer Kids Gasoline Alley Blondie Dick Tracy Prince Valiant Brenda Starr
The Grand Rapids Press has announced its decision on which comic strip to drop in order to pick up Frazz. Last week I reported they dropped Luann, but received overwhelming complaints from fans causing them to reconsider. They asked their readers if they could drop Peanuts instead. According to the announcement written by Paul Keep, […]