Video: Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist Jules Feiffer at the Cinema Arts Centre
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Matt Bors nails Leonard Nimoy obit cartoon
Maybe the only good thing about grieving over a beloved celebrity is Matt Bors mocking other editorial cartoonists’ obit cartoons. Click the image above to see the full comic.
Stan Lee Media hopes to go to Supreme Court
Kind of like a super hero that just can’t be defeated, Stan Lee Media is filing yet another lawsuit – or in this case an appeal of an earlier loss with the hope of going to the Supreme Court for final resolution.From Robot 6:After losing one lawsuit after another in its eight-year battle for many […]
Luann turns 30. All month long
March 17th will mark the 30th anniversary of Greg Evans’s Luann (see the first comic above). From GoComics:?If time flies when you’re having fun, then I’ve had a blast the past 30 years!? Evans said. ?I feel lucky that I’ve been able to spend nearly half my life doing the thing I love most: creating […]
Iranian artist Atena Farghadani in precarious condition from hunger strike
From Cartoonists Rights Network International:Iranian artist-activist Atena Farghadani, who has been on a hunger strike in Gharchak Prison south of Tehran since February 9, 2015, is in precarious medical condition according to her lawyer, as reported by Amnesty International. ?Her life is now literally in the hands of the Iranian authorities. She must receive the […]
8-year old calls newspaper “shitholes” for dropping his favorite comics
Oy! Sometimes you can’t make this stuff up. Here’s a voicemail posted by The Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN) from an eight-year old boy who demanded the paper reinstate his favorite comics. He concludes by calling the paper (or editors) “idiots, jerks, [and] shitholes.” The profanity is in the last 15 or so seconds.The demand includes reinstating: […]
Kevin Kallaugher awarded Herblock Prize for 2015
The Herblock Foundation has announced that this year’s winner of the Herblock Prize is Baltimore Sun and The Economist editorial cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher .From the Herblock Foundation: In a distinguished career that spans more than 36 years, KAL has created over 8,000 cartoons and 140 magazine covers. His resume includes six collections of his […]
Zunar’s second book launch event disrupted by police
From Malaysian Insider:Police have disrupted the second attempted launch of cartoonist Zunar’s latest book, ROS in Kangkongland, and will arrest the satirist if he proceeds with the event on the book featuring the prime minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor. Zunar, whose full name is Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, said he was told by police officials […]
Lars Vilks speaking event cancelled for security reasons
From Sputnik News: Sweden’s Karlstad University cancelled a lecture by Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, author of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons, who was allegedly targeted in a recent Copenhagen shooting, a university representative told The Local news outlet Friday. Over 10,000 Commemorate Victims of Copenhagen Shooting Vilks was expected to talk in front of some 100 […]
“The cartoonist has become a fighting heathen whom it is permissible to kill.”
From the NY Times: Najmaddin Faraj Ahmad, known as Mullah Krekar, was arrested Thursday in Oslo on preliminary charges of inciting to commit criminal offense, a day after giving an interview to Norwegian broadcaster NRK. He was also apprehended on preliminary charges for threating a Kurdish immigrant living in Norway in the same TV interview. […]
Video: Clay Bennett’s Berryman award acceptance speech
Clay Bennett, editorial cartoonist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, was the 2014 winner of the Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning. Here’s his acceptance speech.
The New Yorker slideshow: Cartoons from 1995-2005
Yesterday I posted a link to a New Yorker gallery of sample cartoons from 1965-1975. Not sure how far back they’re posting from the archives, but here’s a few additional links to other years they’ve posted. As I mentioned yesterday, it’s interesting that the clothing, hair styles, etc. become dated, but the humor (what we, […]
Ann Telnaes: European cartoonist conference cancelled due to security concerns
Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes writes: ??we unfortunately have decided to cancel?? That was part of an email waiting for me this morning from Stéphane Grimaldi, the Directeur General of Le Mémorial de Caen in Normandy, France concerning a cartoonists? conference I was due to attend in April. Mr. Grimaldi explained that because of security concerns and […]
Has anyone tried the Astropad? Details here
A couple of weeks ago a new company released software called Astropad that turns your iPad into a graphic tablet – meaning it mirrors what’s on your desktop screen. You can draw in Photoshop on your iPad with a variety of stylus.Here’s their promotional video:Here’s a review:Software costs $50. Anyone tried it yet?
The New Yorker slideshow: Cartoons from 1965-1975
The New Yorker has posed a sample of cartoons from the 1960’s and 70’s. The humor still works, but the imagery (clothes, hair) are quite dated.Via: Michael Maslin