The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will be opening an exhibit featuring famed editorial cartoonist Herbert “Herblock” Block in May. The exhibit, entitled “Herblock’s Presidents: ‘Puncturing Pomposity” features 40 political cartoons. The exhibition includes his depictions of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald […]
British Columbia cartoonist Bob Bierman has passed away at the age of 86. Bob was the cartoonist for the Victoria Daily Times from 1962 to 1972. He left the paper after a newspaper strike and began work for the government. He was sued for libel in 1978 by a British Columbia cabinet member for a […]
According to Mike Rhode, the Herb Block Foundation is working on an extensive book collection of Herblock’s cartoons to be released in time for his 100th birthday, October 13, 2009. The planned collection is said to include a DVD of 16,000 of his cartoons and a 4,000 word essay by Haynes Johnson, who was Herblock’s […]
The ToonSeum at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh kicks off Free Comic Book Day and National Cartoonists Day with guests: editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers, illustrator Don Peoples, “Yo Gabba Gabba” animator Kris Boban and comic book artist Mike Corle.Visitors will be treated to cartooning demonstrations and performances, cartooning workshops, special “by request” drawings from the […]
Paul Combs, the former former Tampa Tribune editorial cartoonists, has ended his contract with Tribune Media Services. Paul has accepted a full-time position as a magazine illustrator. His last cartoon will be Friday May 2nd.Regarding Paul’s decision, Mary Elson, Managing Editor at TMS said, “Paul has some good opportunities, and we wish him the very […]
Mark Anderson has released his first cartoon collection book through Lulu.com. The book is entitled “Rub My Tummy and It’s a Deal” and is 109 pages of business related cartoons. The book will also be sold through Amazon.com.
» The San Antonio Express-News interviews John Hambrock, creator of The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee about his comic and has posted that interview as an MP3.» E&P notes that Somewhat Country, a local Sunday comic that has run in the Colorado’s Summit Daily News for the last 10 years is ending. The cartoonist Scott […]
MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond takes issue with an article written by Meredith L. Patterson entitled “Six Misconceptions About Orphaned Works” and why artist have no need to fear the 2008 version of the Orphan Works bill that is making its way through Congress. A week or two ago I found this sarcastic but reasonably […]
Tom Heintjes, publisher of “Hogan’s Alley,” is renewing his Free Comic Book day offer this year. Anyone who emails him a request for a free copy of his magazine on Saturday, May 3rd, will receive a free copy of the magazine. The only stipulation is that the request must be received on May 3rd and […]
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher will be speaking at the National Archives in May regarding the evolution of political cartoons from two-dimensional print to 3-D animation. The lecture is entitled, “Moving Political Cartoons from Page to Screen” and will be on May 8th. On a related note, KAL has created his own video channel over on YouTube […]
Scott Lincoln, creator of Ralf the Destroyer, attended the “Comics in the 21st Century” panel at this year’s New York Comicon. He was able to record the session with a hand-held tape recorder and has converted it to MP3. You can download and listen to it from his web site. The recording runs about 53 […]
Chattanooga Times Free Press editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett has won this year’s Thomas Nast Award for best cartoons on international affairs from the Overseas Press Club of America. The award was given for a portfolio of work while he was at The Christian Science Monitor.The judges noted, “his cartoons do what all great cartoons do: […]
The Daily Cartoonist will be going through some major changes over the next year and I’d like to invite you to check out the first change: a significant redesign and function of the blog. From my initial efforts in 2005, I’ve tried to maintain a professional level of reporting and I haven’t felt that the […]
Sherman’s Lagoon creator Jim Toomey is working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to help launch a campaign to change the bad reputation of sharks and advance greater protection for sharks in international waters.Currently sharks are being caught for their fins (for soup). “Finning” is illegal in American waters, but in international waters, they’re […]
Sacramento Bee editorial cartoonist Rex Babin has been doing animated editorial cartoons for his paper’s web site for about a year now, but as the public editor admits, “the paper has done a poor job of telling readers the animated cartoons even exist, let alone guiding them to the animations.” In all there are 10 […]