In one of the weirder stories I’ve been tracking these last couple of months is the one about the Garfield statue that was beheaded back in December when the statue was “hugged.” The head was found a couple of days later at the side of the road several miles away. Police were tipped off as […]
Mikhaela Reid writes in to tell me about an editorial cartoon and illustration contest she’s involved in. The Life Without Fair Courts is a contest to garner attention to the good things the courts have done for equality in America. She mentions this would be a good contest for “any aspiring, struggling or college cartoonists.” […]
According to E&P, editorial cartoonist and Barney Google and Snuffy Smith cartoonist John Smith will speak at a Virginia retirement community on the 23rd.
James Kemsley from down under writes in to tell me that the latest issue of Inkspot has been posted. Inkspot is the official journal of the Australian Cartoonists Association. This latest issue has several pages on the passing of Paul Rigby who died in November of last year and a follow-up to the 2006 Stanley […]
Providence Journal editorial cartoonist Jim Bush will be lecturing this Saturday on the topic of “The Art of the Political Cartoon: Editorial Cartooning in the State of Rhode Island.” Jim has been doing cartoons for the Providence Journal since 1994. The lecture is not free and seating is limited. If interested visit the New Port […]
Terri Libenson, creator of The Pajama Diaries has launched a new web site to promote her feature and give fans a place to learn more about the herself and her work.
Jose Varela, the former El Nuevo Herald editorial cartoonist, who held employees of Miami Herald captive for four hours with a toy gun will write a tell-all book to explain his actions.He says, “My motivation was to send a personal message with all the problems inside the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald,” he said.
The Washington state legislature passed a resolution honoring the memory of the late editorial cartoonist Bob McCausland who spent more than 30 years as the editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and then another 30 years after retirement doing cartoons for the Daily World. Bob died last year at age 90.The motivation for the resolution […]
Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey will take part in a “History Is Lunch” series at the William F. Winter Archives and Histroy Building in Jackson on February 28th. He’ll talk about his cartoons and sign copies of his latest book that commemorates his 10 years at the Clarion-Ledger.
Matt Wuerker is getting props over at the Washingtonian as the new Politico editorial cartoonist. Against that backdrop, Matt Wuerker’s illustrations pop off the pages. What distinguishes the Politico from its competitors-Roll Call and The Hill-is that it has chosen to hire and highlight a political cartoonist at a time when newspaper cartooning is a […]
The Scripps Howard Foundation has announced the names of their judges for this year’s national journalism award competitions. Ted Rall, syndicated cartoonist and United Media’s acquisitions & development editor will be one of those judges. The awards will cover 17 print, electronic and journalism education categories with cash prizes equaling $195,000. Winners will be presented […]
Last December, I told you about Over the Hedge, Open Season and Flushed Away were up for several Annie Awards. The Annie Awards are the animation industry’s big award. The big winner was Pixar’s Cars – which won Best Animated Feature beating out Over the Hedge and Open Season. Over the Hedge and Flushed Away […]
The 2007 Lakeland Community College Comic Symposium line-up has been announced. This year’s event will include one syndicated team: John Forgetta and Kathy Dow, creative team for the feature The Meaning of Lila. Other committed speakers include: Dr. Michael Bitz, Founder and Director of The Comic Book Project, Tony Isabella, editor, writer, creator, columnist who […]
A professional political cartoonist now serving in Iraq has written back to the AAEC’s Notebook (quarterly magazine) to admonish his peers to treat the flag-draped coffin with more respect than what he’s seen. Here’s a snippet from this letter: No matter how your political persuasion distills this image, a flag-draped coffin is due a certain […]
Guy Gilchrist, co-creator of Nancy, writes a periodic article called “Drawn To Success” in which he talks and inspires the next generation of cartoonists on how to better their craft and achieve their goals. In his latest column, he introduces an apprentice program to allow six students to be mentored by him for a one, […]