Twenty years ago, I sat down and hammered out a quick blog post that became the start of what is now The Daily Cartoonist. The blog began as an excuse to keep tabs on comic syndication and editorial cartooning—the two genres I was most passionate about. I could never have imagined that, 20 years later, […]
The 2025 Ignatz Awards were presented at the end of The Small Press Expo in Rockville, MD. The winners are below along with the cover of their work.Outstanding AnthologyOutstanding ArtistOutstanding CollectionOutstanding ComicOutstanding Graphic NovelOutstanding MinicomicOutstanding Online ComicOutstanding SeriesOutstanding StoryPromising New TalentThe Ignatz Award recognizes outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning and honors “exceptional work that […]
The annual survey from Hireillo (Hire an Illustrator) has released its annual State of Illustration 2025 report, drawing on survey responses from 1,500 illustrators worldwide. The report offers a snapshot of industry trends and the current realities of making a living in the field. Among its findings, the report shows that income growth is declining while mental […]
If you ever wanted to appear smarter by referencing Supreme Court decisions in your conversations, you can now drop the word “Calvinball” and be fluent in American jurisprudence speak thanks to an dissenting opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.In a ruling earlier today, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Trump Administration could cancel […]
The Mediterranean coastal city of Marbella has banned caricature artists from practicing their trade along public roads citing safety concerns. Caricature artists say they’ve worked there for decades without issue, and their work is very popular.According to Sur in English, the delegation of public roads has decided not to authorise, for the moment, permits for […]
Seventeen cartoonists have filed a lawsuit against Cadence Comic Art and its owner Paolo Belfiore claiming the gallery and art dealer of defrauding them of hundreds of thousands of dollars and refusing to return their artwork.The plaintiffs, which include Rafael Albuquerque, Mahmud Anjum Asrar, Alessandro Cappuccio, Elena Casagrande, Danai Christina Kilaidoni, Yildiray Cinar, Becky Cloonan, […]
Creative Loafing Tampa reinstated Bob Whitmore today as staff cartoonist after hundreds of readers flooded the email inboxes of corporate and local publishers over their decision to fire him last week over a cartoon that two readers complained was “anti-Semitic.”The saga began after the paper published Bob’s cartoon criticizing Israel’s food blockade to Gaza. Within […]
Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced its 2025 Ignatz Award nominees. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning and honors “exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression.”Voting is open to anyone — even those not attending SPX. You […]
The Harvey Awards have announced the 2025 nominees. The Harvey Awards honors books and creators working in sequential art. Winners will be announced Oct. 10 at New York Comic Con.The nominees are:Book of the YearDigital Book of the YearBest Children’s BookBest Young Adult BookBest MangaBest International BookBest Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel
Cartoonists Rights reports that Turkish prosecutors are appealing the July 24 acquittal of cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu. Zehra had been charged with “obscenity” for a 2020 cartoon that appeared on LeMan magazine. In July a court judged that no crime was committed and acquitted her of all charges.From Cartoonists Rights: After a slow and lengthy process of […]
Cuban cartoonist Humberto Lazaro Miranda Ramirez, better known as LAZ, has passed away at the age of 64 on August 4.From the Juventude Rebelde (translated) obituary: Known for his infinite ability to draw Cuban reality from a glance, above all, costumbrista, from a very young age LAZ he was attracted to the drawing and linked […]
Gerard Alsteens, better known as Gal, turns 85 today. He is one of the oldest and beloved political and social cartoonists still working in Belgium. He’s best known for his social commentary.His cartooning career started in 1960 in the magazines De Nieuwe and De Zwijger. Since 1983 his work has been published in the weekly magazine Knack. You […]
Nearly 400 artists and 12 associations are signatories to a petition threatening to boycott the 2026 Angoulême International Comics Festival. The petition accuses the festival’s contracted management company, 9eArt+, of retaliating against a female employee who reported a rape at the 2024 event and criticizes the festival’s organizers (FIBD) for not only resisting efforts to […]
Jon Farley, a retired teacher, was arrested for carrying an enlarged version of a Private Eye cartoon at a Palestinian solidarity rally. Farley was arrested under the Terrorism Act for suspicion of supporting a proscribed organization. Last month, after the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action spray-painted two RAF refueling jets, the group was added to the […]
Fresh off an approved $1.5 billion streaming contract with Paramount, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, took a blowtorch to President Donald Trump and their show’s parent company Paramount Pictures, in a bawdy season 27 premiere episode.The episode’s plot revolves around Trump suing anyone who doesn’t agree with him—including the town […]