Alan Gardner

Matt Bors has been named this year’s John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon competition winner given by the Columbia College Chicago.From the announcement: Bors’ winning image portrays two men sitting outside a trailer listening to a radio account reporting that for the first time in the United States, children of color will be the majority. “Second,” says […]

Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac became an instant classic when it was introduced in 2007. When he announced he was retiring the strip in 2012 due to his battle with Parkinson’s Disease, it was was met with sadness by fans and admirers of his work. Luckily it was soon announced that a complete collection was […]

You can have a star named after you for $30, but if you want an astroid named after you, it has to be approved by the International Astronomical Union. xkcd webcomic creator Randall Monroe’s name was nominated and approved for an asteroid that orbits between Mars and Jupiter. From Robot6: “The first thing I did […]

Peter Tonguette profiles the new Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum for The Columbus Dispatch. In 1990, a roomier space was procured in the basement of the newly opened Wexner Center for the Arts on N. High Street, but the ballooning collection would outgrow its 6,800 square feet there, too. This year, at last, the […]

Al Jaffee, perhaps best known for his three-panel fold-ins for MAD Magazine, is donating the vast majority of his cartoon originals and personal archives to Columbia University. From the New York Times: Karen Green, a Columbia librarian, approached Mr. Jaffee at last year’s New York Comic Con, a gathering place for popular-culture fans, and asked […]

Bill McGraw reports that Detroit News editorial cartoonist Henry Payne will no longer be drawing editorial cartoons for the paper. He will remain on staff as a writer for the editorial page.From Deadline Detroit:Payne was a victim of the ongoing cutbacks at Detroit’s two daily newspapers as they continue to lose print circulation in an […]

I’m not getting as much blogging time as I had anticipated, but I’m having fun here in London.The food has been excellent with perhaps the exception of the “Full English Breakfast” which includes a boiled tomato, beans, eggs, bacon (ham) and a couple of sausage links.

Sad news from the Vancouver Sun. In more than 40 years with The Vancouver Sun, editorial cartoonist Roy Peterson won more National Newspaper Awards than any other Canadian journalist. Behind all that success, friends remember a low-key man with a wry sense of humour who was a willing mentor to many younger cartoonists. “He didn’t […]

The new animated feature is due out January 17, 2014. Something tells me I’m going to wait for it to hit DVD Netflix pass entirely.

The Chronicle Herald profiles Michael de Adder who has two books out de PICTIONS (a collection of his editorial cartoons) and You Might Be from Nova Scotia If… (a book poking fun at people, politics of Nova Scotia). The best part of the job, de Adder says, is knowing he can affect people, and their […]

I’m in London this week for work. I’m trying to see as much of the city as I can when not in meetings. I’ll try to post as many sketches inspired by the things I see throughout the week. The Changing of the Guard

Las Vegas Sun editorial cartoonist Mike Smith and editorial page editor Matt Hufman set off to explore the great state of Nevada to commemorate its 150th birthday. The Sun has a cool web site with their day to day travels and dispatches.