-> Celebration of Life and Cartooning SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — In less than a month from now, people will gather in Sioux Falls to celebrate the life of Hagar the Horrible cartoonist Chris Browne, who died earlier this year at the age of 70. Browne’s death came on the 50th anniversary of the comic […]
As news spread quickly Monday that two longtime cable-news hosts, Fox News’s Tucker Carlson and CNN’s Don Lemon, had been dropped by their networks, editorial cartoonists wasted no time rendering their sharp judgment. Michael Cavna, at The Washington Post, highlights a half dozen editorial cartoons and thoughts from the corresponding cartoonists about the same day […]
Every week the Isanti-Chisago County Star publishes a cartoon on page four with the signature, Joe Heller. Every week, Joe Heller makes us laugh, critically think, and sometimes makes us angry – all with a stroke of a pen. But just who is this cartoonist? Sierra Kingen, of the Northstar Media, profiles Joe Heller and […]
The Daily Cartoonist noted Mike Thompson beginning his new role as Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial cartoonist last Saturday. A rocky start as the cartoon drew complaints from local Muslim representatives. The publisher apologized.From The Minneapolis Star Tribune: Responding to criticism from four DFL Muslim legislators about a recent Star Tribune editorial cartoon they described as […]
Comic strip and comic book cartoonist Frank Hill has passed away. From the obituary: Frank Richard Hill, (93) of Soquel, Ca. passed away peacefully on March 10th, 2023 of natural causes. Frank’s career was fueled by creativity and the joy of cartooning and illustration. He would claim that he knew he wanted to be a […]
Oz Black. Plus Thomas Nast, Paul Conrad, Ted Rall, Bill Bramhall, Ann Telnaes, Herblock, Zapiro, Edmund Duffy, Barry Blitt and moreHere in Lincoln by Oz Oswald Ragan “Oz” Black studied art at the University of Nebraska from 1918 to 1923. He went on to document local news 365 days a year for nearly four decades, […]
Let’s get this straight right off the bat: this is not a political post. As most of you know Michael Ramirez is the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Reuben Award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Las Vegas Review-Journal with a conservative outlook. But again forget the politics, this is about his art.And one would be hard-pressed to argue that […]
Underground comix cartoonist Ted Richards has passed away.From Last Gasp publisher Ron Turner: Talked to Miranda Lee Richards today… She let me know her father, the cartoonist Ted Richards had passed away on Friday of Lung Cancer… Ted was the creator of Dopin’ Dan comix, The Astral Outhouse and was one of the infamous Air […]
Broom-Hilda celebrated her birthday this week, the strip debuted 53 years ago. Other than a very, very, verrrrry short period when he tried out a gag writer (didn’t work out, more trouble than it was worth), Russell Myers has been the sole cartoonist to work the strip. Which, as far as I know, is a […]
Let’s talk. I’m Mike Thompson, the newly minted staff editorial cartoonist for the Star Tribune. I’m picking up the torch from my legendary predecessor and good friend Steve Sack, who retired from the position last year. This job is a homecoming for me. I was born in Mankato and grew up in south Minneapolis, and […]
Bill Griffith and Ernie Bushmiller, Rick Stromoski, Barbara Brandon-Croft, King Features Syndicate, PogoIt’s been a long time coming but we’ll soon have it in our hands. ICv2 reminds of an upcoming Bill Griffith book: Bill Griffith, creator of the long-running Zippy comic strip, takes a fellow cartoonist and the history of comic strips themselves as […]
From Variety: The trailer (below) for “Draw for Change!” – which was named best documentary series at Canneseries this week – has debuted. The feature film version of the first of its six episodes, “Behind the Lines,” will world premiere at Visions du Réel Film Festival on April 28. The series, from creators Guillaume Vandenberghe […]
Political cartoonist Peter Pickersgill has passed away. From the CBC notice: Longtime political cartoonist, radio commentator and author Peter Pickersgill of Salvage, N.L., has died. According to an online funeral home obituary, Pickersgill — whose 2003 book Neither Here nor There: Reflections on the Smiling Land chronicled his observations on half a century of his time in […]
Awards, 1923 Comics, Special Guests, Best Sellers, Stuff Here is your reminder that some as yet unnamed cartoonist will be awarded a 2023 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the Editorial Cartooning category on May 3. Register to watch the ceremonies live. Previewing the Past As mentioned here before Paul Berge’s habit on weekends is […]
I’m writing this as a concerned citizen of Napa and former president of PFLAG Napa. Tom Stiglich’s cartoon on April 13 was thoughtless and offensive. Transgender and non-binary people are not to be made fun of as Mr. Stiglich suggests… The cartoon published Thursday by Tom Stiglich is ignorant and promotes hate speech. It is […]