Earlier this year Gary Varvel accepted the buyout offered by the Indianapolis Star, now he will return to drawing local politics by way of the Indianapolis Business Journal. IBJ will begin featuring editorial cartoons from award-winning cartoonist Gary Varvel, starting with the April 12 issue. Varvel will contribute a cartoon twice a month to IBJ’s op-ed […]
Gahan Wilson was interviewed last month.As stepson Paul Winters said then:Gahan was interviewed today for a newspaper piece that will probably go out nationwide. The people on the reporting team were very sweet and sensitive to Gahan. Gahan was on his game…speaking about his life and other things. The Arizona Republic story was posted on the […]
Instagram Removed Pro-Life Comic because “Hate Speech” 4/10/2019 Adam Ford — A week and a half ago I posted a comic I made about abortion to Instagram (the full comic is below). I rarely use Instagram, so after checking the post maybe once or twice that same day, I forgot about it. Well, I opened […]
The crowd funding effort for “the UnPresidented deck” has reached almost, as of this writing, 300% of its stated goal, and still has three days until the project’s call for pledges ends.As the Digital Journal explains:The UNPRESIDENTED deck, like an ancient deck, each suit has unique symbolism as Spades represents the Trump Administration that includes […]
From Ted: Against long odds, the California Supreme Court has granted my Petition for Review. We are asking the high court to vacate the LA Times’ abusive anti-SLAPP motion against me as granted by the two lower courts. The successful Petition was drafted by my attorneys Jeff Lewis and Roger Lowenstein. From Ted’s blog:Breaking precedent where newspapers are […]
More Social Media AI MoralityClay Jones violates Instagram’s Community Standards by exposing repressive regimes. HonorsAl Goodwyn wins as Editorial Cartoonist at the 2019 South Carolina Press Association Awards.Also winning first place is Aiken Standard cartoonist, Al Goodwyn, in the Cartoon category. Among the winning entries by Goodwyn was his cartoon on overcrowding at the Aiken County […]
Editorial cartoonist Steve Benson has joined the crew at Arizona Mirror.In late January the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, along with a number of other journalists, was dismissed from The Arizona Republic. He continued practicing his craft as a nationally syndicated cartoonist, but now he has the opportunity to once again turn his pen to local Arizona […]
Letter to the EditorTom Stiglich provokes a letter.Why does the cartoonist feel Christ should be wearing a crown with those guilty of such disgusting criminal behavior? Those pedophile priests have never associated themselves with Christ’s work… Washington Post accused of Transphobic BehaviorThe Mueller Report cartoon by Mike Lester is being called transphobic on digital news and […]
Joe Heller was a Green Bay Press Gazette staff cartoonist for 28 years, then he was let go. Now he is syndicated to over 400 newspapers around the world. The Press Times reports on local cartoonist still making good. Cincinnati Business Courier cartoonist and audience development director Joe Hoffecker, whose cartoons appear in all American City […]
Patrick Chappette Wins the Not The Thomas Nast Award80th Annual Overseas Press Club Awards Recognize Finest International Reporting THE BEST CARTOON AWARD [formerly The Thomas Nast Award] Best print, digital or graphic journalism on international affairs Patrick Chappatte The New York Times Judges: Patrick Chappatte’s cartoons for the New York Times were a model of […]
The National Newspaper Awards is the trade name of the Canadian Daily Newspaper Awards Programme Administration Corporation, a not-for-profit body which governs the awards program. Finalists for Editorial Cartooning: • Michael de Adder, Halifax Chronicle-Herald/Brunswick News/Toronto Star. • Brian Gable, Globe and Mail. • Garnotte (Michel Garneau), Le Devoir. A couple National Newspaper Awards notes: Brian Gable […]
The 2018 National Cartoonists Society Divisional Award nominees for the 73rd Annual NCS Reuben Awards! The winners will be announced on May 18th, 2019 in Huntington Beach, CA. The National Cartoonists Society
What type of content seems to go over well in Madison? People really like it when I make fun of Donald Trump. It’s a pretty liberal community here in Madison, so people always really love that. People always loved it when I when I would make fun of Scott Walker, the old governor of Wisconsin, […]
An Unapologetic Political CartoonistWELLS: I saw on Twitter, I mean I just saw a bit of it, but he apologized and then he sort of apologized for the apology. But people started giving a hard time for apologizing. MACKAY: I think the big difference there is that he’s a freelancer so he doesn’t answer to […]
The dust-up with Mehgan McCain has raised Eli Valley‘s visibility.In an interview at Popula Eli establishes his Jewish bona fides vis-a-vis Mehgan and dicusses the politics of Israel in the U.S.First of all, I had no idea that Meghan McCain is Jewish. What’s the story behind that? It’s been fascinating just from the point of […]