Heeeee’s Back!Mike Marland, who spent part of 2017 with InDepthNH, the New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism, has returned to that watchdog group as a regular contributor. The State of the ArtThe header of this post comes from Rod Emmerson‘s essay on the state of editorial cartooning.So here we are, at the dawn of a […]
Point: While I have long thought “Mallard Fillmore” to be not funny and in poor taste, the Feb. 2 strip surpasses all previous ones: “Not ‘Congresspersons.’ It’s ‘Persons of Congress.’” Besides the fact that I have never heard of the new term for our representatives, it would be abbreviated POC, which is a term I […]
The Butler Eagle dropping Non Sequitur over the F… Yourself Trump hidden message in the Sunday February 10 comics sections was only the tip of a growing iceberg. Other newspapers are also banishing the Wiley Miller’s comic.Among the papers ending their association with Non Sequitur are: The aforementioned Butler Eagle“We apologize that such a disgusting trick […]
From the Butler Eagle:“A reader brought to our attention that one of the syndicated comic strips which appears in the Sunday Butler Eagle may contain a hidden message which was apparently placed there by someone in the creative department of the creator of the comic strip or the syndication which controls it,” said Ron Vodenichar, […]
“Personally, I don’t think there should be a line.”Because who is going to decide what should or shouldn’t?Voice of America highlights editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes in a 2½ minute video.
Author, Illustrator and cartoonist Tomi Ungerer has passed away.Jean-Thomas (Tomi) Ungerer November 28, 1931 – February 9, 2019* *Ungerer died sometime during the night of Friday February 8 to Saturday February 9.In 1956, he traveled to America, hitting New York in 1956 with $65 in his pocket and many drawings whereupon Ursula Nordstrom, a publisher […]
The Prince Edward Island Guardian has signed on to present the editorial cartooning works of Michael de Adder and Bruce MacKinnon beginning February 7, 2019.The Guardian is adding two of Canada’s top cartoonists and their opinionated snapshots, from lighthearted to biting offerings, to its editorial pages. Beginning today, Michael de Adder and Bruce MacKinnon will […]
Wisconsin State Journal editorial cartoonist Phil Hands drew cartoons live during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.The WSJ presents the gallery.
Letters to the editor – cartoonists help fill the newspaper opinion pages. “The Girl Scouts are off limits” “Thanks a lot, Steve Breen, for…[putting] a damper on Girl Scout cookie sales” “Linking Girl Scouts to heart disease”Steve Breen: some things are sacred. “editorial leadership needs to exercise more sensitivity and discretion when choosing which cartoons to publish”Michael […]
Gannett rejected a takeover offer from Media News Group/Digital First this morning, and it did not do so politely.A letter from the Board of Directors expressed doubt that Digital First could come up with money to finance the offer. And Gannett added an unusual slam of the potential buyer. Based on Digital First’s cut-and-slash management […]
Charlie Daniel’s Sunday comic panel has ended.Rosy’s Diner by Charlie Daniel 2006(?) – February 3, 2019* weekly (Sunday) panel Knoxville News Sentinel*I’m not sure if the February 3, 2019 issue appeared in the print Knoxville News Sentinel or is web-only.Sussed from various articles it seems that the concept and characters of Rosy’s Diner first appeared […]
Glenn McCoy the early years:Right out of the gates of [Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville], Glenn was brought on as the Art Director at the Belleville News-Democrat. “I always secretly wanted to be a cartoonist, and when I saw the opportunity to start doing cartoons for the News-Democrat, that was sort of my entry point,” […]
Senator Lamar Alexander (R – Tennessee) honored editorial cartoonist Charlie Daniel by reading a tribute to him into the Congressional Record today.As reported by the Knoxville News-Sentinel:U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Knoxville, spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday about longtime News Sentinel cartoonist Charlie Daniel. … “For over six decades, Charlie’s drawings have been the first […]
Steve Kelley has responded to accusations that a number of his recent cartoons are misogynistic through NEXTpittsburgh and Andrew Conte:Last week, Kelley had agreed to sit down with me to talk about the three recent cartoons that have drawn objections. He then opted to cancel that interview and instead sent me a seven-page letter on Monday […]
While the firings of Steve Benson and Charlie Daniel and the hubbub over recent Steve Kelley cartoons have garnered the lion’s share of exposure, there is other news in the editorial cartooning profession. Walt Handelsman visited the University of New Orleans.Handelsman visited the Earl K. Long Library to talk about his experiences as a successful comic […]