Cartoonist and comics historian Bob Harvey has passed away. Robert Charles (Bob) Harvey (a.k.a. R. C. Harvey) June 22, 1937 – July 7, 2022 Bob’s friends Tom Tanquary and Carolyn Weller have informed the comics world that R.C. Harvey has passed away due to complications following a fall.From Bob’s daughter Julia:Last week Dad fell and […]
Editorial cartoonist Graeme MacKay celebrates his 25th anniversary with The Hamilton Spectator. … this week marks the 25 year milestone since officially beginning my role on July 7, 1997, as staff editorial cartoonist at The Hamilton Spectator. Previous to then my illustrations regularly appeared on a freelance basis in this paper as well as several […]
As Texas politics change, so too has Sargent’s approach to depicting the warring legislators beneath the Capitol dome. “When I started, I was drawing them as little Mickey Mouse figures and clowns,” he recalls. “Now, there’s sort of an edge of evil.”Ben Sargent started as a Texas reporter. In 1974 he became the staff editorial […]
From left to right: Elena Kagan, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas (with his wife Ginni Thomas behind him), Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Neil M. Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen G. Breyer. Mike Peterson linked to Ann Telnaes‘ latest Washington Post interactive cartoon about the Supreme Court […]
Author/attorney, former journalist/publisher Dennis Shere: When the Pulitzer Prize committee announced the 2022 winners in early May, one category was missing: There no longer is a prize for editorial cartooning. The entries will now be considered alongside “illustrated reporting and commentary.” As a former editor for the Journal Herald in Dayton, Ohio, with ties to […]
The July 1st deadline for the Locher Award has been changed to July 15, 2022. The AAEC’s John Locher Memorial Award is now accepting submissions from aspiring editorial cartoonists for 2022. Single panel, multi-panel, and animated editorial cartoons and comics will be accepted from cartoonists, ages 18-25, whose work demonstrates both clear opinions and strong […]
Mr Morin, who lived under eight US presidents, has used his pen to observe, comment on and often ridicule the American political elite for decades. His fascination with cartooning dates back to his teenage years. “I was into cartooning and into painting when I was a kid,” Mr Morin says. French artist Honore-Victorin Daumier […]
Editorial Cartoonist David Fitzsimmons, who is no stranger to creating reader reaction (see above), has returned from vacation to learn that the Gannett newspapers are adverse to opinion pages. This lucky cartoonist, as I often note, is also fortunate because my weekly cartoons are syndicated globally by Daryl Cagle’s Cagle Cartoons, Incorporated. When I returned […]
The Society of Professional Journalists announced the recipients of their 2021 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for Excellence in Journalism last night. The awards recognize outstanding work published or broadcast in 2021…Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the […]
As an editorial writer for a dozen years, I have to admit I often envied editorial cartoonists. No matter how good a job you do researching, constructing and writing an editorial, it never hits home as quickly as an editorial cartoon. After all, you don’t read an editorial cartoon, you look at it and it […]
Only one week to deadline. Are you a young cartoonist who draws commentary on social topics? Do you know a young cartoonist doing work with a political tinge? The window is now open to enter the 2022 John Locher Memorial Award for editorial cartoons & comics. DEADLINE IS JULY 1. Submit work at Locheraward.org
The Red and Rover comic strip has been in daily rerun status for a month, since May 23, 2022. Darryl Heine, who tracks comic strip reruns like we track Good Humor Man movements, contacted creator Brain Basset to ask what was going on.Brian replied: I had cancer surgery to remove tumors from my pancreas and […]
The Washington, D.C. chapter of The Society of Professional Journalists announced the winners of their annual awards “for excellence in TV, radio, newspaper, magazine, newsletter/trade publication, and online journalism, encompassing breaking news, business writing, commentary, photography, and more.”Editorial Cartooning is one one the categories.In the Daily Newspapers division:Editorial Cartoon Winner: Alexander Hunter, The Washington Times, […]
Does the name Ken Foster[sic] mean anything to you? Okay, how about Ruben Bolling? Finally, how about Tom the Dancing Bug? They are all one and the same. I didn’t know that either. It turns out that Foster[sic], a long time Upper East Sider, is a highly successful editorial cartoonist. He chose Ruben Bolling as […]
Once again the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is teaming up with Cartoon Crossroads Columbus and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum for their annual convention this year. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will again be part of the CXC Festival in October in Columbus, Ohio. While CXC is free and open to […]