Chicago cartoonist Keith J. Taylor has passed away. Keith J. Taylor October 21, 1949 – December 16, 2021From Chicago Public Square (Keith’s recent home for his cartoons):R.I.P., Keith J. Taylor. Chicago Public Square’s award-winning breaking-news cartoonist died at 6:33 this morning, ending a long run with oral cancer and, more recently, COVID-19. From his first […]
Jen Sorensen has announced that she is turning over the leadership role of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists to Kevin Necessary who has accepted the responsibility of taking on the presidency of the organization. Jen informed the members: I wanted to let you know about a decision […]
The San Francisco Chronicle and Peter Hartlaub remember Don Asmussen. [Don] Asmussen, who drew cartoons and illustrations for The San Francisco Chronicle, died on Thursday, Dec. 9 at age 59. He entertained audiences around the world with his syndicated Bad Reporter comic, San Francisco Comic Strip and other local and national projects. Asmussen’s wit had […]
On Monday, Dec. 13, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in downtown Chicago launched a virtual experience of its popular museum exhibit: “Drawn to Combat: Bill Mauldin and the Art of War.” The live exhibit, currently on display at the museum through April 2022, features nearly 150 of the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist’s original drawings and […]
Gannett has begun their 2021 political cartooning year in review series and they have begun with Nathan Archer toons from The Tallahassee Democrat. © Tallahassee Democrat/Nathan Archer
San Francisco Bay Area public TV and radio station KQED challenges schools and teachers to get their students involved: Join a Youth Media Challenge to engage student voice and choice and foster civic engagement. Challenges are open to middle and high school students across the U.S. Challenge your students to share their voices beyond the […]
Pat Bagley has been sketching political cartoons at the Salt Lake Tribune since 1979. That makes him… “the longest continuously employed full-time editorial cartoonist in America” (beating out Steve Sack of The Minneapolis Star Tribune).Jeff Tiberii of North Carolina Public Radio station WUNC goes long distance to talk with Utah’s Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist […]
After charges of antisemitism from the Anti-Defamation League Fox News deleted an A. F. Branco cartoon from its social media platforms.From The Daily Beast: After the Anti-Defamation League called out Fox News on Wednesday, the cable giant deleted its social-media posts portraying Jewish philanthropist George Soros as a “puppet master”—a common antisemitic trope. Posted to […]
Ellwood Atfield, the communications and advocacy headhunter, was delighted to host again the Political Cartoon of the Year Awards. We are delighted to announce the 2021 winning Political, Pocket and COVID Cartoons and Cartoonist’s. The winners for this British award were announced December 9, 2021. The Low Trophy for the Political Cartoonist of the YearBen Jennings […]
Bad Reporter cartoonist Don Asmussen has passed away. Donald Alan (Don) Asmussen October 31, 1962 – December 9, 2021Don has been fighting cancer for a few years, a battle he lost yesterday.John Backderf has informed us of the sad news. The San Francisco Chronicle has published a notice: Don’s loss is absolutely devastating,” said Chronicle […]
Caption: Even though my hand doctor assures me the image of a skull in my MRI is an optical illusion, the Punisher icon is apropos considering what this injury put me through in 2021. Cartoonist J. P. (Jape) Trostle has “trigger finger,” which presents a major problem with his drawing hand. My index finger and […]
Augustus J. Robinson, Boston Daily Globe Below are some editorial cartoons from the days following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor (80 years ago today).[Note: offensive caricatures and a term for the Japanese people is used in a few of the cartoons. They have not been ignored here and presented as part of […]
Political cartooning today is challenged by two trends: The disintegration of intelligence and substance in politics The disintegration of taste and skill in drawing. David Apatoff, at Illustration Art, discusses The Art of The Editorial Cartoon.… But achieving a reliable likeness is not the goal of the best political cartoons. The real artistry lies in […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State University Libraries’ Eberly Family Special Collections is hosting a new digital exhibition titled “The World According to Doyle: Editorial Cartoons from The Jerry Doyle Papers at Penn State.” 1974/75ca. 1966 (click on cartoons to enlarge) Taking an expansive view of American politics during the 20th century, the digital exhibition examines […]
For more than a quarter century, political cartoonist Jesse Springer has parodied and highlighted the uniqueness that is Oregon. His work has appeared in many regional newspapers across the state. Springer’s latest book, “Only in Oregon” is a compilation of several hundred cartoons taking on everything from climate change to COVID-19 to gerrymandering. Jesse Springer […]