A front page Charlie Hebdo cartoon by Juin on the recent House of Windsor/Mehgan Markle kerfuffle has outraged fans of the monarchy, and foes of racism for a disturbing riff on George Floyd’s death.Reactions as collected by OyeYeah:“This is nothing but racist bigotry and inciting hate” “Charlie Hebdo is a racist rag” “Appalling misjudgement of […]
Rob Rogers has been awarded the 2021 Herblock Prize.© Rob RogersFrom The Herb Block Foundation: “In a historically tumultuous and heartbreaking year where so many political cartoonists created outstanding work to both comfort and eviscerate a suffering and divided nation, Rob Rogers cartoons on racial justice, pandemic hypocrisy & America’s political devolution shone bright. Rob […]
The Beach Metro News (originally Ward 9 News) is celebrating its golden anniversary. As part of that they interviewed cartoonist Bill Suddick who has been with the paper for most of that time. “I started to realize that I might be able to make a living doing art. I didn’t listen to well-meaning adults who […]
From Counterpoint via the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists: The AAEC has been asked by Counterpoint to spread the word about Be An Arts Hero, a push by the arts & cultures sector for direct government support of creatives during the time of coronavirus. (Think a WPA for COVID-19). Details are below. If you’re interested, […]
[Mike] Smith’s cartoon for the Sun on the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial was syndicated in the Los Angeles Times, and caught the eye of one of the people in the drawing — Judge Lance Ito. His office reached out saying Ito wanted a copy. Smith mentioned the phone call to executive editor Mike O’Callaghan, who […]
The Frontier, an Oklahoma-centric nonprofit news website, has announced that Tulsa based editorial cartoonist Bruce Plante will become a contributor.© Bruce Plante Opinion sections in newspapers have long been a way to present important viewpoints to readers from a diverse set of perspectives. With that being said, The Frontier will soon have an increased focus […]
Gannett responded to The Washington Times article about Gannett cancelling Mallard Fillmore. Amalie Nash, senior vice president of local news at USA Today Network, the Gannett newspaper brand, said the decision to stop running the 27-year-old cartoon was based on a recent review. “We made a decision last month to discontinue the Mallard Fillmore comic […]
The Worcester Business Journal published an editorial cartoon critical of the local Table Top Pies factories which drew a complaint from the company.Cartoonist Don Landgren shared the complaint that asserted the cartoon was racist:“We are deeply concerned about the recent editorial cartoon that was published on December 8, 2020 depicting an African American worker on […]
Editorial cartoonist Bill Sanders has passed away.William Willard (Bill) Sanders October 14, 1930 – February 27, 2021 From The Milwaukee Journal: Milwaukee Journal political cartoonist William (Bill) Sanders was remembered Sunday as a dynamic artist who wasn’t afraid to challenge those in power. Sanders died Saturday at the age of 90. Sanders began his cartooning career […]
A week after Michael Cavna’s Washington Post article advocating more diversity among editorial cartoonists, conservative outlets are not letting go. The main complaint seems to be that we have too much to be concerned about without adding more.From The Federalist: One would think in an America still suffering the social and economic devastation stemming from […]
Mike Marland has informed the people of New Hampshire: The time has come to start a slow slide into retirement. It’s going to take me a few years to actually get there, but I’m going to begin by retiring from drawing editorial cartoons. Mike has two reasons for the decision. I’ve been drawing them for […]
Earlier this month Tom Richmond gave a timeline of MAD magazine’s past eight years – from New York-based original material to Burbank-produced (mostly) reprint issues. October 2013– DC Comics announces they are closing their New York offices… Feb 2018– MAD #550 drops on news stands. This is the final New York produced issue… February 2021- […]
The Wrap is reporting that Jim Carrey will put away his slings and arrows as a political cartoonist. “For the past 4 yrs, among other commitments, I put considerable effort into this collection of political protest cartoons. It truly feels as though you and I have crossed an ocean of outrage together…but something tells me […]
© The Ashville Citizen, 1928 Reactions to cartoons about Rush Limbaugh’s death are starting to come in,including this Power Line take on the comparatively mild Steve Sack obitoon.© Star Tribune/Steve Sack The Star Tribune observed the death of Rush Limbaugh with an editorial cartoon … By editorial cartoonist Steve Sack — I think of him as […]
Cartooning the Mid-20th Century Newsroom Cartoonists and other artists, working in newsrooms, captured and caricatured their working lives, including their colleagues, in these places. What follows is a small sample of the images I have gathered in my research for my new book on the history of the American newsroom from the 1920s through the […]