PARIS (AFP) — A leading French cartoonist on Wednesday said he would no longer work for Le Monde after the newspaper apologized for a cartoon he drew that tackled a sex-abuse scandal. France’s intellectual elite was rocked this month by a claim that political commentator Olivier Duhamel sexually abused his stepson, prompting social media users […]
After a Jan. 29, 2017, image of Trump seated in Steve Bannon’s lap signing legislation while declaring “I’m a big boy” went viral, Guerra became a regular contributor to Portland-based political cartoon website, magazine and graphic novel publishing house theNib.com. Comic book artist-cum-editorial cartoonist Pia Guerra isn’t fretting about a lack of subjects with Donald […]
image © Dario CastillejosFrom Daryl Cagle: I run a newspaper syndicate for editorial cartoons and columns. Half of America’s daily, paid-circulation newspapers subscribe to my service, which features about 75 political cartoonists and ten columnists. Sometimes I choose to “kill” a cartoon or column that I think is inappropriate, which often leads to an angry […]
There has never been a dull moment for editorial cartoonists during the Trump Presidency. Now as the end nears some are reviewing The Follies of 45.The New York Daily News and Bill Bramhall pick some memorable highlights.© The Daily News & Bill BramhallLet’s also note that The Daily News and Bill were honored by The […]
Seattle Times interviews their editorial cartoonist David Horsey about the past four years of politics in the United States and new book “Drawing Apart: Political Cartoons from a Polarized America.” I think the biggest problem is that if you’re talking about Donald Trump, my job is to sort of exaggerate reality and create satire that […]
David Cohen feels honored to serve the citizens of Asheville, North Carolina as the editorial cartoonist for local issues. Today he took a few inches to thank them for their forbearance. In the early 80s I submitted some work to the then editorial page editor, Rick Gunter. He took a few, and for about a […]
Jerry Summers, a lifelong Chattanoogan and historian of the city, remembers the editorial cartoonists of The Chattanooga Times. Chattanooga over the past 59 years has been fortunate to have at least three editorial cartoonists who have entertained the public with humor, sarcasm, ridicule and suggestions of often ignored recommendations on politics, sports and other subjects […]
© Tom GauldBelow are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 2021 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. A Cockeyed Menagerie For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Vol. 5 Ditko Shrugged BB BluesBird and the Terrible, […]
Twitter and Facebook has taken down one of the most voracious supporters of President Trump – cartoonist Ben Garrison.And not long after that Twitter action came Facebook.The final straw seems to be his cartoon released after Wednesday’s attack on The Capitol:Ben protested on his Parler account that he had included the word “peaceful” in the […]
Oliphant, 85, is calm and good-humored. Over the course of his career, he resisted making friends with politicians and his non-nonchalance is still evident. A resident of Santa Fe since 2004, Oliphant retired six years ago because of his deteriorating eyesight. In 1964, Oliphant accepted a job with The Denver Post. Within three years, he […]
On the sixth anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo tragedy Jack Reilly takes a look at the state of editorial cartooning. But in truth, political cartooning is in decline—and not simply because of the dramatic (and very real) threats posed by religious fanatics. Many nominally democratic political regimes practice de facto censorship in regard to material […]
The weekly Alexandria Times, based just a few miles from Capitol Hill, has decided it will no longer print editorial cartoons about national issues: The start of a new year brings new beginnings. Individuals make resolutions. Companies plan ahead. Changes are made… There are exciting new beginnings at the Times as well. The most immediately […]
Beginning the week of January 3, 2020 editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson will move the distribution of his syndicated work from the blowhard city’s Washington Post Writers Group to the windy city’s Tribune Content Agency. Pulitzer Prize winner Nick Anderson joins Tribune Content Agency’s Editorial Cartoon Service in January 2021. Anderson joins an esteemed collection of […]
As of January 1, 2021 most everything from 1925 entered public domain status. While that Duke University links focuses on some lesser works, we will turn our attention to more important literature that is now available after the Walt Disney Extension.Among the more well-known comics that started in 1925, and whose first year is now […]
Billy Penn informs Philadelphians about area news, and the big news in Philadelphia these days is Signe Wilkinson‘s retirement. Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Signe Wilkinson is retiring from the Philadelphia Inquirer at the end of the year, where she spent three decades chronicling the city’s woes, lambasting its leaders, and celebrating its victories. The local […]