‘Tis the season.The Cartoonists Rights Network International is running a Holiday Pledge Drive.Free Expression doesn’t come cheap. In fact, multiple cartoonists have lost their lives in their pursuit of that right. Others have been assaulted and abused, criminalized or imprisoned, and an increasing number are displaced from their homes. Our mission is to defend these […]
Artist and cartoonist Wayland Moore has passed away. Wayland David Moore September 8, 1935 – November 7, 2022 From the obituary: Wayland David Moore, whose expressionistic paintings of dramatic action and brilliant color define an era in sports art, died on Monday, November 7, 2022, at his home in Decatur, GA. He was 87. Distinguished […]
Political or editorial cartoons were once the primary source for visual political satire, humor and commentary. There are fewer outlets for the traditional form … but life still breathes in many venues—like The Boston Globe, where award winner Ward Sutton publishes biting cartoons on a regular basis. On this day after the election deluge, he […]
In the Great News category is The Minneapolis Star Tribune looking to replace retired editorial cartoonist Steve Sack. When Steve retired in February 2022 The Star Tribune said no decision had been made on whether to replace the paper’s staff cartoonist.Well a decision has now been made and it is the correct one. The Star […]
Cartoons have long caught the public’s attention, capturing social or political sentiments and highlighting pressing issues. The nature of these cartoons has changed over the years and decades, even the centuries, accommodating a widespread appetite for vitriolic humor and propaganda. To commemorate the important role of political cartoons in American history and culture, Stacker went […]
When Christopher Weyant ’89 studied at Gettysburg College, he did not anticipate that he would end up publishing cartoons in The New Yorker and The Boston Globe. Weyant grew up in New Jersey. When he studied at Gettysburg College, he majored in political science and economics. The Gettysburgian Magazine profiles alumni Christopher Weyant,cartoonist for The […]
Ed Wexler and Jeff Koterba ExplainBut first Daryl Cagle explains: We had two lovely exhibitions at the “International Center“, Press Cartoons museum in St Just le Martel, France this year. One of the shows was about Donkeys and Elephants. American donkey and elephant cartoons make no sense to foreign audiences. Our exhibit in France was […]
Graphika, a network analysis firm, has released a report on foreign actors, specifically Russian, trying to influence the United States midterm elections that includes the use of political cartoons.From the Graphika report: Key Findings Suspected Russian actors are engaged in a renewed effort to target far-right audiences in the U.S. with politically divisive messaging ahead […]
The National Press Foundation has announced that Ward Sutton has won the 2022 Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons. Sutton’s satire skewered U.S. politicians for inaction on school shootings, explored dark scenarios about the end of American democracy, and portrayed Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping as new […]
Grotesquerie is Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher’s bread and butter. For fifty years the cartoonist has rendered newsmakers in a fleshy museum of knobbly noses, splayed teeth, dewlaps, wattles, and vast foreheads. He’s produced some 10,000 cartoons for the Baltimore Sun and The Economist—in 1978 he became the first cartoonist hired by the latter—and his work is […]
The death of print editorial cartoons is a worldwide phenomena. Online platforms are full of editorial cartoons… the era of newspaper cartooning is over. Indian editorial cartooning has entered the world of online platforms. © Sorit GuptoSorit Gupto‘s essay on the state on the editorial cartoon in India. [Sometime] in the early 90s. There was […]
Editorial cartoonist Pascal Élie has passed away. Pascal Élie 1959 – October 21, 2022 From Terry Mosher and The Montreal Gazette:My friend Pascal Élie, editorial cartoonist for Le Devoir, died at 63 last week after struggling with a debilitating disease diagnosed when he was only 49. Always the professional, Pascal supplied cartoons for the newspaper […]
Editorial cartoonist Dennis Renault has passed away. Dennis Julian Renault August 23, 1936 – October 19, 2022 The Sacramento Bee is reporting that Dennis Renault has died in an accident near his Monterey County home.Via AOL News, which ran the SacBee’s cartoon gallery accompanying the obituary notice: Dennis Renault was The Sacramento Bee’s political cartoonist […]
The North Dakota Forum editorial cartoonist Steve Stark is retiring after 34 years. From InForum’s profile: Steve Stark was an early cartoonist while a student at NDSU on The Spectrum student newspaper in the 1970s. Later, Steve began his editorial cartooning in earnest at the Lake County News Chronicle, a weekly newspaper in Two Harbors, Minn. […]
Clay and The KlanClay Jones got banned again: Oh yeah: Facebook pulled this cartoon for “violating” its terms of service. I appealed and lost. My account is now blocked for three days which will also limit views of my work for a while after I return. I thought at least one social media account would […]