above: Gary Varvel President Trump made news last May when, in an interview with Politico, he said his new nickname for Pete Buttigieg was Alfred E. Neuman, a reference to the youthfully grinning MAD magazine mascot. Yet a month earlier, cartoonist Gary Varvel had already drawn that comparison. The right-leaning political cartoonist’s first contribution to the […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has announced a time change for submitting entries to the Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning.Due to the schedule change of this year’s AAEC Convention (moving the date up to the Spring so we can team-up with the Canadians), it has been decided to move up […]
Seems Dennis is right:I love books. The problem is that my book-buying habit outpaces my ability to read them. This leads to FOMO and occasional pangs of guilt over the unread volumes spilling across my shelves. Sound familiar? But it’s possible this guilt is entirely misplaced. According to statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb, these unread volumes […]
Excerpts from a short item on Poynter:McClatchy, the second largest chain of local newspapers in the United States, filed for bankruptcy Thursday… The company has struggled in recent years to meet pension demands, including $124 million in pension funding due in 2020… The Chapter 11 filing will let McClatchy eliminate some pension obligations. In a […]
The Berryman Award is open to U.S.-based editorial cartoonists for work that exhibits power to influence public opinion, plus good drawing and striking effect. The cartoons should represent the highest standards of journalism.Roll Call reports:CQ Roll Call cartoonist RJ Matson will receive the 2019 Berryman Award for editorial cartooning at the National Press Foundation’s annual […]
Art Van Rhyn, The Cambrian cartoonist for 30 years, has decided to retire. Kathy Tanner writing for both The Cambrian and the San Luis Obispo Tribune:He joined the newspaper’s cadre of freelancers in 1991, soon after I became a reporter there. The Cambrian’s editor asked Art to submit a cartoon, which he did. “The next week,” […]
Cartoonist Jim Rose has passed away.James A. (Jim) Rose August 7, 1932 – January 24, 2020 From the obituary:Savannah political cartoonist and artist JIM ROSE passed on January 24, 2020. He was 87. His cartoon, “Phrogg,” ran in the Sunday edition of the Savannah Morning News for many years commenting on local and national news and […]
Editorial and sports cartoonist Bil Canfield has passed away.William Newton (Bil) Canfield October 8, 1920 – January 30, 2020sports cartoonist, editorial cartoonist The New Jersey Star-Ledger is reporting the death of Bil Canfield:William (Bil) Canfield, who entertained millions of newspaper readers as an editorial cartoonist, died peacefully on January 30th at his home in Phoenix, Ariz., […]
Cartoonist Kenneth Mahood is a Senior Stripper! Born February 4, 1930.From the Irish Comics Wiki:After working at a solicitor’s office and as an apprentice lithographer, he became a full-time artist in 1949. He sold his first cartoon to Punch at eighteen, and became a regular contributor. As a painter, he had his first one-man exhibition […]
After five years and more than 300 caption-less cartoons, Bruce Plante and the Tulsa World have decided to end their Cartoon Caption Contest.Bruce Plante told The Daily Cartoonist that participation from amateur gag writers in the area was not as it had been in prior years, that he could use a free day during the […]
Lee Enterprises has bought the Berkshire Hathaway (BH Media Group) newspapers. After managing the BH newspapers for 18 months Lee Enterprises now takes ownership of all the BH newspapers, including The Buffalo News. (The Berkshire Hathaway-owned The Buffalo News was not a part of the BH Media Group, but is part of the sale.)The Buffalo […]
Capitol Public Radio interviews Jack Ohman of The Sacramento Bee, touching on The Impeachment, the End Times of the Staff Editorial Cartoonist, new job as Deputy Opinion Editor and prose editorials, the State of the Newspaper, and more.Oh, Jack Ohman also talks about his latest cartoon about Mike Pompeo, which brings us to Gary Huck. Gary […]
The Wisconsin State Journal proudly proclaims of Phil Hands:We’ve got a full-time editorial cartoonist.Of course a full time newspaper cartoonist does more than political cartoons.Phil, who also handles our letters to the editor, creates three to four editorial cartoons for us each week, and at least one of those is syndicated nationally each week… We […]
Cartoonist (and inventor) Arthur ‘Tip’ Sampliner has passed away.Arthur Tipling (Tip) Sampliner October 19, 1943 – January 21, 2020 industrial designer/inventor, professor Bayside Times political cartoonist From Humanistic Robotics:Tip is an extraordinary inventor and designer: holding over 35 US patents; he has won several awards including the 1st Prize at the Popai Show for his Vacuum Coffee […]
Sacramento Bee editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman has been promoted to deputy opinion editor. In his expanded role, Ohman will write more editorials and columns focused on local and state issues. He will also help edit The Bee’s California Forum opinion section. “This is a wonderful moment for me at this point in my career,” said […]