I am writing in regards to the comic article printed in the Courier Traveler on Dec. 5 condemning Catholic clergy… I feel it is so wrong for a local newspaper to comment about a religious denomination. How about an apology to all Catholics and Catholic clergy. This apology should be in large bold print. […]
George H. W. Bush is the overwhelming topic. In the Orlando Sentinel Dana Summers recalls a 1989 White House luncheon for editorial cartoonists hosted By Bush 41. The internal White House weekly cartoon roundup called “Friday Follies.”Ronald Reagan started “Friday Follies” during his administration, and Bush had kept the tradition going. Reagan loved editorial cartoons and had […]
In South Africa:The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) came under fire over the weekend for the use of an alleged right-wing cartoonist’s image as the feature image for one of their latest media releases.OUTA hired Jeremy Nell, aka ‘Jerm,’ to help in its fight against tax abuse and corruption in Cape Town.It did not get […]
Upon learning the news that George H. W. Bush had died editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey knew what to draw.This cartoon was going to be a bookend to the cartoon I created when Barbara Bush died. It was an idea I had thought of when he was so ill in April. But he was tough and […]
CBS Sunday Morning’s Sunday Profile for December 2, 2018 is Jane Pauley interviewing cartoonist Garry Trudeau.Garry Trudeau and Jane Pauley are, of course, husband and wife.After the intro to the piece a face to face interview starts off a bit awkward but quickly gets into the high points of Garry’s career and the Doonesbury comic […]
Too Much of a Good Thing? Letter to the Editor of the Arizona Daily Star:But only one thing really bothers us: the lack of civility of your editorial cartoonist. I expect cartoonists to skewer those needing it; I don’t think it requires eviscerating them, and eating them for lunch. For example, I didn’t vote for […]
Editorial and comic strip cartoonist Wayne Stayskal has passed away.WAYNE H. STAYSKAL (né Stejskal) December 11, 1931 – November 20, 2018Columnist and friend Cal Thomas broke the news:Google “Great American Political Cartoonists” and you will undoubtedly find the late Herbert Block (aka “Herblock”) of The Washington Post, (Paul) Conrad of the Los Angeles Times, Michael […]
Missed from earlier this month.Syndicated cartoonist Nancy Ohanian has won the National Press Foundation’s Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons. Ohanian will be honored at the National Press Foundation’s annual journalism awards dinner on Feb. 13, 2019.In what is really a bit of understatement the NPF judges said:“Nancy Ohanian’s work is […]
…a few days ago I saw a really interesting cartoon, and I want to talk about it today. The cartoon, which is about the California wildfires, was created by Ed Hall, an established political cartoonist whose work has appeared in major newspapers and magazines for many years. The notable thing about this one is that […]
Kevin Siers References A Past Master Not news but I enjoyed Kevin Siers tribute to the famous Robert Minor cartoon and using it for a current situation. Ch-Ch-Ch-ChangesElsewhere someone takes a famous cartoonist’s old cartoon and changes it to please his own political ideology without so much as a fare-thee-well. Something that seems to be increasingly […]
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Paul Berge celebrates the end of The War to End All Wars with a selection of editorial cartoons from 100 years ago.The End was the beginning of cleaning up the mess. Or as Paul puts it: “every party needs its pooper.” Paul has done an incredible job of following the First World War for years. From […]
Mike Thompson – 20 Years at The FreepFriday marks 20 years since I first walked into the front door of the Detroit Free Press as the new political cartoonist for the premier news organization in the most interesting news town in America. And this city and state has never left me wanting for topics for my […]
Enemy of the People: A Cartoonist’s Journey by Rob Rogers coming December 2018.2018 has been an eventful time for Rob Rogers – from staff editorial cartoonist to fired staff cartoonist, and becoming a cause célèbre in the process. Rob writes about the unsettling year and his life leading up to it in a new book. […]
Before the polls opened in the U.S. on November 6 Matt Bors tweeted:Which resulted in, according to Matt: and Twitter promptly suspended Matt’s account. People, some well-known, noticed and responded.and Twitter took notice of the objections and restored Matt’s account. Matt is back on Twitter, though his original tweet is apparently permanently deleted. Whoops, Matt was suspended again, this second […]