The US is dropping an illustration/cartoon on the city of Raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State, to discourage new recruits (see cartoon above). From USA Today: WASHINGTON ? The Pentagon has launched a propaganda program in Syria aimed at creating fissures among Islamic State fighters by dropping 60,000 leaflets at the center of […]
From The Daily News:Two cartoonists for the popular satirical weekly Penguen have been jailed to 11 months in prison, over a satirical piece on free speech in which they were convicted of including a hidden gesture ?insulting? Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. Cartoonists Bahad?r Baruter and Özer Aydo?an were sued for the Aug. 21, 2014, […]
Daryl Cagle announced that former Memphis Commercial-Appeal and the Detroit Free-Press editorial cartoonist Bill Day has taken a full-time position with the Florida web site FloridaPolitics.com.Daryl writes: I was please to learn that my talented, cartoonist buddy, Bill Day, just got a full time job as an editorial cartoonist for FloridaPolitics.com. New jobs for editorial […]
After yet another raid and arrest, editorial cartoonist Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ulhaque (AKA Zunar) is fighting back.From MalayMail:Zulkiflee, popularly known as ?Zunar?, said he is holding the police responsible for damage as the item had been kept in their custody. ?I will not tolerate this and will instruct my lawyer to take the necessary legal […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has released the organization’s mission statement outlining its purpose. AAEC President Jack Ohman tells me that even though the organization has been around for over 50 years, the recent violent events in Europe has motivated the board to declare its support for free speech and cartoonists rights around […]
From The News Journal (Delaware):Delaware’s best-known cartoonist, Jack Jurden, whose pen-and-ink drawings spanned more than six decades, has died at the age of 88. The charming and quick-penned artist, who met and drew every president from Kennedy to Carter, died quietly at his Brandywine Hundred home Tuesday night, surrounded by family and friends. Although he […]
From Cartoonists Rights Network International:Cartoonists Bahadir Baruter and Ozer Aydogan, from the Turkish satirical magazine Penguen, appeared in court last week charged with ?insulting? Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The indictment relates to a cartoon placed on the front cover of the magazine last August, depicting the President meeting two officials outside his newly completed […]
Another sad news item.From the National Cartoonists Society: The NCS is sad to announce the passing of ?Berry?s World? cartoonist James O. ?Jim? Berry on Friday, March 20th at 83. After dabbling with a cartoon strip on his ship?s newsletter while serving in World War II, Jim left a career in business management in 1961 […]
Steve Breen, the Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist for the San Diego Union-Tribune, is one of several artists and creative individuals featured in a new documentary about the creative process called “From Nothing, Something.”Here’s the film’s description from their website:This fast-paced, funny, inspiring doc explores the common techniques, habits and neuroses that lead to breakthrough […]
From the The Miami Herald regarding the cartoon above:Xavier Bonilla may have the least funny job in comedy. A prolific and scathing cartoonist for El Universo, one of Ecuador?s major newspapers, he has been sued by the president, reprimanded by congress and flooded with hate mail for his work. Even so, the threat he received […]
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:On March 12 the State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) will host a reception honoring Tom Engelhardt and the evocative editorial cartoons showcased in his new book, Four Turbulent Decades: A Cartoon History of America, 1962?2001, which will be released at the celebration. Featuring a selection of drawings by the longtime […]
In 2012, Jen Sorenson published ?An Open Letter To The Supreme Court About Health Insurance.? The comic was widely distributed and for it she was honored with the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for editorial cartooning. Yesterday, she published a second biographical piece about a friend’s experience being date-raped in college during the 1970s and […]
Reporters without Borders highlight eight individuals around the world whose profession as cartoonists is personally dangerous. The shootings on 7 January in Paris and 14 February in Copenhagen showed the extent to which cartoonists are now the targets of extremist movements. In other parts of the world, it is often governments that try to silence […]
Video posted by Monterey County Weekly
Maybe the only good thing about grieving over a beloved celebrity is Matt Bors mocking other editorial cartoonists’ obit cartoons. Click the image above to see the full comic.