A recent Chris Britt cartoon has ticked off a police organization in Bucks County Pennsylvania. The cartoon (above) is yet another one on the theme of how police are perceived by some members The Bensalem Police has demanded a full-page apology and say they’ll organize their own protest of the paper in the coming weeks.The […]
Former Anchorage Daily News editorial cartoonist Peter Dunlap Shohl was interviewed by the local tv station about the projects he’s working on such as his Frozen Grin blog animations as well as his cartoons on the ?Off & On, The Alaska Parkinson?s Rag.?
Nice write up in the Waco Tribune about former Rocky Mountain News editorial cartoonist Ed Stein who is launching a web comic in January called Sleeper Ave.From The Waco Tribune:Stein said the era ?Sleeper Ave.? is based on lends itself to storytelling because it was rife with major social change, often to the dismay of […]
Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley has offended the Virginia Police Benevolent Association with a recent cartoon depicting how children see police officers. The association wrote a statement in the News and Advance (Lynchburg, VA) where the cartoon ran:During my 25 year law enforcement career and during the time I have been Executive Director […]
The Indianapolis Star has removed a cartoon and apologized for a Gary Varvel cartoon that depicted an Hispanic family crawling through the window while a white family is starting their Thanksgivings dinner. The white father says, “Thanks to the president’s immigration order, we’ll be having extra guests this Thanksgiving.” At issue is the use of […]
When Australian Canberra Times editorial cartoonist David Pope was alerted that one of his original cartoons had been altered and posted on the Facebook page of Senator Jacqui Lambie, he did what many would do in 2014 – he tweeted about it saying, “Politicians re-captioning cartoons without permission for their own political purposes probs needs […]
Art Wood, editor, cartoonist and comic collector, passed on November 4 at the age of 87. He held one of the largest private/personal comic collections – which he donated to the Library of Congress. He was also a founding member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. From his obituary: His own original cartoons have […]
Great news from Cartoonists Rights Network International:Meanwhile, Turkish cartoonist Musa Kart was found not guilty of ?insulting through publication and slander? Turkey?s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a cartoon published in the daily Cumhuriyet on February 1, 2014. The offending cartoon depicted Erdogan, then prime minister, as a hologram fecklessly looming over a money-laundering operation […]
Those of us celebrating judicial victory last month over the sedition charges and a ban on his cartoons, Malaysian editorial cartoonist Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque, better known as Zunar is being harassed again. Cartoonists Rights Network International reports that his assistants were arrested while selling his book at the Palace of Justice.
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau is interviewed the the New York Times about the second season of his TV show Alpha House. Also mentioned, editorial cartooning and his comic strip.But do you think making big statements about politics is harder to do on TV than in a comic strip? The show is really not about statements. […]
Pulitzer Prize?winning political cartoonist Pat Oliphant Pulitzer Prize?winning presidential biographer David McCullough appear together for an event at Yale. David offers insights into each president as Pat draws the president live.
Bruce MacKinnon, editorial cartoonist for The Chronicle-Herald, drew a cartoon in response to last month’s the shooting in Ottawa’s Parliament building. The cartoon has resonated with many. Global News has a video interview with Bruce about drawing that cartoon.From the Global News: MacKinnon said the response has been overwhelming. ?I think it also speaks to […]
Israeli cartoonist Amos Biderman is coming under fire for a cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flying a plane labeled “Israel” into a skyscraper with a US flag – a clear reference to the 9/11 destruction of the New York Twin Towers. The Anti-Defamation League demanded an apology. Amos, so far, isn’t giving one. […]
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has filed a criminal complaint against cartoonist Musa Kart for slander. The cartoon in question depicted the president (at the time of the cartoon he was prime minister) as a hologram watching over thieves stealing from a safe box. If convicted, Musa could get nine years in prison.From Today’s Zaman: […]
Great seven minute trailer for an episode in The Unquiet Films series featuring The Times and The Sunday Times Peter Brookes. Whatever you’re doing, this is worth a few minutes of your day.About the series:We decided it was time to showcase just what the best journalists do… the real lives, real struggles, real bravery behind […]