Filed under: AAEC

Our local CBS news station did a great profile interview with Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley.

Alternative weekly cartoonist Jen Sorensen has won the 2014 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning and with that honor she becomes the first female recipient of the award and the third “altie” in a row to win the honor.Regarding her work, the judges stated: Jen Sorensen?s strong portfolio addresses issues that were important to Herblock, such […]

Fantastic news from Santa Monica where the city council voted 6-1 to keep Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad’s Chain Reaction sculpture near the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Proponents of the sculpture raised over $100,000 in an effort to save the art work after the city said it would not provide funds necessary for […]

Monday I wrote about Ecuadorian cartoonist Xavier Bonilla who was censored by a media watch dog group for a cartoon they said was “harmful to President Rafael Correa.” The Miami Herald reports that Bonilla has published a “correction” cartoon (see original and “correction” below). The underlining issue was that Ecuadorian security raided the house of […]

Mark Fiore writes: I’m hearing this morning that Chevron filed court documents saying they were “injured” by this cartoon I did in conjunction with Amazon Watch. (I’ll post more info as soon as I get the court docs or other documentation.) Watch the cartoon for the more entertaining version, but the nutshell version is this: […]

Political cartoonist and activist Aseem Trivedi says he’ll be the Aam Aadmi Party candidate for congress if the party offers him the ticket.From CNN-IBN: Riding high on its outstanding performance in Delhi elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to field cartoonist-turned-activist Aseem Trivedi from Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency against Congress’ Sriprakash Jaiswal and […]

Palestinian cartoonist Majedah Shaheen has posted an apology on her Facebook page after many Palestinians denounced her as a “Zionist agent,” “traitor” and “prostitute” according the the Jerusalem Post. From the Jerusalem Post: The controversial cartoon refers to Hamas efforts to rein in Islamic Jihad’s military wing, Al-Quds Battalions, whose members are believed to have […]

The board of the Herblock Foundation has voted to expand the eligibility for entrants for the Herblock Prize to include cartoonists whose work appears in monthly newspaper and magazines. The stated eligibility now states: “The Herblock Prize contest is open to any newspaper, magazine, wire service or syndicate cartoonist for editorial or political cartoons published […]

The HERBLOCK: The Black & the White documentary premiered on HBO last night, but will re-air several more times in the next two weeks. I saw portions of the film when it screened in Salt Lake City during the AAEC convention. It’s a fair documentary and worth your time.From the description: This feature documentary traces […]

Malaysian editorial cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, better known simply as Zunar will be visiting and lecturing at the Center for Asian Democracy at the University of Louisville. Zunar has been a target of Malaysian government censorship since 2009. In 2010 he was arrested and charged with sedition.Registration and attendee.

I’m disappointed anytime an editorial cartoonist loses their staff job, but this weekend the news was extra sensitive. Pat Bagley texted me on Friday alerting me that Ogden’s Standard-Examiner had let go their editorial cartoonist Cal Grondahl. Cal is an institution not just for the Ogden daily, but Utah as well. I’ve known Cal since […]

Editorial cartoonist Clay Jones has announced that he’s starting up his own syndicate to sell his editorial cartoons. The decision also cuts his syndication relationship with Creators where he’s been represented since 2000. Despite good relations with the syndicate, Clay’s reason for striking it out on his own are financial.In an email he tells me: […]

Matt Bors, who edits The Nib, over on Medium, has announced a new line up of regular cartoonists for 2014. Cartoonists include: Liza Donnelly, Rich Stevens, Ruben Bolling, Emily Flake, Brian McFadden, Zach Weiner, J.J. McCullough, Tom Tomorrow, Jen Sorensen, Scott Bateman, Erika Moen, Ryan Pequin, Ted Rall and Shannon Wheeler.And wait – there’s more… […]

A near 30 minute interview with Michael Ramirez on his conservatism and cartooning.

Hat tip: Mike Lynch