The Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia has announced that New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast is to receive their “Visionary Woman Award”. From their site:Since joining The New Yorker in 1978, Roz Chast has established herself as one of our greatest artistic chroniclers of the anxieties, superstitions, furies, insecurities and surreal imaginings of modern life. Her […]
Charis Jackson Barrios has won the 2018 John Locher Memorial Award.The John Locher Memorial Award is a contest for aspiring cartoonists, ages 18-25, whose work demonstrates both clear opinions and strong artistry on political and social topics. Single panel, multi-panel, and animated editorial cartoons and comics [are] accepted.“Charis is producing well-crafted, smart, affecting comics that […]
If you missed Ward Sutton getting the Herblock Prize last night, don’t worry. Bruce Guthrie was there with his camera and is sharing the pictures.The Prizeand The Young Man who won it.photos © Bruce GuthrieBruce Guthrie’s photo gallery of The Presentation is here.Bruce Guthrie’s photo gallery of The Reception is here.hat tip to Mike Rhode’s […]
The Thurber House, who sponsor the Thurber Prize named after cartoonist and writer James Thurber, has announced this year’s three finalists. They are New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast, actress-writer Annabelle Gurwitch and novelist Julie Schumacher. With three women in the running, the award will go to a woman for the first time in its nearly […]
So a really cool thing is in the works – not just in the works, it is happening this January. National Cartoonists Society Foundation President Steve McGarry has organized a week-long Caribbean Cartoonist Celebrity Cruise. These aren’t just B-rated or has-been cartoonist “celebrities”, we’re talking four Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonists (two of which have been […]
This last weekend was the annual Reuben Awards where the National Cartoonist Society bestows their best of in various categories and the big prize for Cartoonist of the Year. This year, the Reuben Award went to New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. In the division awards the winners are: Magazine Feature / Magazine Illustration Tom RichmondNewspaper […]
This year’s Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Looking though the list (below), I’m seeing several familiar names. Glad to see Richard Thompson nominated for The Complete Cul de Sac in the Best Humor Publication category. Brian Fies has been nominated in the Best Digital/Web Comic category for his comic “The Last Mechanical Monster”. I’m […]
Prolific cartoonist and illustrator Roy Doty passed away this morning at the age of 92. The one and only time I met Roy was in 2006 when I visited the Ohio State University Cartoon Library (Now Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum). At 84, he told me he was working full-time and was so busy […]
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau will be the first cartoonist to receive the George Polk Career Award. The George Polk Award is given to honor special achievement in journalism. From the press release:Garry Trudeau will be the 33rd recipient of the George Polk Career Award and is the first cartoonist in the program’s history to be […]
Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) has won this year’s Grand Prix Press Cartoon Europe cartoon. The cartoon above was published in the October issue of The Economist. KAL’s cartoon beat out 150 other cartoonists and takes home 8,000 Euros. Second and third place goes to Jean Gouders (The Netherlands), and Quirit (Belgium) respectively.Congratulations to KAL
This last weekend was the Angouleme International Comic Art Festival in France. Reports say the annual event had extra security due to the recent terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo publication last month. Last year’s Grand Prix winner, Bill Watterson, did not attend, but instead OSU Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s Jenny Robb and […]
The National Cartoonist Society has announced it’s annual call for submissions for the 2014 Reuben Award and division awards. This year most of the division awards will be voted on by the entire membership body electronically. In years past, division awards were juried by regional chapters.As always, you do not have to be a member […]
Just released: Tom Gammill’s opening number for the 2014 Reuben Awards:Always great.
Short interview with Alison Bechdel on cartooning, her work and being a MacArthur Fellow recipient. Also something I’ve never seen before – she writes and “draws” as she goes along using what looks like Photoshop. The drawings, during the writing process, are nothing more than images grabbed off the Internet as placeholders until she draws […]
The 2014 Harvey Awards Nominees have been announced. Final winners will be annouced at the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con September 6, 2014. The awards are to recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art.BEST LETTERER Deron Bennett, CYBORG 009, Archaia Dave Lanphear, QUANTUM AND WOODY, Valiant Entertainment Terry Moore, RACHEL RISING, Abstract Studio […]