From the publisher of the Coos Bay newspaper The World:Dear Reader, The COVID-19 pandemic continues to alter our daily lives… Meantime, you may notice some changes to our regular lineup of comics, columns and features, and the resulting number of pages in each issue. Soon after we bought this newspaper on February 1, we learned […]
Over at Politico, Pulitzer winners Matt Wuerker and Darrin Bell chat about Darrin’s career, the lack of diversity in editorial cartooning and newspaper editors.https://www.politico.com/video/2020/05/01/punchlines-cartoonist-of-color-with-darrin-bell-074113
original April 30, 2020 post:St. Louis Public Radio will interview local cartoonist Steenz, who recently took over the Heart of the City comic strip, at noon local time on Friday May 1, 2020.Local comic artist Christina “Steenz” Stewart initially didn’t consider making comics during her time in art school. She knew she loved the medium, […]
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health has distributed face masks with illustrations on use and disposal.The problem is that the illustrations come from cartoon instructions by Evangeline Neo.And the government agency didn’t ask or receive permission from the cartoonist. Or even credit the cartoonist.Eva created two versions of her Mask comics, one not signed:There were 2 versions, […]
But first, thisJuxtaposition of the Day(Michael de Adder)(Ann Telnaes)Maybe this is what happens when cartoonists get locked down and have nothing to do but make richly detailed, multiple caricatures, but this is quite a pair to have drop on the same day.The best part is that they assume the reader is intelligent and well-informed, and […]
The Washington Post’s Michael Cavna talked to Jack Ohman, Matt Wuerker and Rick McKee about Vice President Mike Pence’s mask-free visit to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.From the piece: “Not only did he put himself and others at risk — and violate his own policy and that of the hospital — he set a horrible example […]
The Billy Ireland Library and Museum reminds us:Rebecca Wanzo, Associate Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University will discuss her new book, The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging. Following her presentation, Wanzo will join cartoonists Bianca Xunise and Barbara Brandon-Croft. Xunise and Brandon-Croft’s work pushes boundaries to […]
Lucy Bourton, for It’s Nice That, interviews New Yorker cartoonist Ed Steed.INT When you say you’re a cartoonist, not an illustrator, what’s the difference for you? ES Just that I don’t illustrate things, not usually. I’m not illustrating someone else’s idea, I do the idea and the drawing. I do them at the same time, […]
On Geoff Grogan’s latest “Blockhead” podcast, he interviews “Dennis the Menace” cartoonist Marcus Hamilton.From the site:“Dennis the Menace” takes over “Blockhead”! The wonderful Marcus Hamilton, daily cartoonist of “Dennis the Menace”, is here to talk about Dennis, the Mitchells, Mr. & Mrs. Wilson, his career as a top-notch illustrator in the 1970s and how a […]
John Cole on the digital divide, which has been a factor in education for a good 25 or 30 years but is now in sharper focus as schools shift to distance learning.For those who came in late, the “digital divide” refers to kids who are at a disadvantage because their classmates have computers and Internet […]
Gary Larson’s The Far Side and Alex Norris’ Webcomic Name sites have each been nominated for Best Humor Website as part of the 24th Annual Webby Awards.Other (non-cartoon) nominees are Ellentube (Ellen DeGeneres) Funny or Die Avenue 5: Juddspace Faux Tourism Microsite (HBO) Voting for The 24th Webby Awards is open through May 7, 2020. […]
Today at 3:00 (ET) Indigo Bookstores out of Canada will be holding a live Instagram conversation with cartoonist/author Terri Libenson.From Terri’s Facebook page:Today! 3 PM EST! Instagram Live chat with Indigo about BRIANNA and the Emmie & Friends series. Bonus! You can turn it into a drinking game any time you catch me touching my […]
I’m leading off today with this Ann Telnaes piece for two reasons.One is that I like it and that she’s right: The president’s claims that he didn’t know have been further undermined by facts, specifically a revelation that he ignores his Presidential Daily Briefings.The PDBs warned of the virus and tracked its spread for months […]
Rick Kirkman (Baby Blues) and NCS President, Ginger Meggs’ cartoonist and Covid-19 sufferer Jason Chatfield are proposing to the NCS membership and all cartoonists to include symbols within their comics as a tip of the hat/thank you for everyone working to help control the Covid-19 pandemic.Here’s Jason’s entire letter:Calling all cartoonists, including editorial cartoonists! We […]
From Courthouse News Service:PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) – Decades of efforts, including billions of dollars spent, to prevent the extinction of 13 species of Columbia River salmon and steelhead were stymied by the resurgence of gregarious mammals who themselves returned from the brink. Now, a new plan backed by Native American tribes and three states would […]