The CRNI is announcing that:After some fifteen years in the role Joel Pett – multi-award winning editorial cartoonist for the Lexington Herald Leader – has decided to retire from the Presidency of Cartoonists Rights Network International’s board of directors. Mr Pett’s decision comes six months on from the retirement from active duties of CRNI’s founder […]
Juxtaposition of the Truth(Michael de Adder)(Ann Telnaes)Start with the truth: The danger posed by the coronavirus is no more a matter of opinion than is the roundness of the Earth.Michael de Adder mocks a delusional president who cannot see bad news as anything but a conspiracy against himself.It isn’t just “pride.” Humble people don’t strive […]
Tom Richmond has released the poster for the 74th Annual Reuben Awards.A couple of not-yet-announced awards by the National Cartoonists Society are revealed.Hy Eisman will be awarded the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award. The Milton Caniff is awarded by unanimous vote of the NCS Board of Directors. It is given for a lifetime of outstanding […]
I’ve held this Joe Heller cartoon too long, since it obviously ran on Ash Wednesday, nearly a week ago, but I hadn’t forgotten it and there’s a reason for that.There’ve always been jokes about giving things up for Lent. One of my favorite Mr. Dooleys is about his father trying to give up smoking for […]
The Tulsa World is soliciting political cartoons from local artists:Submit your own editorial cartoon for a chance to be published in the Tulsa World. The Tulsa World is seeking contributions from local artists interested in expressing their opinions of public issues through original editorial cartoons. Editorial cartoonist Bruce Plante and Editorial Pages Editor Wayne Greene […]
NPR interviews a Genius. The site also features a short Yes You Can! Lynda Barry video. This Is How You Do It. Jim Keefe gives a video sketchbook inking tutorial. Arting in the 21st Century. Patrick LaMontagne shows how to draw on a Wacom. San Diego Comic-Con issues a kind of non-statement on the coronavirus.“Comic-Con is working with […]
Mike Peters might want to resurrect this 1973 cartoon, now that we have found peace in Afghanistan.That link includes the text of the agreement between the US and “the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognized by the United States as a state and is known as the Taliban.”Which terminology I guess saves all […]
There are a lot of coronavirus cartoons, but, while Mike Smith hasn’t taken the time to draw a virus or put a mask on anyone, I think he’s done the best job of capturing the issue.And I will defer the job of commentary to WashPost columnist Catherine Rampell, who begins a brilliant essay thus:It mattered […]
Famed editorial cartoonist KAL (Kevin Kallaugher) has signed with Andrews McMeel Syndication to distribute his impressive and popular political cartoons.Below is the Andrews McMeel press release:AWARD-WINNING EDITORIAL CARTOONIST KEVIN KALLAUGHER (KAL) JOINS ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATIONKANSAS CITY, MO (February 28, 2020) — Andrews McMeel Syndication (AMS) is proud to announce the addition of Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) to […]
Ann Telnaes puts into graphic form something that’s been running around my mind, and one of the best things about political cartooning is how its boiling of complexity into a seemingly simple image can focus things.Trump has demanded two justices of the Supreme Court recuse themselves from any cases involving his administration because Sotomayor expressed […]
I’m thinking of doing an entire blog consisting of nothing but cartoons of the Wall Street bull statue wearing a surgical mask. At this stage, it’s still a coincidence, but time’s up, gang. If you would like to examine the coronavirus in more detail, I’d suggest you go to the Guardian and read the rest of […]
Cagle Cartoons has made some changes to its homepage and to functions at the site. Daryl Cagle uses up a little bandwidth to talk about and explain the changes.We’ve made some changes to the front page of our syndicate site, CagleCartoons.com that will affect our contributing artists.The CagleCartoons.com site is the core of our little […]
Before I forget: We’ve had a couple of additions to our list of Patreon and similar fundraisers for cartoonists. If there’s someone whose work you appreciate, here’s where you can find out how to show that appreciation.Now, on with the show:I mentioned recently that it’s hard to produce a multi-panel political cartoon that doesn’t include […]
The Morning Star, a British daily, apologized Sunday for a cartoon it ran Tuesday:The Morning Star apologises unreservedly for the publication last Tuesday of a cartoon which was offensive to trans people. The cartoon had not been authorised for publication and its appearance in the print edition represents a failure to follow our own procedures […]
Lio may be on the right track.One advantage of a parliamentary system is that elections can be called anytime but then they only last a few weeks.Yes, Brexit went on — has gone on — forever, but that’s an exception.Under a parliamentary system, the Democrats and Republicans would each choose a party leader and then […]