Time Magazine looks at the success of Matt Bors in the comic world.“I’m a lot more interested in breaking out from this little rectangle,” Bors said in a recent interview. His style demonstrates this well: Bors uses rich colors and strays from the standard white background that has become so ubiquitous in his craft. He […]
The New Orleans Advocate has announced that it has hired editorial cartoonist Walt Handelsman away from Newsday. Here’s Walt talking about his decision to return to Louisiana, where he used to work for the Times-Picayune prior to moving to New York. ?A few years ago at a Tulane art fair, I purchased a brass skeleton […]
The Australian Cartoonists Association’s Stanley Awards are being held this weekend. They have six divisions or categories with top honor being the Cartoonist of the Year. This year the nominees are:Peter Broelman, political cartoonist Pat Campbell, The Canberra Times Anton Emdin, MAD magazine contributor Glen Le Lievre, The Age and SMH contributor David Pope, The […]
Editorial cartoonist Clay Jones, who was laid off from the Freelance-Star in 2012 due to budget cuts, is set to return to his former paper this Sunday as a freelance cartoonist. Clay will be contributing a weekly local cartoon to the Sunday edition and a cartoon on the topic of his choosing for the online […]
I’ll admit up front, that I wonder if this exchange between South Australian Minister Chloe Fox and The Advertiser Duke Fandango Flamingo is satirical – like an article in The Onion. But here’s the gist of it: The Advertiser ran a cartoon by Jos Valdman after the paper brought to light a high number of […]
An editorial cartoon by Tom Stiglich that ran in the New York Daily News has caused a bit of a stir for Washington DC residents who say that comparing the Redskins logo to images of the Nazi and Confederate flag is offensive. Here’s WUSA9.
PRI picks up on the story of Syrian cartoonist Akram Raslan who Cartoon Rights Network International (CRNI) reported as being executed and left in a mass grave. The problem with the story is the only source for the execution is CRNI who has clarified to Michael Cavna that his source is someone close to Akram’s […]
Editorial cartoonist Jeremy Nell, who goes by the pen name Jerm, has joined eNCA – the largest television news network in South Africa and will be providing four cartoons a week. His first cartoon appeared Tuesday. Says Jeremy Nell, editorial cartoonist: “While print media dwindles, I am chuffed to be at the forefront of South […]
The San Diego Union-Tribute has released an iPhone/iPad app for readers to get a month’s worth of Steve Breen editorial cartoons. The app is a free download, but requires a subscription fee (different for paper subscribers or non-subscribers). The app includes every Breen cartoon for the month.While you’re in iTunes, be sure to check out […]
Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers has been honored by the city of Pittsburgh with a declaration naming today, October 8, 2013 as Rob Rogers Day. The declaration honors Rob’s three decades of drawing editorial cartoons and using “wit, deft artistry, and a large dose of love for Pittsburgh, Rob Rogers has for years charmed readers, […]
Matt Bors has been named this year’s John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon competition winner given by the Columbia College Chicago.From the announcement: Bors’ winning image portrays two men sitting outside a trailer listening to a radio account reporting that for the first time in the United States, children of color will be the majority. “Second,” says […]
Bill McGraw reports that Detroit News editorial cartoonist Henry Payne will no longer be drawing editorial cartoons for the paper. He will remain on staff as a writer for the editorial page.From Deadline Detroit:Payne was a victim of the ongoing cutbacks at Detroit’s two daily newspapers as they continue to lose print circulation in an […]
Sad news from the Vancouver Sun. In more than 40 years with The Vancouver Sun, editorial cartoonist Roy Peterson won more National Newspaper Awards than any other Canadian journalist. Behind all that success, friends remember a low-key man with a wry sense of humour who was a willing mentor to many younger cartoonists. “He didn’t […]
The Chronicle Herald profiles Michael de Adder who has two books out de PICTIONS (a collection of his editorial cartoons) and You Might Be from Nova Scotia If… (a book poking fun at people, politics of Nova Scotia). The best part of the job, de Adder says, is knowing he can affect people, and their […]
Las Vegas Sun editorial cartoonist Mike Smith and editorial page editor Matt Hufman set off to explore the great state of Nevada to commemorate its 150th birthday. The Sun has a cool web site with their day to day travels and dispatches.