Last week’s cartoon by Jerry Holbert placed the cartoonist in an awkward position of either admitting he created a cartoon with an historically racist reference OR plead ignorance of the connection between watermelon and African-Americans such as President Obama. Jerry went with ignorance. But that wasn’t credible to a lot of people. Here’s the cartoon […]
From the Times of India Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor of New York Times, wrote in a Facebook post: “The intent of the cartoonist, Heng Kim Song, was to highlight how space exploration is no longer the exclusive domain of rich, Western countries.” … Rosenthal said Heng “was in no way trying to impugn India, […]
Both Jerry Holbert and his newspaper are officially apologizing for the cartoon that ran on Wednesday featuring a man (presumably someone who had breached the White House) asking the president if he had tried watermelon flavored toothpaste. The cartoon has gone viral. Jerry took to the Boston Herald’s radio podcast to explain how he ended […]
A cartoon by Jerry Holbert that ran yesterday in the Boston Herald has people speechless and wondering how it even made it into the paper. Here’s the cartoon as it ran in the Herald (online and print):A less offensive version has been posted on GoComics (and I assume the one sent out to his syndicate […]
If you read Mike Peters’s touching tribute to the late Tony Auth, you know they had a deep friendship. Late last week, Mike posted a two part interview he did with Tony for the program “The World of Cartooning.”Part 1 Part 2
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is putting word out that they’re extending out the registration deadline for their Satire Fest convention in two weeks. By registering now instead of at the door, attendees are assured free drink tickets, food and goodie bags.Also announced is the inclusion of The Simpsons director David Silverman who will […]
For those of us who are attending the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning vicariously, here are sources to watch:The official blog.Mike Peterson has a great post about the cartoonists gathering for the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. Attending cartoonist Twitter accounts (some are more verbose than others): Mike Cope John Hambrock Rick Stromoski Terri Libenson Tom Racine […]
Check out Newsday cartoonist Matt Davies ink and color his cartoon. Always in awe of those who color by hand.
A big thanks goes out to Universal Uclick for sponsoring the blog this week. Universal is the owner of GoComics, the largest comics portal in the world with some of the most recognized and famous comics (and webcomics). The portal itself has over a billion (with a B) page views a year. That?s a lot […]
Nick Anderson with other contestants vying for Hottest Bachelor in Houston. Click for larger, shirtless (and tan line) magic.When an editorial cartoonist wins the Pulitzer, they’re assured their obituary’s first line will mention it. But if voting goes well for Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson, perhaps he’ll be better known as Hottest Bachelor in […]
Venezuelan editorial cartoonist Rayma Suprani has allegedly been fired for depicting former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez’s signature flat-lining on an electrocardiograph as a way to depict the country’s national health care system.From the New York Times:El Universal representatives were unavailable for comment on Thursday. One newspaper employee, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the cartoonist […]
The Colorado Independent, a non-profit newsroom, is raising money to get Mike Keefe drawing editorial cartoons again. Mike is a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist who worked for the Denver Post for over 35 years before taking a buy-out in 2011. If the $12,500 is funded, Mike will produce a national or local cartoon each […]
This year’s Toonfest 2014 celebrating cartooning in the hometown of Walt Disney (Marceline Missouri) will include editorial cartoonist Steve Artley, Nancy cartoonist Guy Gilchrist, Tank McNamara co-creator Bill Hinds, animator/artist Eddie Pittman, and Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price.I’ve never been, but those who have all report that it’s a great experience for both the […]
Surfing around the web today, it’s hard not to see some tribute to the Tony Auth who passed away on Sunday. There was a remarkable friendship forged between Mike Peters, Tony and the late cartoonists Jeff MacNelly and Doug Marlette. Some of their capers are documented in Doug’s book In Your Face: A Cartoonist at […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has released the following statement regarding the loss of the much loved Tony Auth. Tony Auth?s colleagues and friends in the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists are profoundly saddened by his death. Tony was one of a small handful of that magnificent generation of 1960s and 1970s cartoonists who […]