Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, better known as the Malaysian cartoonist Zunar, will hold his first solo exhibit but it won’t be in his native country where he has been arrested and censored by the Malaysian government. His first exhibit will be in London.Mr. Zulkiflee has been detained, has had his office raided and books banned, and […]
A report from the The Herb Block Foundation declares the “golden age of editorial cartooning is dead.”A couple dour quotes from the report: The Golden Age for editorial cartoonists at the nation’s newspapers is over. At the start of the 20th century, there were approximately 2,000 editorial cartoonists employed by newspapers in the United States. […]
Green Bay Press-Gazette editorial cartoonist Joe Heller has wrapped up a special project creating posters depicting players from the Green Bay Packers as superheroes. The posters are posted on the paper’s website for fans to download.In the video above, Joe says that each poster took 6-7 hours due to the amount of line work.
The nomination of Thomas Nast to the New Jersey Hall of Fame as another opponent. Assemblyman Scott Rudder (R) has openly requested the founding father of editorial cartooning to be removed from the list.“Thomas Nast’s depictions of Santa Claus are beloved, but his portrayal of Irish Catholics was deplorable,” Rudder, an Irish-American, said. “Nast’s inclusion […]
Radio Netherlands Worldwide has interviewed Syrian cartoonist Ferzat Ali, whose hands earlier this year were beaten by Syrian Authorities to silence him. He reports that his hands are healing and when they do, he will return to Syria to continue cartooning. He is currently living in Kuwait.Mr Ferzat is busy retraining his fingers. Once he […]
University of Westminster student Ben Jennings won the 2011 Political Cartoon of the Year beating out professional UK editorial cartoonists for the honor given by the Political Cartoon Society. Ben is an undergraduate working toward a BA Honours Illustration degree.On his blog he reports he was “utterly gobsmacked” to receive the award.
A couple of days ago I mentioned that Philadelphia Daily News editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson was taking a vacation and invited several local politicians to take the opporunity to draw cartoons in her spot in the newspaper. One of which was the city’s mayor, Michael Nutter, who has received a bit of attention for his […]
KUOW talks to cartoonist Peter Bagge about libertarianism.Peter Bagge provided what some call the definitive chronicle of young Seattle in the 1990s in his comic series “Hate,” a semi?autobiographical account of young slacker Buddy Bradley. These days he is a regular contributor to Reason, the libertarian magazine.
The Hill reports that editorial cartoonists want Newt Gingrich for president based on his foibles, past and caricaturability.“Since Nixon, [Gingrich is] God’s greatest gift to cartoonists, caricaturists and artists. He is what we look for. What we want is a person who looks exactly like” him, explains Steve Brodner, whose work has appeared in many […]
Editorial cartoonist Patrick O’Connor has announced he’s leaving the LA Weekly. He’s been on their staff since January 2009 after he was laid off from the L.A. Daily News. According to his blog post, his next adventure is crating online animated shorts.
The Economist’s editorial cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher (“KAL”) was featured in Malibu Magazine. Unlike most profile articles that ask quetions like “when did you start cartooning….” this one asks more insightful ones (“Describe your personality in 10 words or less”, “If you were reincarnated, who or what would you like to come back as?”, etc. )Here’s […]
Philadelphia Daily News editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson took an end of year vacation and offered local politicians the opportunity to provide the cartoons while she’s away according to Jim Romenesko.The mayor provided the first cartoon (see it via her Facebook account). Future cartoons will be provided by a state representative, city councilwoman and the acting […]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial cartoonist David Horsey is heading to the L.A. Times. David, a two-time Pulitzer winner, has been working for Hearst newspapers since the Seattle Post-Intelligencer went under in 2009. The Seattle Times reports that David will join the Times’ political team providing both cartoons and commentary similar to what he’s produced for the […]
I posted news earlier about Clay Bennett winning this year’s Lurie Award. I hadn’t seen his winning cartoon before today and thought there had to be a story behind it, so I pinged Clay to see if there was. Sure enough there is. A good example of serendipity mixed with deadline pressure.Here’s what he told […]
The 2011 Lurie UN Award has been announced with Chattanooga Times Free Press’ Clay Bennett taking the top honor (see his cartoon below).Taking second and third are Rick McKee (The Augusta Chronicle) and David Pope (The Canberra Times) respectively. American editorial cartoonist who were given Citations of Excellence included Jimmy Margulies, Robert Ariail, and Ed […]