The surrender and arrest of Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi on charges of sedition has become a big story in many publications here in the US. Aseem was scheduled to be here in the US at The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention to receive The Cartoonist Rights Network International Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award but […]
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, editorial cartoonist for The Economist, attended the Democratic National Convention and posted this video on the changes in presidential caricatures before and after the first term in office.
A recent Gary McCoy editorial cartoon featuring Georgetown Law School graduate Sandra Fluke has sparked outrage among readers. And in characteristic Gary style, he’s confused at the outrage.Here’s the cartoon in question: Daryl Cagle asked him to respond to critics of the cartoon. Gary writes: Why is it that a group of people so adept […]
This year’s Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award winner (awarded by Cartoonists Rights Network International) Aseem Trivedi has agreed to surrender to police sometime in the next couple of days. He has been charged for sedition under a 2005 law that prohibits insulting Indian national symbols and emblems. Last December cartoons created by Aseem were displayed […]
Daryl Cagle is out and about, this time lecturing in Mumbai India:“Cartoons are a great barometer of freedom. If a cartoonist can draw the president, then that’s a free press” said noted American Political cartoonist Daryl Cagle. Daryl, currently the editorial cartoonist at NBC News, was in the city on Friday as part of a […]
CBS News profiled Matt Wuerker about his cartoons for Politico – the beltway newspaper. Wuerker said he has heard from the people he satirizes. He recalled a cartoon attacking Donald Rumsfeld during the Iraq War: “I got an email from a colonel in the Pentagon who said that [Secretary Rumsfeld] had seen the cartoon and […]
The Dallas Morning News has an article by Mike Peters (but not MG&G Mike Peters) about how several cartoonists’ caricatures of President Obama has evolved over the course of his first term: “It’s subconscious, but the way a cartoonist draws a politician does change over time as the cartoonist’s impression of that politician changes,” said […]
Michael Cavna writes that with the upcoming Baltimore Comic-Con, Small Press Expo and the The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists “#!&%!! Cartoons – a Festival Celebrating the Political Cartoon” – the DC area will be a hub of cartooning events in September. The Washington region has perhaps never seen such a cluster of Cartoonus northamericanus. […]
Using Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest Universal Uclick has created three social media channels for specific liberal and conservative political content for the election season. GoComics, a part of Universal Uclick, has developed new Facebook pages and Twitter accounts where fans of these political leanings can receive focused comics that they are apt to share. These […]
PBS videos Rob Rogers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) and Scott Stantis (Chicago Tribune) engaged in a “draw off.”
At least two editorial cartoonists are covering the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL. The local cartoonist at the convention is Andy Marlette of the Pensacola News Journal. Flying in from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is Rob Rogers.From Andy’s coverage: The halls are filled with star-shirted delegates from Texas, camouflaged-capped NRA members, at least one Lincoln […]
Des Moines will honor Jay N. ‘Ding’ Darling – the twice Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist for the Des Moines Register. Ding died 50 years ago and is being remembered for his cartooning as well as his environmental activism. Ding helped form the National Wildlife Foundation and the Wildlife Management Institute.On October 23, a new […]
News from Tom Spurgeon Prominent Association of American Editorial Cartoonists member Matt Bors wrote last night to say that Syrian cartoonist and gallery owner Ali Ferzat will be appearing at that group’s convention in September and delivering their keynote address. That’s big news. All the more reason why this year’s convention is a must-attend.
I reported back in January that former Editor & Publisher senior editor and syndication industry reporter Dave Astor was working on a humorous tell all of his 25 years reporting on the industry with many anecdotes about the columnists and cartoonist he covered. The book Comic (and Column) Confessional was picked up by Xenos Press, […]
Clay Jones, who has been the staff cartoonist for the The Free Lance-Star, has been laid off. His last day with the paper is today.In a blog post to his readers he writes: What’s next for me? I don’t know. I do know my career as a staff cartoonist, something I spent seven years fighting […]