Malaysia cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque (AKA Zunar) says he has no intention of obeying the recent declaration by the Maylasian Election Commission banning caricatures from this year’s election.Zunar speaking to the Free Malaysia Today:“Cartoons are legal in Malaysia. Nobody said that cartoons are illegal…Who is the EC to decide whether [political cartoons] are serious or […]
Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) was asked to create a cartoon to celebrate the 175th anniversary of The Baltimore Sun. He’s posted his cartoon on his blog with the comment, “I choose to create something that celebrated the proud tradition of editorial cartooning at The Sun over the decades. I hope the tradition continues for another 100 […]
Just a friendly reminder to anyone interested in participating in The Cartoonist Studio’s latest contest. This first contest (a related second contest launches later this summer) kicks off on Monday the 11th for public viewing, but starting tomorrow entrants can start uploading their cartoons. This contest requires participants to publish two single panel politically themed […]
Ed Stein, who drew editorial cartoons for ever 30 years at the Rocky Mountain News before it closed in 2009, has decided to retire from editorial cartooning. He drew his last cartoon on May 31 (above). For over 10 years he drew a local comic strip called Denver Squares for the Rocky Mountain News and […]
Jen Sorensen created a 4-page comic entitled An Open Letter To The Supreme Court About Health Insurance. Head over to Kaiser Health News to view the whole series.Great cartoon, Jen.
The Birmingham News, the Press-Register in Mobile, and The Huntsville Times are moving to a three-day-a-week-in-print schedule. The Press-Register is home to editorial cartoonist J.D. Crowe.J.D. writes on his blog:Through this blog, Facebook and Twitter, we’re practically mutual online stalkers already. If I’m part of the new configuration, I guarantee you, we’ll be even more […]
Neil Gaiman, author of short stories, comic books, graphic novels, and movies (with a long list of awards to go with those genres), was the commencement speaker at the University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA).In my book, this speech ranks up there with Steve Jobs’ now famous 2005 Stanford University speech. Worth the 20 minutes […]
Last night the National Cartoonists Society gathered in Las Vegas for their annual Reuben Award banquet. The top honor for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year went to MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond. Tom started his career doing caricatures and freelance work for magazines, publishers and advertisers. As a caricaturist, he has been honored by the […]
I’m in Las Vegas attending this year’s National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award Weekend. Festivities kick off today and run through Sunday with the big awards dinner on Saturday night. For up-to-the second play by play of the awards dinner and winners – follow me on Twitter (@dailycartoonist). I intend to post photos and session notes […]
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will be hosting a political cartoon festival in conjunction with their annual convention in September. The Festival is entitled “#!&% CARTOONS!! A Festival Celebrating the Political Cartoon” and runs Sept. 14th & 15th at George Washington University. Special guests of the festival include François Mouly, Bob Staake and Steve Brodner.From […]
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher recently returned from Romania where he participated in “Cartoon Diplomacy” – an exhibit on editorial cartoons and their impact in politics. His tour included the exhibition at the National Museum of Contemporary arts, a media outreach and lectures at schools and universities.From Agence France Presse:Kallaugher’s satirical drawings for The Economist and US […]
Baltimore Sun contributing editorial cartoonist, Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) recently learned one of his cartoons from 1992 had changed a politician’s mind on a city issue of how to handle an adult store in the downtown area that was attracting drug dealing and prostitution. The four panel cartoon depicted then mayor Kurt Schmoke blowing up a […]
Knoxville News Sentinel editorial cartoonist Charlie Daniel, was honored yesterday at a luncheon hosted the by Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy for his “long and illustrious career.” The video below is Senator Howard Baker’s tribute to Charlie for his contributions to the country and the political discourse.
Richard Ades, of The Other Paper, profiles Nate Beeler’s return to his home state of Ohio after taking an editorial cartooning job with the Columbus Dispatch. The article recounts Nate’s entry into cartooning and the papers he’s worked for that got him where he is today.Circumstances aside, however, Beeler says he’s glad to return to […]
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