Yesterday Mike Keefe won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. I wanted to write a round-up of some of the loose ends regarding the Pulitzer selection that wasn’t available when I posted the announcement.From Mike’s editor we have a congratulatory statement accounting Mike’s longevity in the field:“This is fabulous for Mike Keefe,” said Post editor […]
According to a tweet by Gary Varvel earlier this afternoon, he will be honored with this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for editorial cartooning. Gary did a 11-part series highlighting some of the underprivileged living in the Indianapolis area. Here’s how I described it in an earlier post:The series is called “The Path of […]
Just announced – Mike Keefe has won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Mike is the editorial cartoonist for the The Denver Post where he has been since 1975. You can check out his award winning portfolio of work.In honoring Mike, the judges note: His widely ranging cartoons that employ a loose, expressive style […]
Roy J. Harris Jr. writes over at Poynter about the “evaporated” buzz about this year’s top journalism prize. Why has discussion nearly evaporated this year about who will win in the 14 Pulitzer journalism categories? (There are also seven prestigious Pulitzers for arts-and-letters and music, of course.) In addition to a shrinking supply side ? […]
I thought last year’s lack of Pulitzer nominee leaks was amazing – this year it’s downright eery. There doesn’t even seem to be the usual buzz and build up to it this year. Michael Cavna has posted his short list. I agree with most of the list. There has been a lot of outstanding and […]
Here’s another editorial cartooning video gem. PBS did an episode on three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad and his work with the LA Times called Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire. Watch the episode below.
Over at E&P Rob Tornoe writes about Egyptian editorial cartoonist Sherif Arafa and his role in the Egyptian revolution. As Egyptians protested by the thousands in the streets of Cairo in the weeks leading up to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak, the government attempted to respond by cracking down on the media and shutting […]
Found this in the archives of C-SPAN. Jeff MacNelly, Lee Judge and ??? discussing the art of editorial cartooning and the politics of the day (1984) with Brian Lamb.Who’s the guy in the middle? They cut out the intros. His name is briefly mentioned – Bill DeOre?
The upcoming wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is big news and no editorial cartoonist can avoid NOT touching on big news. So how are British editorial cartoonists approaching the topic of the big wedding?[Peter Brookes], who was last week named cartoonist of the year at the British Press Awards, admitted he had no […]
Interesting story out of The Washington Post about a 14 year old Brazilian boy who is a regular fixture in the Sao Paulo Journal doing editorial cartoons. At Folha de Sao Paulo, or the Sao Paulo Journal, tradition holds that politicians exist to be skewered, whether they are the regional bosses in Brazil?s outback or […]
Universal Uclick has announced that it has added Politico’s editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker to their list of syndicated editorial cartoonists. Matt was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 and 2010. He’s also won the Herblock Prize and the Berryman Award. “Matt Wuerker is a standout among the high-profile political cartoonists working today,” said […]
Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher was invited to give a TED Talk at the TEDx Warwick conference at Warwick University in the UK. He choose to speak on “The Magic and Power of Caricature.” His talk is now available. See below:You can keep up with KAL (who usually has several things going on) on his blog.
Mike Thompson has been awarded the Scripps Howard Award for Editorial Cartooning. Mike takes home $10,000 and a trophy. His submission contained traditional editorial cartoons as well as his animation.The Scripps Howard Foundation also announced that Ted Rall and Steve Breen were finalists.
The Denver Post Editorial cartoonist Mike Keefe has been named the winner of the 2011 John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition. Keefe’s winning entry for the most recent competition pokes fun at legislation enacted by Arizona last year, the “broadest and strictest in the nation” to curb illegal immigration, according to The New York Times. The […]
Daryl Cagle is pointing out that the tragedy in Japan is creating three similar visual response: the Japanese rising sun, Godzilla and waves depicted in the Japanese art style. As usual when several cartoonists (in this case from around the world) use the same metaphor – he calls it Yahtzee.