Last week the State Department issued a travel warning telling Americans not to go to Afghanistan stating: No part of Afghanistan should be considered immune from violence, and the potential exists throughout the country for hostile acts, either targeted or random, against American and other Western nationals at any time. Remnants of the former Taliban […]
Part of the Omaha World-Herald 125th year commemoration, editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba writes about his work in the paper and about his daily process. I start my day by reading the Omaha World-Herald and other newspapers. I also check other sources — TV, radio — but it really takes a newspaper’s content to give me […]
A sizable milestone has been passed by Heritage Auction. The Texas auction house has recently sold over $150 million in comic related properties. Established in 1976, it began its comics category in 2001 and holds several Guinness World Records for comic related auctions. The highest includes $5.2 million for the Nicolas Cage comic book collection […]
Twenty-nine South African editorial cartoonist have signed a declaration protesting all political and religiously motivated threats against the media. The government intends to create a Protection of Information Bill and Media Tribunal which many feel will restrict free speech in that country. Cartoonists who have signed the petition include: Andy (Sunday Times), Brandan (Business Day, […]
The internet is abuzz about JetBlue attendant Steven Slater who allegedly (depending on the news source) got on the plane’s PA, yelled some obsentities, grabbed two beers on as he exited the taxied plane via it’s emergency inflatable slide. Some are calling it the best “take this job and shove it” exit in history. The […]
A Herblock traveling exhibit will be opening in Evansville Indiana tomorrow. The 20 panel exhibit entitled, “Higher Education in Mississippi” focuses on the civil rights struggles in the US in the 1960s.The exhibition will remain up through Oct. 2 in the museum at 579 S. Garvin St. The Evansville African American Museum is open from […]
Michael Cavna writes about the value of the hometown cartoonist. Whether you are Portland mourning John Callahan in recent days, or Cleveland missing Harvey Pekar far more than LeBron James in recent weeks, the regional embrace of these two nationally famed cartoonists reminds how much having a cartoonist who has deep local roots and visibility […]
Get Your War On clip-art cartoonist David Rees has launched a new venture: sharpening pencils. From The National Post: The business plan is simple: just send him a No. 2 pencil in need of a good sharpening, and for the low, low price of $12.50 he?ll sharpen it, mail it back to you, and include […]
Former The State editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail has joined with the The Spartanburg Herald-Journal to do local editorial cartoons.From GoUpState.com, Ariail says, “Of course, South Carolina is a gold mine for cartooning. It’s one of the reasons I didn’t want to leave the state, and a reason I’m so excited about working with the Herald-Journal. […]
San Diego Union-Tribune editorial cartoonist Steve Breen wanted to create a series of cartoons on the topic of the BP gulf oil spill. To take the art to a higher level, The cartoonist contacted two AP reporters in the Gulf, Brian Skoloff and Cain Burdeau, and asked them to direct him to a location where […]
I received an email from Dean Turnbloom explaining that he was sending me his 2008 and 2010 editorial cartooning collections for comparison. I’ve seen, even collected some of the other best of books – do I really need another? Dean’s books are entitled, “Prizewinning Political Cartoons” and as the title suggests these are the national […]
Perhaps a bit too soon to know if there will be a dust-up, but Robert Ariail posted a cartoon on his website last Tuesday depicting South Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley wearing a burqa. The first frame reads, ?Nikki Haley: What She Promises.? The picture shows Haley dressed as a beauty queen with the […]
Worth noting. The News-Press (Fort Myers, FL) editorial cartoonist Doug MacGregor donated his kidney to a friend five years ago so his friend could live to see his kids graduate from high school. First child graduated a few weeks ago. “It was a proud moment,” Doug said. “One of the greatest days for parents is […]
Canadian cartoonist (and architect) Shahid Mahmood was barred from flying on Air Canada because his name was a no-fly list back in 2004. Mahmood sued the airline fearing that after 9/11 his cartoons mocking the US administration and teenage years lived in Pakistan was enough to get him profiled. According to The Toronto Star, Mahmood […]
Former Rocky Mountain News editorial cartoonist Ed Stein is launching a new comic strip through United Media on September 20. The new strip, entitled Freshly Squeezed, is a close spin-off from Denver Square, the local daily comic strip that Ed produced for the Rocky Mountain News for 11 years ending in 2008. The new strip […]