Daryl Cagle compares and contrasts the ethical rules regarding staff cartoonists in the US vs in Slovakia: Shooty is certainly no fan of Fico, a former communist who clings to his totalitarian roots. In the last election Shooty made a plea for donations on his Facebook page and raised over 60,000 euros for a billboard […]
We’re closing out the year 2010 here soon. The Washington Post has posted their “The Year in Cartoons” featuring Nick Anderson, Pat Bagley, Lisa Benson, Cam Cardow, Danziger, Clay Jones, KAL, Mike Luckovich (4), Jack Ohman (2), Joel Pett, Drew Sheneman, and Scott Stantis.Newsweek usually posts their year end list. If anyone can find the […]
Nothing new is being said, but it’s good to see Editor & Publisher running an article by Rob Tornoe on the future of editorial cartooning. In terms of fodder for their cartoons, Cagle suggests cartoonists look to magazines at the supermarket checkout aisle and outlets like “The Today Show” in addition to hard news and […]
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher has been invited to speak at the TEDx Warwick conference next spring in England. TED stands for Technology, Education and Design and invites thought leaders from around the world to give a 18 minute “talk of their lives” talk. The smaller TEDx events are much smaller and regional with a dozen speakers. […]
Kevin “KAL” Kallugher gave the final address to the “World in 2011 Festival” put on by The Economist. Below is his speech. Visit his blog to see his sketches of the other speakers.
Writing on his blog, Bob Englehart notes he’s hit the 30 year mark as the staff cartoonist of the Hartford Courant. Today marks the first day of the thirty-first year of my tenure at the Hartford Courant. Thirty years ago yesterday, I walked into my office, the dumpiest I’d ever seen. It was small, oblong, […]
Editorial cartoonist Matt Bors has announced on his blog that he’s now the Comics Journalism Editor for Cartoon Movement – a new platform run by the Video Journalism Movement (VJ Movement), an organization “dedicated to the promotion of video journalism and press freedom.”Matt writes that the Cartoon Movement seeks to “publish four editorial cartoons a […]
KPLR in St. Louis is highlighting the career of Mike Peters, editorial cartoonist and creator of Mother Goose and Grimm in their series of those in St. Louis’ Walk of Fame. Mike was inducted in 2002.
After the bomb blasts in Sweden last weekend Slate asks if editorial cartoons are “a big deal” in Muslim countries? Yes. Most state-run and independent newspapers in Muslim countries carry political cartoons. If anything, the art of the political cartoon is more vibrant in those places than it is in Europe and the United States. […]
South African President Jacob Zuma finally made good on his promise to sue Jonathan Shapiro (pen name “Zapiro”), the editor-in-chief and Avusa Media for a cartoon that ran two years ago depicting Zuma about to rape lady justice. The suit was filed back in 2008 but it just now received by the defendants. Zuma states […]
Paul Ackley has been a freelance editorial cartoonist for The Daily Advocate since 1980.
Responding the job losses of Matt Davies, Marshall Ramsey and Drew Sheneman Steve Greenberg writes:.If these AAEC numbers are right, then that?s a loss of 35 positions, or more than a 34 percent drop in 30 months. Polar ice caps aren?t disappearing as quickly. All of the full-time cartoonist positions in Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, […]
The Star-Ledger editorial cartoonist Drew Sheneman has opted to take out a buyout and leave his staff position behind. In an interview with Rob Tornoe, Drew says that leaving now, in his mid-30s, made more sense.So you decided to take a buyout from the Star-Ledger. You survived one round of cuts. Why leave now? It […]
Politico’s Matt Wuerker has won the 2010 Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for editorial cartooning. Earlier this year, Matt was the recipient of the Herblock Prize. Regarding Matt’s work, judges noted that, ?Matt?s drawings blend satire, irony and the right amount of anger to skewer the politically powerful of all persuasions.” Matt wins […]
Argus-Courier freelance editorial cartoonist Steve Rustad has been suspended for allegedly drawing cartoons that appeared in campaign ads opposing Petaluma Mayor Pam Torliatt in the last election. The artwork was unsigned, but readers pointed out the similarities in drawing styles. The Argus-Courier, like The Press Democrat, is owned by the New York Times Co. Both […]