Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis has ended a 14 year run as a regular contributor to USA Today. Scott writes on his blog: It feels odd to think that something I had been doing for close to a decade-and-a-half has come to an end. I am grateful to USA Today for the wonderful opportunity […]
A recent editorial cartoon by Brian Fairrington elicited a response from the National Organization of Women for a depiction of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan wearing buttons displaying “Never Married,” “No Kids,” “Boys are icky!” and “Kill Baby Kill.” The feminist organization felt that the cartoon played into speculations regarding Kagan’s sexual orientation.The write: Lesbian-baiting […]
MSNBC.com editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle (and owner of the Cagle Cartoons newspaper syndicate), has launched “Oil Spill Cartoons,” a new cartoon application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that collects all the cartoons being drawn about the BP Oil Spill. “Oil Spill Cartoons” enables users to see a new feed of cartoons about the BP […]
The Plain Dealer’s Ted Diadiun offers readers reasons why a Jeff Darcy cartoon – whether you agree or disagree with the cartoon – is effective. Recently, The Plain Dealer published four opinion pieces — two columns, an editorial and an editorial cartoon — about Israel’s confrontation with a ship trying to run its blockade of […]
Quick congratulations to Canadian editorial cartoonist Brian Gable (The Globe and Mail) for winning this year’s National Newspaper Award. Runners up included Malcolm Mayes (Edmonton Journal), and Terry Mosher (AKA “Aislin”) (the Gazette, Montreal).
Investor’s Business Daily’s editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez will be a guest lecturer at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on June 14. Michael’s lecture is entitled “Editorial Cartooning, Journalism and a Citizen’s Responsibility in a New World Order.” He will also be signing his latest book “Everyone Has the Right to My Opinion.” Both events are […]
Editorial cartoonists Clay Bennett (Chattanooga Times Free Press), Bill Day (United Features Syndicate) and Chan Lowe (The South Florida Sun-Sentinel) were named finalists in the the 60th annual Green Eyeshade Awards – a regional journalism competition in 11 southern states. The winner in this category will be named later this summer.
The Sun Sentinel’s Chan Lowe was honored in two of this year’s Society of Professional Journalists’ South Florida chapter categories. Chan won first place in the editorial cartooning category and second place in the blogging category for affiliated blogs. Regarding his cartooning, the judges wrote, “Chan’s cartoons were like a seasoned prize fighter. They hit […]
Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher interviewed Apple, Inc. CEO Steve Jobs during the All Things Digital D8 Conference. A live blog transcript published on Engadget caused a stir when within the transcript it was unclear whether Jobs had called Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Fiore a liar and trying to get his 15 minutes of fame […]
Foxnews is reporting that famed Danish Mohammad cartoonist Kurt Westergaard is retiring. Westergaard says he hopes his retirement might help “lower the terror threat” against the Jyllands-Posten newspaper where he has been working for the past 27 years.
Pakistan has re-opened access to Facebook, but only after Facebook assured the Pakistani government that the offending material has been removed. “In response to our protest, Facebook has tendered their apology and informed us that all the sacrilegious material has been removed from the URL,” said Najibullah Malik, secretary of Pakistan’s information technology ministry, referring […]
Earlier in the month, Daryl Cagle posted news that Slovakian cartoonist Martin “Shooty” Sutovec was being sued by Prime Minister Robert Fico for the sum of EUR33,000 (US$43,000) and an apology after a Shooty political cartoon was published that depicted the PM without a backbone.According to Chorlter.com, Shooty has raised $85,000 from thousands of contributers […]
Hat tip to Mike Lynch for finding this tribute video to Mike Luckovich created to commemorate his winning of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation’s 2010 Weltner Award.
Based on the content, this was probably first broadcast soon after Mark Fiore won the Pulitzer.
The 19 Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists who signed a statement condemning the alleged threats against South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have opened up the petition to others to sign as a show of support. Those wanting to sign the statement can go over to Cartoonists Rights Network International website and post […]