Editorial cartoonists are known to cover political conventions and other big events, but Las Vegas Sun editorial cartoonist Mike Smith has a different beat. He covers NASCAR. He does the normal five editorial cartoons for the Sun, an additional one for USA Today and then does two NASCAR cartoons for the Sun and the other […]
By now many of you are aware that several former Rocky Mountain News journalists are starting a web-only newspaper called In Denver Times. It’s a subscription only product that will launch May 4th if they can gather 50,000 subscribers by April 23. Ed Stein is one of those involved with this venture. He notes on […]
Today’s edition is the last edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Hearst paper closed after an unsuccessful attempt to find a buyer. The paper will continue online with a bare-bones staff in a format that has been described as a Huffington Post of mainstream media. While a couple of small papers have made the jump […]
Robert Ariail, who has been the editorial cartoonist for The State (Columbia, SC) since 1984, has announced that he is resigning from the paper after his position was reduced to part-time status. The paper laid off 38 individuals last week and cut pay for others. Robert’s last day will be Thursday. The announcement posted today […]
» Ed Stein, isn’t bringing back his long running local comic Denver Square, but as he puts it, he “couldn?t resist doing a couple of sketches, using the characters, to comment on a couple of local stories”» This Thursday, J.C. Duffy’s The Fusco Brothers will announce whether the faithful canine companion is really a dog […]
Ben Sargent finished out his employment with The Austin American-Statesman last Friday. He announced he was taking a buyout a few weeks ago. He has been with the paper since 1974 and brought home a Pulitzer in 1982 and was a finalist in 2000 and 2001.To commemorate his departure, Ben pulled from the archives seven […]
Nominees for the National Cartoonists Society’s 2008 Division Awards have been posted. The winners will be announced during the Reuben Awards dinner on Memorial Day weekend.TELEVISION ANIMATION Bryan Arnett – Character Design – “The Mighty B!” – Nickelodeon Ben Balistreri – Character Design – “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” – Cartoon Network Sandra Equihua and […]
Several journalism associations have cancelled their annual conventions, but The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists President Ted Rall says that the AAEC will forge ahead with their plans to meet in Seattle despite the possible loss of the sponsoring paper, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “There has never been a more important time to come together and […]
Tomorrow is the deadline set by The Hearst Corporation to have a buyer for their Seattle Post-Intelligencer or they’ll shut down the newspaper. Last week, news leaked that some 20 or so employees were offered a provisional contract to stay on in a web-only version of the newspaper indicating that perhaps the company will try […]
Jason Ankeny writes over on the Fierce Mobile Content blog that he believes that the comics future is best served on the mobile platform like Amazon’s Kindle and Apple’s iPhone. Unlike webcomics which has “proven a mixed bag both creatively and commercially,” both platforms support a revenue model of readers purchasing the e-book (or app) […]
Daryl Cagle has posted news on his blog that Bill Schorr has decided to stop drawing editorial cartoons. United Media’s website only states that the decision was made for “personal reasons.” They syndicate is offering Bill Day as a substitute. The announcement was made yesterday and the last published cartoon by Bill appears to have […]
Ted Rall’s latest column bemoans the bland and tepid state of editorial cartooning in American right now and lays the blame on editors who “promote hack work over quality.” The state of political cartooning in 2009 mirrors that of radio in the late ’70s. Music was awesome, but the good stuff wasn’t on the radio. […]
» Ed Power and Melissa DeJesus, the co-creators of My Cage have teamed up again to produce a comic called Dracula vs Santa. The are using the comic in this month’s Zuda Comics webcomic competition. » C.F. Payne will be giving a presentation on the topic of the Orphan Works bill at this year’s Lakeland […]
Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich is adding his cartooning efforts to an advertising campaign to promote the future of print newspapers. The campaign is called The Newspaper Project spearheaded by a group of newspaper executives who “acknowledge the serious challenges facing the newspaper industry in today?s rapidly changing media world, [but] reject the notion […]
I emailed Etta Hulme’s son, Charlie, for an update on Etta’s health and received an email explaining that she’s recovering from both back surgery and a heart attack and doing well. Sounds like she is indeed doing better given the circumstances. Now if we can only get someone to sneak in a burrito and beer!Here […]