E&P has the latest traditional “how we’ll draw the president” article that runs every election cycle. Mark Fitzgerald interviews or quotes: Chuck Asay, Nick Anderson, Scott Stantis, Mike Luckovich, Mike Peters, and Rick McKee.
Time Magazine has posted their top 10 editorial cartoons for the year. Gary Varvel of the The Indianapolis Star took two of the slots. Heng Kim Song of Singapore and Matthew Diffee, a frequent New Yorker cartoonist, were two non-American-newspaper staff cartoonists to be so honored. Other cartoonists named in this years top 10 include: […]
Brian Duffy, who was laid off from the Des Moines Register last week, took up an offer from a publisher of an alt-weekly paper to do a full page cartoon without restrictions according to politicker.com cartoonist Rob Tornoe.The cartoon appeared in today’s CityView and depicts Brian walking into the sunset thinking “Sunset, no a new […]
» A list of upcoming professional journalism awards deadlines for editorial cartoonists has been compiled and posted on the AAEC’s web site for those vying for a major award. » Michael Cavna has interviewed Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell about this week’s Obama puppy vetting story-line. » One of the Tunisians that allegedly plotted to kill […]
© Steve BreenA recent cartoon depicting California’s teachers unions as pirates by Steve Breen of the San Diego Union-Tribune, got him uninvited to speak to students at Sunset View Elementary. Hot Air blog writer, Ed Morrissey questions what that teaches the students who were expecting to hear from Breen about his job as an editorial […]
Former Des Moines Register editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy was escorted out of the newspaper’s building after learning that his job was being eliminated in a cost cutting (slashing?) move by the paper’s parent company Gannett. He was not allowed to return to his office to collect his personal belongings, he says in an interview with […]
Ted Rall, this year’s president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, has written a bullish account of why he thinks that most of those in the editorial cartooning business will survive and that the art form will survive. Just as no two cartooning careers have ever been the same, each of us must find […]
» Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles will be playing with his band “Suspicious Package” next Monday and Tuesday. The band plays mostly rock covers.» Atlanta Journal Constitution cartoonist Mike Luckovich was interviewed by Huffington Post and again laments that cartooning the Obama presidency might be tough if he ends up liking the guy. Funny, […]
An Associated Press article on Seattle Times cartoonist Eric Devericks indicates that Eric has an exit plan lined up when he leaves his job as the Times’ editorial cartoonist December 12. According to the article, after the near-miss layoff in April, Eric started an apparel company with a few friends to make clothing for the […]
I finally have a second source confirming an earlier Editor and Publisher article that mentioned that editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy has been laid off from the Des Moines Register. It’s unclear whether he took a buyout or was let go. The Register has had a strong tradition of editorial cartooning that include two time Pulitzer […]
Ed Hall, who I reported last week as losing one of his client newspapers due to a cartoon that criticized the local school district, has lost St. Augustine Record permanently as a client (before the relationship was “temporarily” suspended). Ed reports on his blog that the paper ran a semi-apologetic letter to sooth the locals […]
A recent editorial cartoon by Theo Moudakis, cartoonist for the Toronto Star, has created stir from those whose livelihoods (one in seven Canadians) are tied directly or indirectly on the “Big Three” automobile manufactures in Detroit. The cartoon depicts a couple doing holiday shopping under a banner labeled, “cheap crappy toys” and the wife asking […]
I was sent an email pointing me to an op-ed piece in The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) that apologized for an editorial cartoon that ran in their paper “depicting domestic auto companies’ logos on a turkey.” The publisher felt that it made light of a serious topic. Furthermore he announced that cartoons appearing in the […]
Ed Hall, a Florida editorial cartoonist, has “temporarily” lost a client newspaper after a local cartoon criticized an area school district’s spending. The cartoon appeared in the St. Augustine Record depicting a large, overweight school administer listing the items they were cutting such as art, music, athletics and then goes on to say, “so we’re […]
Here are a few of the interviews that took place last week: » Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Warren Brown talks to formed Cincinnati Enquirer editorial cartoonist Jim Borgman. Look for the link to the right for the video piece that goes with this interview.» Mr. Media (AKA Bob Andleman) talks with Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell. » […]