Last week, Chip Bok’s cartoon poking fun at Republicans dealing with how to approach the Judge Sonia Sotomayor nomination to the Supreme Court, created a stir in segments of the Latino community by depicting the Puerto Rican judge as a pinata. Here is around up of some of the national press the cartoon has raised.The […]
We have a launch date set for Monday for the web project(s) that have been consuming my life. I hope to return to normal blogging schedule beginning next week. Until then, blogging will be intermittent. Interviews» Carolyn Davis of the Philadelphia Inquirer interviews their own Signe Wilkinson on her comic strip, The Family Tree. » […]
Collections» Slam Bang #4 vol 3 is now available. The anthology includes the artwork of Adam Wilson, Luisa Russo, Dan Burke, Matjaz Bertoncelj, Allen Freeman, Anton Bogaty, Brian Hagen, Rob Schamberger, Charlene Chua,Clint Basinger, David Branstetter, C. William Cooke, Gerorge Hartman, Jason Nocera, Dan Taylor, Jim Pack, James Stanton, Agata Laguniak, Kirt Dinse, Larry Blake, […]
Roy Peterson’s 47 year career at the Vancouver Sun has ended. He was laid off earlier this week in a cost-cutting move. Roy has seven National Newspaper Awards and has been one of the premiere cartoonists in Canada for decades. He is also a founding member of the the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists and […]
Daryl Cagle, creator of Cagle Cartoons and MSN editorial cartoonist writes a rebuttal to a piece published in the Huffington Post about “Ten Features That Are Dying with your Newspaper” which includes, according to the author, editorial cartooning. Editorial cartoons have never been more popular. With the Web in addition to newspapers, political cartoonists now […]
Animation» The plot for Toy Story 3 is the subject of an A.P. story posted a week or so ago. “Next year’s “Toy Story 3″ has the gang learning they have reached their shelf life as the young boy who owns them grows up and goes off to college.”» Pixar receives lots of positive ink […]
Daryl Cagle, editorial cartoonist for MSNBC and founder of Cagle Cartoons Syndicate has laid out what he believes is the future of syndication. It would seem that the new paradigm is to think of a syndicate like a store. A store in a good location has lots of customers who find the store. A store […]
Draper Hill, the long-time Detroit News cartoonist, and eminent cartoon historian, passed away earlier this week. In addition to his decades of work as a staff cartoonist, he published biographies of Thomas Nast and James Gillray, and was long considered the “institutional memory” of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC).A past president of the […]
Comic Strips» Ziggy inks a greeting card deal with American Greetings» KCChronicle.com picks up Zits.Editorial Cartooning» Jon Stewart remarks that this news comedy show, “The Daily Show” is the equivalent of a 22 minute editorial cartoon. h/t Rob TornoeGraphic Novels» Reviewed: “Modesty Blaise: The Lady Killers” by Peter O’Donnell and Neville Colvin
Jonathan Shapiro (AKA “Zapiro”), the South African cartoonist who has drawn the ire, as well as law suits, from the new president Jacob Zuma, has decided to remove the shower head from atop Zuma’s cranium as a demonstration of optimism. I thought I will take stock of where we are and give the presidency a […]
Cartooning» Benita Epstein is profiled twice this week. Enjoy Magazine talks about her work as a entomologist before becoming a cartoonist. A News Cafe reports her work is adorning the walls of GreenGo’s, a natural organic restaurant in Redding, CA.» The Daily News Miner profiles Dan Darrow. » The Index Journal profiles Mike Beckom.Editorial cartooning» […]
Ed Stein has been named on of the 2009 Aronson Award Winners. The award is given to “journalists who measure business, government and social affairs against clear ideals of the common good.” Ed’s work was recognized for “the graphic sophistication and range of his work in 2008 on the economy, torture and other crucial issues.”h/t: […]
Editorial Cartooning» Maryland resident Kerry G. Johnson is now doing editorial cartoons for the Muskegon Tribune in Michigan. In the past, he has drawn cartoons for the New Pittsburgh Courier and other African-American newspapers.Interviews» Tall Tales Features Radio talks to Speed Bump creator Dave Coverly. Dave is up for Best Cartoonist at this year’s National […]
Editorial Cartooning» Pulitzer Prize Winning editorial cartoonist Walt Handelsman will Address Dean College Graduation tomorrow.Interviews» More Toronto Comics Art Festival interviews: Howard Chackowicz, Valerie Sury, Jason Thompson, Diana Tamblyn,
South African editorial cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (“Zapiro”) won the graphical journalism category of the Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards for his two cartons “Rape of Justice” and “Xenophobia Flag.” The former cartoon depicted the then African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma of preparing to rape lady justice and sparked a law suit against the cartoonist by […]