The Brevard Art Museum in Melbourne FL will open a large exhibit of original editorial cartoon art this Thursday. Cartoonists Jeff Parker, Ed Hall, Dana Summers and Doug MacGregor will be on during the opening reception. Doug will be the featured speaker for a free cartoon lecture for the afternoon of the opening. In addition […]
» Matt Davies returns home to Westport CT to speak. He calls himself, “the only redheaded, English-accented graduate from Staples High School to win a Pulitzer prize.”» The Washington Times has picked up Charlos Gary – as a new employee. Congrats to Charlos.» Bo Nanas creator John Kovaleski is now a blogger.» Tom Toles talks […]
The L.A. Times caught up with Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro) to talk about his controversial cartoon that ran last Sunday. In the interview, Zapiro is asked what he was trying to say with the cartoon, if he hesitate to publish it (he did) and the reaction from fellow citizens and close friends. When asked what roll […]
A new editorial cartoon exhibit is opening on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas entitled “Drawing Power: Original Editorial Cartoons” next Thursday. The exhibit features over a 100 original cartoon art by 18 different Texas cartoonists. Ben Sargent, Dan Foote, Clyde Peterson, and Bill DeOre will be on hand on the opening reception […]
Jim Borgman shocked the editorial cartooning community when he announced last week that he was taking a buyout and leaving the Cincinnati Enquirer and the editorial cartooning profession. He writes: I don’t know if I’ll miss this precious real estate I’ve enjoyed and the chance to talk about anything on my mind. I do look […]
Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama began using the words from a Tom Toles editorial cartoon that ran last Friday in the Washinton Post. In the cartoon John McCain and Sarah Palin are standing outside the White House and John says, “Watch out Mr. Bush! With the exception of economic policy and energy policy and social […]
African National Congress president Jacob Zuma is lawyering up and is looking into taking cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro) to court over Sunday’s controversial cartoon depicting Zuma ready to engage in a rape of Lady Justice. Zuma and Zapiro have tangled in court before back in 2006 because of three of Zapiros cartoons during a much […]
E&P is reporting that Dwane Powell will stay at The News Observer at least through the elections and perhaps until the end of the year. I reported earlier this summer that Dwane had been asked to drop down to a part-time freelance position with limited restrictions on the topics he could cover. He opted to […]
South African editorial cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, who goes by the pen-name “Zapiro“, has created a growing furor over a cartoon that ran yesterday depicting the members of African National Congress (ANC) of holding down lady justice and telling ruling leader Jacob Zuma to “go for it” as he unbuttons his pants. The Independent Online quotes […]
» As reported yesterday, due to his father’s death, Rob Rogers left the convention early.» Marshall Ramsey live blogged John McCain’s speech. Wasn’t so impressed. Money quote, “OK, had to take a break, the dog just puked on the carpet — although I am 99% certain it isn’t John McCain’s fault. I don’t know Banjo’s […]
Rob Rogers has left the Republican National Convention early to return home to be with his father. His father passed away early this morning after a long battle with cancer. I offer my sincere condolences to Rob and his family for the loss of his dad.
Mr. Media (Bob Andelman) interviewed me yesterday about recent changes in Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse, Jim Borgman’s buyout and rumors of the end of Berkeley Breathed’s Opus.You can play it below, open it in your favorite mp3 player or pop open a new window.
After the Larry Craig fiasco, why the Republicans would want to hold their convention in Minnesota is beyond me. But they are and so some cartoonists are on the ground. » Rob Rogers is in the Twin Cities covering the storm that has the Republican National Convention a buzz – John McCain’s VP pick. He […]
After 32 years with the Cincinnati Enquirer, Jim Borgman is leaving behind editorial cartooning, both for his paper and his syndication work for Universal Press. For the last 12 years, he’s been doing both the editorial cartoons and his comic strip Zits which he co-created with Jerry Scott. The combined workload “adds up to a […]
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that their longtime editorial cartoonist, Jim Borgman, has “applied for, and was granted, severance under the company’s voluntary severance program.” His daily editorial cartoons will continue through the month of September and then he’ll provide a new weekly cartoon feature later this year that will run on the Sunday Community […]