Back in the early years of newspapers, publishers used comics to increase their circulations. If there was ever an example that cartoons could do that again for online newspaper, this would be a good case study. The New York Times reports that for the second straight month, Newsday’s web traffic has ranked into the top […]
David Horsey, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, has a new web site and blog with a discussion forum. After years and years of doing things the old fashioned way with India ink, drawing paper, brush and pens, I am taking the leap into the brave new world of interactive, multi-media journalism. Like Barry Bonds […]
Clay Bennett recently moved to Tennessee to replace Bruce Plante as the Chattanooga Times Free Press editorial cartoonist. A local business magazine conducted an interview with Clay on his motivations changing jobs and the editorial cartooning profession. BTN:What is the value of editorial cartoonists to our media, or better yet, our First Amendment rights in […]
The Christian Science Monitor is planning to fill the editorial cartoonist position vacated by Clay Bennett who left for the Chattanooga Times Free Press earlier this month. The Monitor’s chief editorial writer and editor Clayton Jones told E&P’s Dave Astor that they’ve narrowed their search to about a dozen candidates. Jones says he doesn’t know […]
Florida Today editorial cartoonist Jeff Parker has his own exhibit featuring 74 of his editorial cartoons. The exhibit, entitled “Hitting Below the Sunbelt,” runs through February 3rd in Melbourne Florida. Jeff will be at the exhibit today from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.His paper has a write up on Jeff’s career and mentions that he […]
Detroit Free Press editorial cartoonist Mike Thompson is covering the Michigan Primary by attending the candidate’s rallies. He’s posted a few animated cartoons based on his observations. I particularly enjoyed the McCain rally report.
Last week Free Lance-Star editorial cartoonist Clay Jones made a bet with Seattle Times editorial cartoonist Eric Devericks over the outcome of a Seahawks, Redskin’s game. Clay lost. He had to write a song praising the Seahawks.Song is posted.
Readers of this blog know that I’ve been somewhat reluctant to embrace animated editorial cartooning as the next generation of the profession, but I can’t help but think we’re heading for a tipping point (“the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable”). Over two years ago The Washington Post ran a contest to […]
The National Archives will be hosting a special panel discussing a new exhibit featuring Clifford Berryman (1869-1949), a staff cartoonist at the Washington Post and Washington Evening Star. Invited discussion participants include Pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonists Clay Bennett, Matt Davies, Pat Oliphant, and Ann Telnaes. The panel discussion is scheduled for February 7th and […]
George Zeleski has announced that he’s retiring. He’s 86. He’s been the cartoonist for the Sun Post (San Clement, CA) for the last 20 years. Most of his career was spent in the meat industry, but after retiring he approached the editor of the Sun Post with some of his cartoons and was offered a […]
Ed Fischer, who retired as the editorial cartoonist for the Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN) after 25 years will have an exhibit in his honor at the History Center of Olmsted County. The exhibit will showcase 50 of his favorite cartoons he did while at the Post-Bulletin. Previous to the Post-Bulletin Ed has worked at the Omaha […]
Detroit News editorial cartoonist Henry Payne wrote three op-ed columns in December that were published in major publications in December. Henry, who also writes for the Detroit News as well as cartoons wrote Murder City for the Wall Street Journal, Mandate McCain for the National Review and Dingell Bells for the Weekly Standard. Topics included […]
The Seattle Seahawks beat the Washington Redskins over the weekend which means Free Lance-Star editorial cartoonist Clay Jones will be writing a song about the Seahawks’ greatness and posting it on YouTube. This is all part of a bet wagered between Clay and Eric Devericks, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Times.I’ll link up to the […]
Sun-Times Media Group announced that it is considering laying off as many as 35 of their newsroom staffers within the next month. I contacted Jack Higgins, the paper’s editorial cartoonist, who told me that he has been assured that his position is safe. He also noted that he does almost exclusively local cartoons.
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon has posted an email interview he did with me regarding last years events and the state of newspaper cartooning. Feel free to disagree, ask follow up questions, or add your own in the comment section below. This year saw Gardner’s site deepen its reputation as a must-visit repository of strip and […]