Charlie Daniel, cartoonist for the Knoxville News Sentinel is celebrating 50 years of editorial cartooning. He was the editorial cartoonist for the Knoxville Journal until it closed in 1992 and then began working for the News Sentinel. He has produced an estimated 15,000 cartoons and four books. As part of the celebration, the newspaper is […]
The New Yorker just can’t seem to catch a break lately when it comes to news about their famed cartoons. Another cartoon has been spotted that is very similar to a Jeff Darcy cartoon (editorial cartoonist for the Plain Dealer) that was published two years ago. The New Yorker carton was done by Paul Noth […]
The Halifax Chronicle-Herald editorial cartoonist, Bruce MacKinnon, published a cartoon back in January depicting presidential hopeful Barack Obama in front of a sign that reads “White House” and thinking, “Well first off, that sign’s gonna have to go.” Now the cartoon is being “hijacked” – used and modified by others to make racial slurs against […]
Rocky Mountain News editorial cartoonist Ed Stein has started a new election season graphic blog that is updated every Friday starting on the 4th of July running through the Democratic National Convention scheduled for Aug. 25-28 in Denver. From his blog: You’ll note that this is a significant departure from my normal work. Every Friday […]
Rob Tornoe reviews the life of Jesse Helms through the eyes of one his arch nemesis, the late editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette. As a cartoonist, when I think of Helms, it may be fitting that I think of an old foe of his who also lost his life a short while ago, Pulitzer Prize winning […]
Clay Bennett added the Ink Bottle Award to his 2008 honors at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention on Saturday.AAEC President Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle and WPWG said a major reason for the Ink Bottle honor was Bennett’s work as AAEC president in 2005-6. During that “tumultuous and eventful” time, recalled Anderson, […]
JG Jones, a former layout man and editorial cartoonist for The Brooklyn Paper, is the steady hand behind the new movie â??Wanted.â? The action movie, starring Angelina Jolie, is based on a graphic novel Jones created with writer Mark Millar.â??I was amazed that it even got made [into a movie],â? Jones said. â??And there I […]
Editorial cartoonist Kal (Kevin Kallaugher) recently returned from a cartoon diplomacy trip to Azerbaijan and notes that the country is trying to find itself in terms of freedom of expression after years of Communist single party rule.An excerpt from Kal’s post:You would expect to find suppression of free thinkers like cartoonists in authoritarian regimes. But […]
» Mike Keefe has won first place in the Best of the West award for journalism. » Jerry Craft, creator of Mama’s Boyz, has illustrated a new children’s book called “Hillary’s Big Business Adventure” for children ages 4-8. » Hong Kong-based cartoonist Larry Feign has had his comic strip Do Not Disturb adapted to stage […]
Daryl Cagle asks an interesting question on his blog regarding the many George Carlin tribute cartoons depicting him, an outspoken atheist, at the Pearly Gates. He asks: Does the cartoonist’s religious view trump the celebrity’s religion in an obituary cartoon? For a Christian cartoonist, who believes that his own religion is the only correct religion, […]
The Record editorial cartoonist Jimmy Margulies has won his second consecutive Clarion Award. The award is given by the The Association for Women in Communications for media companies who represent clear, concise, communication to their audience. Jimmy will receive the award this September in Washington D.C.
The National Cartoonists Society and United Service Organizations are sponsoring a trip for several cartoonists to Washington D.C. and Europe to visit U.S. veterans and injured soldiers at military hospitals. So far the cartoonists include Jeff Keane (Family Circus), Mike Peters (Mother Goose and Grimm, editorial cartoonist), Mike Luchovich (editorial cartoonist), Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before […]
Earlier today, I posted a blurb about New York Post cartoonist Sean Delonas who is being criticized by some for running essentially the same cartoon twice – merely altering the drawing, or redrawing (tracing) it from a previous cartoon of his. Rob Tornoe, who was the first to point out Sean’s re-drawings, now alleges that […]
A Father’s Day cartoon drawn by Milt Priggee has garnered a strong reaction from military folks. The cartoon depicts a dead soldier with what may appear a blown off skull and leg, with a note lying next to him with the words, “We love you Dad.”Reader reactions and Milt’s reactions have been posted on Daryl […]
In what might be best described as Bad Cartoonist fodder, Sean Delonas, editorial cartoonists for the New York Post, is catching flack for drawing two near-identical cartoons that appear to be mirror images of each other. Politicker.com editorial cartoonist Rob Tornoe was the first to call attention to the cartoon, and yesterday Matt Bors leveled […]