Atlanta Journal Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich was among eight international cartoonists that met on the campus of Emory University for a panel discussion entitled “Art of Controversy: Where to Draw the Line?” The panel included Palestine’s Baha Boukhari, Algeria’s Ali Dilem, New York’s Liza Donnelly, Turkey’s Piyale Madra, Israel’s Michel Kichka and Japan’s No-rio […]
Syndicated editorial cartoonist Matt Bors attended Pacific University’s 25th annual Tom McCall Forum to hear former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton and Democratic Congressman Lee Hamilton (D-IN) debate on foreign policy. He wrote up a column and cartoon that was published in Campus Progress. So imagine my excitement earlier this month when I heard that Bolton […]
Over on the Atlantla Journal-Constitution’s web site, they’ve created a gallery of 12 of Mike Luckovich’s favorite editorial cartoons. Visitors are able to vote on each cartoon. The most popular one is a turkey, with axe in hand, ready to cut off the head of an Atlanta Falcon football player – clearly a favorite local […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has created a catalog of the 98 political cartoons regarding the George W. Bush administration that was on exhibit in Washington D.C. this summer during their 50th Anniversary convention. The exhibit, as well as the book, is entitled “Bush Leaguers, Cartoonists Take On The White House.” The book […]
Daryl Cagle has been keeping track of the number of email subscriptions each of the editorial cartoonists that are featured on his site have. The cartoonists in order of their ranking are as follows:1. Daryl Cagle 2. Pat Bagley 3. Eric Allie 4. Monte Wolverton 5. Matt Bors 6. Andy Singer 7. Brian Fairrington 8. […]
The San Diego Press Club has announced this year’s journalism awards. Of cartooning note is Lucas Turnbloom who took first for editorial cartooning for a daily paper (his “The More Things Change” cartoon ran in the USA Today), and took first and second in the non-daily category. His father, Dean Turnbloom took 3rd in the […]
After 18 years in the North County Times, Mark Thornhill has left the paper for other projects. North County movers and shakers. Some of the local politicians I’ve caricatured on the Opinion page have been good sports and have even called me to request that I send them original artwork of themselves so they could […]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has announced plans to buyout 55-60 employees as part of a cost reduction effort due to sagging ad revenue. The employee buyouts are voluntary. Stuart Carlson, who has been the paper’s editorial cartoonist for 24 years, reports that 22 employees have taken the paper up on its buyout option, but he […]
Just heard from Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey on the results of his election night live blogging efforts. He reports that from 4:42 p.m. to midnight he wrote 46 blog posts with 8 cartoons – “seven sketchier ones and one that ended up being my cartoon for print.” His blog traffic doubled and was the […]
I’ve read on Marshall Ramsey’s blog that he’s going to be live blogging the election today with “commentary, cartoons and caffiene.” Any other editorial cartoonists planning on blogging the election?
Dave Astor has interviewed Clay Bennett about yesterday’s announcement that he was leaving the Christian Science Monitor for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Indeed the pull to return to the south was strong as was the desire to return to a metro paper. “I’ve had a hankering to get back to a metro paper,” said […]
E&P report that Washington Examiner editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler and Chicago cartoonist Eric Allie have been picked up by Cagle Cartoons syndicate. Both cartoonists tend to be right-leaning.
The Chattanooga Times has announced that they are replacing editorial cartoonist Bruce Plante, who left for the Tulsa World position, with Pulitzer Prize winner Clay Bennett who is currently at the Christian Science Monitor. Clay officially begins his duties there on January 1 where he will do four black and white and one color cartoon […]
Editorial Cartoonist Pat Oliphant will have an exhibit entitled “Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture from the Bush Years” at Telfair Museum in Savanna GA from January 31 through April 4, 2008. The exhibit is based on his newly released book by the same title.The Telfair Museum of Art is located at 121 Barnard St. in […]
Last Week Lexington Herald-Leader editorial Joel Pett spent a week in his hometown of Bloomington Indiana visiting Indiana University’s jorunalism program for a week of “Professional-In-Residence.” He spoke/lectured in four journalism classes and in one class explained that the point of an editorial cartoon is not to be funny and why the cartoonist-editor relationship can […]