Bil Schorr was honored with this year’s NCS Division award in the category of Editorial Cartoons.“I’d like to thank Mike Ramirez for leaving one award for the rest of us,” Bill joked as he received the award.
Today marks Scott Stantis’ 30 year mark from the first time one of his editorial cartoons was published. His first editorial cartoon was published in the San Pedro News-Pilot in 1978 for $10. I had actually sold the cartoon 10 days before but, for some reason, the editor held it. I was going out to […]
We can all decrement the count of staff cartoonists in the U.S. by one more as of yesterday. David Catrow has announced that he is leaving the Springfield News-Sun after 25 years as their editorial cartoonist to spend more time on illustrating children’s books and developing animated films. “It’s bittersweet,” Catrow, 55, said. “I really […]
Andy Marlette, the nephew of Kudzu creator and editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette who died last summer in an automobile accident, recently spoke at Columbia College Chicago department of journalism’s John Fischetti Award ceremony about the legacy left behind by his uncle. A text transcript of his speech has been printed in TheSequitur.com. And now to […]
I’ve just been informed that Jake Fuller, editorial cartoonist for the Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, FL) has been laid off. Jake has been with the paper since 1992 and their full-time cartoonist since 1997. More details to come as they become available.
The Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has been awarded this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for editorial cartooning. Regarding her cartoon, judges wrote her cartoons were instrumental in moving the issue of violence in disadvantaged neighborhoods and schools to the top of the city’s agenda. Her cartoons offer a “steady drumbeat […]
After 31 years of service, MetroWest Daily News editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund was laid off yesterday due to the paper’s cost-cutting measures. He tells Jessica Heslam, of the Boston Herald: “I was let go because of the money aspect of it,” Granlund told me. “This came out of left field. This was unexpected.” Until today, […]
Daryl Cagle is in China as part of a US State Department cultural exchange program. Yesterday he met with university students and Chinese cartoonists. He’s posted a revealing exchange on his blog about the student’s views on censorship and the roll of cartooning. Q: Do your cartoons hurt your personal relationships with the politicians you […]
© Nick Anderson. Used by permissionNick Anderson, Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist, has written a blog post on the personal impact of the Orphan Works Act on artists if it is passed. And written from the artist’s perspective: “Why does this matter to me? Creative control and ownership: No one can use or change my work […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has released more information about the speaker line up and schedule of their upcoming convention in San Antonio this June. Sessions include a discussion regarding the obituary cartoon, immigration, reader feedback, how contest judges view cartoons, and LBJ’s interest of editorial cartooning. Guest speakers include David Ignatius, columnist and […]
Politico editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker has written a review of Pat Oliphant’s traveling exhibit entitled “Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture From the Bush Years.” When you walk into the exhibit, you’re first struck by two giant charcoal caricatures, one of the late President Ronald Reagan as a cowboy and the other of former President George […]
Serge Chapleau, editorial cartoonist for the La Presse, has been awarded his sixth National Newspaper Award for editorial cartooning. You can see his work at his paper’s web site.
Eric Devericks, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Times, has posted his first animated editorial cartoon. His premiere animation features Hillary Clinton as the Black Knight of Monty Python’s Holy Grail movie.
The third annual “Science Idol: The Scientific Integrity Editorial Cartoon Contest” is now taking submissions. The annual contest seeks to educated people of alleged interferences of government censoring, suppressing, or altering scientific documents.Judging this year’s competition include: Speed Bump creator Dave Coverly, Kevin Kallaugher of The Economist, Non-Sequitur creator Wiley Miller, Mike Keefe of the […]
A Nova Scotia Islamic group is claiming that an editorial cartoon by Chronicle Herald cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon is a hate crime. The cartoon that was published on April 18 depicts a woman in a burka holding a sign that reads, “I want millions” while saying, “I can put it towards my husband’s next training camp.” […]