The AAEC has posted a call for submissions for editorial cartoons to be published this fall in two campaign trail collections entitled “ROAD TO DENVER: The Race for the 2008 Democratic Nomination” and “ROAD TO MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL: The Race for the 2008 Republican Nomination.” The books will be published by Pelican Publishing in August. A […]
Blaming it on the February blahs, Cincinnati Enquirer’s Jim Borgman asks a series of questions regarding the state of editorial cartooning. He asks: Isn’t this profession due for a makeover? The last Renaissance was more than forty years ago when Oliphant came to the states (with Rigby, Low and Searle in his suitcase) and reinvented […]
Jimmy Margulies writes in to tell us that he and editorial cartoonists Matt Davies, M.E. Cohen and Adam Zyglis have been invited to speak at Columbia University by the Columbia Political Union. The union is a non-partisan organization to promote involvement in the political process and previous speakers have included Governor Howard Dean, Senator Orrin […]
The Christian Science Monitor is placing a heavy emphasis on hiring an editorial cartoonist with animation experience, according to Dave Astor of E&P. The paper says that animations “keep the attention of younger people, who are more oriented” and that the cartoonist can either create the animation solo or work with more computer savvy people […]
John Cole sent me a link an online reprint of King Feature’s 1949 catalogue of features. The catalogue contains the 53 cartoonist who were being syndicated right after WWII. Very interesting to see the dominate cartooning styles of that era.A 1952 original ‘Peanuts’ Comic recently was auctioned for $31,640Over in Kentucky, a lawmaker has introduced […]
Pam Platt, public editor of The Courier-Journal, has written an interesting column regarding how editorial cartoonists are dealing with race and gender with the Democratic presidential campaign. She email-interviewed eight cartoonists for their response. David Brown, The Los Angeles Sentinel: “My approach to drawing Clinton and Obama is no different than any other personality. How […]
Several editorial cartoonists will be featured in a new exhibit at the Art Institute of Seattle’s Burnley Gallery. The exhibit entitled “LEFT, RIGHT, & WRONG: Celebrating the Art of Editorial Cartooning” will feature several cartoonists including: David Horsey, Pat Moriarity, Peter Bagge, Donna Barr, Lew Andrus, Dan McConnell, George Jartos and others. The show opens […]
While the “best of” editorial cartooning collections elicit a yearly debate on their true “best of” status, Pelican Publishing is releasing a new book entitled “Prize Winning Editorial Cartoons” edited by Dean Turnbloom. The book does not set out to be a “best of” book but a collection of the award winning editorial cartoons from […]
Regulars here have often read Wiley Miller assert that no other portion of the newspaper is selected by reader polls and so why should comic strips. Well, the TCPalm.com news site (a news compilation site for The News, The Tribune, the Press Journal, the Jupiter Courier, and the Sebastian Sun) allows readers a daily vote […]
Joe Heller, editorial cartoonist for the The Press-Gazette in Green Bay Wisconsin, has posted a Green Bay Packer season wrap-up video to the tune of “This old man.” The slideshow consists of 18 cartoons that he drew in a period of 10 days. The song is sung by his daughter Chelsea.
The March issue of MAD magazine (out February 19) will feature 10 Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist who have cooperated in creating a two page spread entitled “Why George W. Bush Is in Favor of Global Warming.” Participating editorial cartoonists include: Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Steve Breen, San Diego Union-Tribune, Matt Davies, Journal News, […]
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Haunani Apoliona is taking issue with a recent cartoon published in The Hawaii Reporter poking fun at their Kau Inoa campaign to find Hawaiians willing to participate in a tribal government. The cartoon, which can be seen here, pokes fun at the campaign calling it “Cow Inoa.” Apoliona calls it […]
There are quite a few exhibits opening or getting press coverage. Here they are in no particular order.Pat Oliphant’s “Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture During the Bush Years” exhibit (I’ve blogged about it before) opens this Friday in Savanna Georgia. Pat will be on hand for the opening night.For those in the New Orleans area, […]
Jeff Danziger, whose editorial cartoons is syndicated through the New York Times Syndicate, has posted a video on YouTube discussing the current state of editorial cartooning. I also see that he has a blog.Via Mike Lynch
J.D. Crowe just sent me this funny exchange. It’s also over on this blog. Before a recent meeting with Press-Register reporters and editors, Gov. Bob Riley told cartoonist J.D. Crowe that his book, “Smell the Love,” was the most popular thing in the Governor’s Mansion. It even ended up in one of the mansion’s bathrooms, […]