Some of the most controversial editorial cartoonists will be on hand on July 3rd for the AAEC’s convention kick-off event called Cartoonapalooza: Fireworks in Pen and Ink! The cocktail reception and panel is open to the public ($25) and features: Ted Rall, Universal Press Syndicate Tom Toles, Washington Post Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution Mike […]
Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes, will join up with Bonnie Timmons (illustrator) and Jay Jackson (animator) to headline this year’s ToonFest this September 14 and 15. Glenn and Gary McCoy will be the event’s emcees. Toonfest is a celebration in Walt Disney’s boyhood in Marceline, MO and features the headlining speakers, a kids barnyard olympics, a […]
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) editorial cartoonist Frank Cammuso also has a blog which he’s maintained since March of this year. He is now among the growing number of editorial cartoonists that have one.
Marshall Ramsey, editorial cartoonist for the Clarion-Ledger, will be honored this August with a cancer research golf tournament benefit in his name. Marshall’s involvement with cancer and cancer research data back to 2001 when he was diagnosed with Melanoma Cancer when he was 32 years old. As a cancer survivor, he’s helped organize the annual […]
Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich and Rubin comic panel creator Leigh Rubin have both been honored by ForeWord Magazine’s annual book awards in the category of humor according to EampP;
I’ve been subscribed to Scott Stantis’ RSS feed for a while now, so I was a bit embarrassed when a reader emailed me tell me about his blog and I realized I hadn’t even mentioned it yet. Scott, who is the editorial cartoonist for the Birmingham News has been posting his cartoons via the blog […]
Matt Wuerker, editorial cartoonist for the D.C. rag Politico, writes in to announce that Ann Telnaes’ animated editorial cartoons are now featured in the British newspaper web site – the Guardian. The Guardian is one of England’s flagship newspapers.
Mike Keefe, editorial cartoonist for the Denver Post has won the Freedom of the Press award from the Anti-Defamation Legue’s Mountain States Office for his cartoons about bigotry and separation of church and state.
Despite living in the Chicago area for nearly two decades, Hal Foster’s work, Prince Valiant was never published in the area newspapers, nor any of his art work been displayed in area museums. But one 78 year-old fan has worked to create an exhibit of 50 enlarged and restored reprints that will open Monday at […]
Paul Combs, the former Tampa Tribune editoral cartoonist (now syndicated through TMS) has started a blog on his web site where you can keep up with his many illustrations and cartoons.
I found this blog post interesting in the question that it poses. Is Michael Ramirez Jeff MacNelley’s successor in regards to unmatched artistic ability? Pulitzer-Prize-winning political cartoonist Michael Ramirez is Jeff MacNelly’s brilliant successor in political cartoon artistry. His work is like no one else’s. And here’s the best part: He has the same opinion […]
Mike Keefe is another cartoonist that is openly advocating that animated editorial cartoons should not be judged along side of print editorial cartoonists. In a comment posted on Daryl Cagle’s blog, Mike responds to earlier comments by Scott Stantis I am a great fan of editorial cartoon animation and have tried my hand at it […]
Matt Wuerker, the editorial cartoonist who is shaking things up in D.C. (not his official title), has posted a very cool interactive map of the political blogosphere. If you’re a political junkie – this is a fun way to find more blogs to fill up your day reading more slanted demagoguery.
The 30 editorial cartoons that were auctioned off to raise money for the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists’ Cartoons for the Classroom program has garnered the AAEC an estimated $5,747 based on yesterday’s closing bidding numbers. The largest bid went for a Tom Toles original for $306.00 with 10 bidders. The most active bidding centered […]
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise has dropped the use of upstate New York freelance cartoonist Mark Wilson (aka “Marquil”) after they ran a cartoon critical of New York State’s handling of an armed standoff. Complaints flooded in and the paper caved (link provided goes to a google cached version of the story as the original is […]