Canadian cartoonist Ben Wicks, who died in 2000, was one of Canada’s great cartoonists, but was perhaps not the best at archiving and filing his artwork. Recently, two brothers found three bags full of Ben’s cartoons in the garage of a home they had purchased from the Wicks in 1992. The collection of cartoons are […]
Philadelphia Daily News editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has created a stir with supporters of mayoral candidate Chaka Fatta with a recent cartoon. The cartoon is described as: The cartoon satirized Fattah’s criticism of rival Michael Nutter’s “stop, question and frisk” anti-crime proposal, by showing Fattah speaking to two young children whose bodies have large bullet […]
Last month I raised questions on how animation should be weighed in the judging for a Pulitzer Prize. The Birmingham News editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis has written a column opining that animated cartoons shouldn’t even been in allowed into competition. From Editor and Publisher, here are excerpts of his column: “We were led to believe […]
Picture above captured from video on Nick’s blog. I had noticed that Nick Anderson’s editorial cartoons were only in black in white recently, but didn’t know why. Over on his blog, he’s posted a video on how he’s coping with a drawing-hand injury. He mentions that it will be another two weeks before the cast […]
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will be holding an online auction beginning May 10th through the 20th to raise money for their “Cartoons in the Classroom” project. While the bidding doesn’t start until the 10th, you can see the cartoons on the AAEC web site. Cartoonist’s work include: Nick Anderson, Tony Auth, Rex Babin, Clay […]
Christian Science Monitor editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett has won this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for editorial cartooning. He’ll be honored in Washington D.C. on May 23rd.
Robert Ariail, the editorial cartoonist for The State (SC), has won this year’s Green Eyeshade award for editorial cartooning. The award is a a regional (11 state) SPJ award for outstanding journalism. This is Robert’s fifth Green Eyeshade award.
Chicago Sun-Times editorial cartoonist Jack Higgins took top honors for editorial cartooning in the Herman Kogan Media Awards for a series of cartoons he did on the topic of political corruption. The prize is a $1000 scholarship in his name to a school of his choice.
The American Political Science Association has posted downloadable transcripts and articles from a symposium on the current state of editorial cartooning. It’s a treasure trove. Go download and enjoy!Hat tip: Tom Spurgeon
Jonathan Lemon writes in to tell Daily Cartoonists about an interview with KAL, Tom Meyer, Mark Fiore on the topic of The Art of Political Cartooning conducted by the Commonwealth Club. You can listen to it online.
Tony Auth has come under fire for a recent cartoon depicting members of the U.S. Supreme Court wearing a Catholic bishop’s miter. The cartoon is on the topic of the high court’s recent ruling that upheld the ban on partial birth abortions. One such group is Fidelis, a Catholic-based advocacy organization as well as political […]
With all three of the Pulitzer Prize nominees having submitted animated editorial cartoons, I was beginning to wonder if that was the harbinger that ushers in the era of animated editorial cartoons (at least for those who want the “prize”). Signe Wilkinson is the latest to take a swing at animation. You can check it […]
Rob Rogers, AAEC president has posted an update on the AAEC convention schedule in Washington D.C. this year. Here are the events, speakers and sessions that have been lined up so far:As far as scheduled events, a pre-convention fund-raiser is scheduled for July 3rd to raise money for the AAEC. D.C. citizens are invited to […]
AAEC president Rob Rogers has appointed Clay Bennett to a new position called “membership director.” On the AAEC web site, Rob writes that: Clay will be an ombudsman, of sorts, to new and existing members. He will appoint a small membership committee to discuss membership issues and bring those issues to the AAEC board. This […]
Bad Reporter cartoonist Don Asmussen has won the Best of the West award for editorial cartooning. The award is sponsored by First Amendment Funding – an Arizona non-profit group with an aim to promote freedom of information. Also placing second in this award is Dave Horsey of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and third place goes to […]