“History Revealed” is a new exhibit in Chicago that will feature the cartoon art of Bill Mauldin and Jules Feiffer. The show opens Friday, October 26 and runs through January 26th 2008 and includes watercolors, original pen and ink, illustrations and a limited edition reprint of Bill’s famous “Weeping Lincoln.” This exhibition will explore subtleties […]
The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette has a new editorial cartoonist. Bruce McAtee’s cartoons will run twice a week for the paper. Bruce is a former executive director of the local YMCA and retired two years ago. His cartoons will be mostly local in nature.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich will have his own exhibit in Atlanta’s finest contemporary gallery, TEW Galleries. His show begins tomorrow and runs through November 6th. This will be Mike’s first exhibit.Creative Loafing has an extensive interview with him about the exhibit, his politics, his italian suits, his blog.
From Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher’s web site comes news that KAL will be speaking at George Washington University on the 19th of this month on the topic of “Iconophobia: Comics, Politics, and the Power of the Image.” The event is open to the public and runs from 7:30-9:00 p.m. KAL is also scheduled to appear at […]
Dave Astor gives some additional details to the news regarding Bruce Plante’s move to the Tulsa World. According the Dave, the Times Free Press, Bruce’s soon to be former employer, will keep the editorial cartooning position open. Send your submissions to cartoonist[AT]timesfreepress[DOT]com. Other tidbits of info include news that Bruce will be doing about 2/3 […]
A Scott Stantis cartoon that was not approved for print was accidently posted on the web last Tuesday angering members of the area black community who argue that the Birmingham News is trying to discredit black leaders. Woods was most disturbed by the editorial cartoons by Scott Stantis that were a commentary on the use […]
Chattanooga Times editorial cartoonist Bruce Plante will be leaving the paper to go to Tulsa Oklahoma to be the new editorial cartoonist at the Tulsa World. Bruce has been with the Chattanooga Times since 1985 and will be replacing the late Doug Marlette who died earlier this year in a car accident.
Jeff Stahler/ Columbus Dispatch/ UFS Used by permissionColumbus Dispatch editorial cartoonist Jeff Stahler has timed the delivery of this editorial cartoon well. It appeared in his paper today and through his syndicate.
Jim Borgman, Dave Coverly and Craig Boldman will all be panelists at the “Books by the Banks” book festival in November. This is a first time event for the festival and the three cartoonists will panel a discussion entitled “So, You Draw Cartoons for a Living.” The festival is on the 3rd of November.
For the second time, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has invited readers to submit editorial cartoons for the vacationing Mike Luckovich. Main themes this year included Larry Craig, resignations in the Bush administration, the war on Iraq and Michael Vick.The cartoons were collected and voted on for the chance to receive an autographed cartoon original by Mike. […]
Online editorial cartoonists duo John Cox and Allen Forkum have decided to end their online cartoons. Allen wrote and John drew the cartoons, but it was Allen who decided that he had to refocus his energies.From their blog: For better or worse, I’ve always had to approach the editorial cartoon work as a “part time” […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) have published a special limited-edition book celebrating the organization and its cartoonists. The book contains: The complete history of the worldâ??s oldest and largest organization for professional editorial cartoonists, from its founding to the rise of the internet. Reports on major speakers, panels, controversies and practical jokes at […]
Jimmy Margulies won this year’s “Party Toons” – an editorial cartoonist contest sponsored by Drew Rougier-Chapman, the producer of Party Toons. Party Toons is a half-hour weekly political show built around editorial cartoons and political comedy.Mike Keefe of the Denver Post took second place, with a three-way tie between Justin Bilicki, Sage Stossel and Karl […]
The Executive Editor of the Telegraph Herald (Dubuque IA), notes that most calls of complaints he gets from opinions on the editorial page is overwhelmingly about the editorial cartoons, but from a historical perspective, editorial cartoons have always been controversial. “Newspaper cartoons that ridicule and vilify rival presidential candidates have been seriously criticized in the […]
Canadian Editorial Cartoonist Peter Whalley, whose career started before World War II when he was 16 has passed away at the age of 86. The Gazette has an excellent article about his life and accomplishments. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Smith whom he married in 1948 and his three daughters.