Jose Varela, the freelance editorial cartoonist for the El Nuevo Herald, who stormed The Miami Herald offices last November has pleaded no contest to assault and burglary charges in return for a sentence of two years probation. He was also ordered to take anger control classes, continued psychiatric counseling and make a $500 donation to […]
Daryl Cagle is turning up the heat on the debate of which “best of” book is, well, best. With the recent release of Charles Brooks’ Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year 2007 (BECY), Daryl, who creates the The Best Political Cartoons of the Year 2007 (BPCY), is challenging readers of his blog to count the […]
In a cost-saving move, the Trentonian has suspended its use of freelance editorial cartoonist Rick Cole who was informed that this two-cartoon-a-week contract was being broken. He’s been a contributor to the paper since 2002. In an e-mail that was published on the AAEC web site, he writes, “Freelancing editorial cartoons is certainly something you […]
Jules Feiffer will be honored at this years Writes Guild Awards as he will receive a lifetime achievement award for animation writing. Jules was the editorial cartoonist for the Village Voice, but he is also a playwright, novelist, screen writer and children’s book author and illustrator. His film credits include “Little Murders,” and “Carnal Knowledge.”The […]
Last Friday, E&P senior editor Dave Astor, posted a column in which he regards today’s editorial cartoonists are in a “golden age” yet at the same time in a “sad era” due to the dwindling number of professional cartoonists. The golden age is due to the ability to use color, animation and computer-aid enhancements. He […]
Daryl Cagle, editorial cartoonist for MSN.com, wrote a column on a practice used by the New York Times (and other publications) of removing the cartoonists’ names and publication of record when they reprint the cartoon. Most times they credit the cartoonist and his/her employing newspaper, but the New York Times, at least when dealing with […]
E&P is reporting that the “Cartoonists Take Up Smoking” exhibit has been extended until March 31 of this year. The exhibit is at the National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Austin-American Statesman editorial cartoonist Ben Sargent has been named one of the 10 coolest creative people in Austin Texas by the Austin Monthly magazine this last December.
Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles has an exhibit of his work starting tomorrow at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY. The exhibit runs through March 25. Tom has history in the Buffalo area. He worked for the Buffalo News before moving to the Post. Hat tip to E&P and Comics Reporter.
Over on Jim Borgman’s blog he tackles a difficult topic of when he feels comfortable using minority characters when the editorial cartoon calls for a generic individual. His answer is interesting and he even redraws a few of his cartoons and changes the race of some of the characters so you can see how it […]
In continued celebration of 10 years with the Clarion-Ledger, Marshall Ramsey’s work will be on exhibit from February 17 â?? April 15, 2007 according to his blog and E&P. The exhibit will have original cartoons and Marshall mentions the possibility of a computer so that attendees can blog their experience. Check his blog for location […]
Charles Brubaker writes in to alert me to efforts by Tom Tomorrow to reinstated his This Modern World feature back into the Village Voice. Instead of asking readers to write letters and e-mail to the editor (which Tom claims sometimes hurts the efforts), he created an online petition. At the time of this writing, he’s […]
I’m not sure when the Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award was announced, but on his web site there are the 2006 winners. First place went to Alfredo Sabat for Argentina. Second and third place went to: Jean Planteureux (France) and David Pope (Australia). There were a few Canadian and American cartoonist who received Citations of […]
Editorial cartoonist Justin Bilicki has started a blog. In addition to posting his finished cartoons, Justin also posts his rough sketches.Hat tip: AAEC Web site.
The Palisaidan-Post has written a really good article on Paul Conrad (spurred on by the release of his book, I, Con: The Autobiography of Paul Conrad, Editorial Cartoonist). If you’re an editorial cartoonist, take a moment to read this article about this legend. In this article Paul talks about how he stumbled into editorial cartooning […]