Ted Rall, who contemplated suing conservative columnist/author Ann Coulter for libel after she suggested (jokingly or otherwise) that Ted had entered the Iranian Holocaust cartooning contest, has decided against launching the suit on the grounds that it would be expensive and the verdict unclear.From his blog: One needs to have two things on one’s side […]
With this year coming to a rapid close, I don’t anticipate any major changes or announcements coming from the syndicates or newspapers, so I dug into the archives of the Daily Cartoonist to pull out some of the highlights of the year. The syndicates launched 13 new features this year. King Features gets the prize […]
Beginning January 1, Jim Borgman’s editorial cartoons will be syndicated through Universal Press. His cartoon had been syndicated through King Features where he had a client list of about 200 newspapers.
Tom Toles has posted two cartoons today – one finished one that was published and one sketch drawing that didn’t get used. Readers are asked which one is funnier/newsworthy/original.Link hat tip to Mike Lynch!CORRECTION: As indicated by Nick Anderson in the comment section. This is not a new feature for Toles who has been doing […]
Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist at The Indianapolis Star, has posted the results of his first time up to bat doing an animated editorial cartoon. The animation is entitled “Gary Varvel’s D.C. Christmas” and runs just shy of 3 minutes.Check it out here.
Rob Rogers, the new AAEC president has announced on the associations web site that this year’s AAEC convention will be in Washington D.C. to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the organization’s existence. Says Rob: We chose D.C. because that’s where the AAEC’s first convention was held and it seemed like a great bookend for […]
Time Magazine has posted there choices for Cartoons of the Year. Cartoonists included in the selection, John Sherffius, Chip Bok, Mike Thompson (included twice), Steve Kelly, Marshall Ramsey, Gary Markstein, Steve Breen, Chris Britt, and Walt Handelsman.
Ann Telnaes is self-publishing a collection of her cartoons on the topic of Dick Cheney. The book, entitled “Dick,” is 108 pages and can be purchased through Lulu.com.From E&P: Timing was one reason Telnaes self-published “Dick” via the Cartoonist Group, which compiled and formatted the book. “Cheney’s activities have inspired a lot of my cartoons […]
Editorial and comic panel cartoonist, Jeff Stahler, receives a mention in the Columbus Dispatch for his work on his comic panel, Moderately Confused.Says Jeff: “I’m used to observing the front pages of the news and commenting with a cartoon for the Columbus Dispatch editorial pages,” said Stahler, who doubles as an editorial cartoonist. “But every […]
Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley will be at Sam Weller’s Bookstore in downtown Salt Lake City to sign his latest book Clueless George Takes on Liberals!.
Brian Fairrington, syndicated editorial cartoonist with Cagle Cartoons, is designing the new look for “Artie the Artichoke” – the school mascot for Scottsdale Community College. You can see Brian’s work on the voting page where students vote for their favorite. Fairrington said he enjoyed working on the project. But the cartoonist said it’s challenging to […]
Nate Beeler, editorial cartoonist for The Examiner in DC, began blogging in November. His blog posts contain his cartoons with commentary about it.
Over on the AAEC web site are the deadlines and information to enter the 10 annual major editorial cartooning contests. The list includes: National Headliner Awards Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award The Thomas Nast Award Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards The Herblock Prize The Pulitzer Prize Sigma Delta Chi Award For students: Mark of […]
According to the AAEC web site, Jeff Darcy, editorial cartoonist for the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio, will resume his duties at the paper sometime in 2007 after suffering a stroke in early November of this year. He quips: “This means that from now on I can only draw cartoons on the right,” he quipped […]
Newsweek magazine (at least its online edition) is looking at the evolution of editorial cartooning from print to animation. Interviewees include Walt Handelsman, Ted Rall, and of course the pioneering Mark Fiore. Newsday’s Walt Handelsman isn’t as grim about print. But the Pulitzer Prize winner is online now, tooâ??a year ago he taught himself Flash […]