Sacramento Bee’s Rex Babin will be a panelist on a discussion of the now infamous Muhammad cartoon. Other panelists include journalists, lawyers and members of clergy. The event happens on April 24 on the campus of Reynolds School of Journalism. The panel of journalists, lawyers and clergy will discuss the ethics of publishing potentially offensive […]
Buffalo News editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis will be speaking on his profession at the Niagara Universities Castellani Art Museum on Sunday May 7th.
Kevin Kallaugher, a.k.a “KAL” will have a new exhibit at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore MD. The exhibit, called “Mightier than the Sword” will feature more than 200 of his cartoons from the Baltimore Sun and Economist and include caricatures, sculptures and animation. The exhibit runs June 18 through September 3rd. As a great […]
Every year when the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning is announced, there is a small teacup sized tempest the ensues. Earlier protests included the claim that the Pulitzer is awarded to only “liberal” editorial cartoonists and that conservatives need not apply. If you were wondering what the the fuss would be this year – head […]
Earlier this year, Tim Menees – after 30 years with the Post Gazette – was let go as their editorial cartoonist. Sunday, he was given a chance to say good bye. PG readers, like subscribers everywhere, have a love-hate relationship with cartoonists. When I arrived, some said, “You’re no Cy Hungerford!” Luckily for me, most […]
Editor and Publisher has the story that many of the winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prize were tipped off early. Mike Luckovich was told the day before.Mike Luckovich, editorial cartoonist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and winner of his second Pulitzer this week, said he was tipped off on Sunday. “I knew I was going to […]
The annual Locher award for best college editorial cartoonist was announced last weekend by Dick and Mary Locher. This year’s winner goes to William C Warren who attends Wake Forest University. The Lochers:In announcing the award at the end of last week by Dick & Mary Locher had this to say: “The subject matter of […]
When the accolades roll in, they roll in big for Mike Luckovich. Yesterday he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. You can listen to an interviewed by NPR regarding the big win. The AAEC has also posted notice that the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual Sigma Delta Chi Awards were announced and Mike […]
Congratulations to Mike Luckovich for winning the Pulitzer Prize – Again! You can see his submission portfolio online.Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich earned journalism’s top honor Monday, winning a Pulitzer Prize. It was the second Pulitzer for the popular but polarizing cartoonist, whose social and political commentaries regularly provoke sharp reactions from readers. “This […]
The Pulitzer Prizes winners will be announced today at 3:00 EST. I’ll be watching the wires and post the results for the editorial cartooning category as soon as I get them. Be looking also for follow up stories as this award does generate lots of responses – positive and negative.
Editor and Publisher has the scoop on an exhibit of Paul Conrad’s bronze statues. The six-week exhibit runs through May 21, according to the Los Angeles Times, where Conrad was formerly a staff cartoonist. The newspaper noted that Conrad has sculpted figures such as George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy, the Rev. Dr. […]
I tend not to pay attention to international cartooning news, but I thought this one is newsworthy because of its uniqueness. Editorial cartoonists in Iraq are enjoying their new found freedom of expression. With few restrictions on speech now, dozens of newspapers have blossomed in Iraq, and all the major ones seem to run one […]
Jack Ohman, editorial cartoonist for the Oregonian, spoke Wednesday to The Dalles – part of a series of lectures on the campus of Columbia George Community College. And when asked if he thought his art made a difference in politics he had this to say: “Sometimes I go to bed at night feeling that I […]
A couple of weeks, I go I posted a story about the Hamilton College Editorial Cartooning Symposium featuring Tony Auth, Rob Rogers among others. Here now is a follow up story on the event and a bit about what each of the speakers spoke about.Rogers, who followed with slides of his work, said, “I think […]
Daryl Cagle writes on his blog about the “Hannity and Colmesification” of editorial cartooning – where in cartoonists are labelled liberal or conservative despite taking the same position about 90% of the time. It’s an interesting read (scroll down to the April 13 posting).We thought we would try a little experiment. We started labeling our […]