AAEC President Rob Rogers has scrapped the presidential campaign exhibit idea for this year’s 50th anniversary of the AAEC during their Washington D.C. convention. Instead, the exhibit will focus on the current presidential administration. Like Bill Clinton, I may have tried to do too much in my first 100 days as president (Ok, to be […]
For those outside of Utah, the name Pat Bagley probably won’t mean much, but for us in Utah, Pat is THE big name in cartooning. For 27 years he’s been the editorial cartoonist at the Salt Lake Tribune and is either loved or reviled by politicians and other headliners. Last night the local news profiled […]
While visiting the Buckeye state, I was able to visit the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library in Columbus Ohio. Thanks to Craig Boldman who helped set things up, Jenny Robb, the library’s Associate Curator and Professor (what a cool job!) gave me a tour of the library and showed me their extensive collection. During […]
The National Cartoonist Society has announced the nominees for the various awards that will be given out during the Reuben weekend May 27th in Orlando this year. Here is the breakdown on who’s up for what: Cartoonist of the Year Bill Amend Dave Coverly Dan Piraro Feature Animation Peter De Seve, Character Design (Fox) “Ice […]
A congratulations are in order for Phil Hands who has won the 2006 Wisconsin Excellence in Journalism award for best single editorial cartoon. Phil is at the Wisconsin State Journal. Placing second in that contest is Joe Heller who cartoons at the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
AAEC President Rob Rogers has put out a call for the best editorial cartoons for each presidential election since 1960 for an exhibit at American University’s Katzen Art Center entitled, “Running Out of Ink: 50 Years of Campaign Cartoons.” The exhibit will feature 80 framed original cartoons. Rob is asking fellow editorial cartoonists to send […]
To mark the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War, Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has posted most of his editorial cartoons that he’s drawn on the topic since 2002. A quick count put the total number of cartons at about 70 – some I recognized from his portfolio that won him his Pulitzer.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers will moderate a illustrated panel presentation called “There’s Nothing Funny About War: Editorial Cartoonists Take Aim” on March 28th. The panel will include Ted Rall, Scott Stantis, and Signe Wilkinson. The event is free, but you must reserve your tickets.
In a letter to NCS president Rick Stromoski, Carmella LaSpada, the director The Commission on Remembrance, is asking that comic strip and editorial cartoonist to mention Memorial Day in their artwork – specifically on Memorial Day. The commission is a Congressionally created organization tasked to “encourage Americans to honor those who died for our freedoms […]
Last year in February, Tom Toles received a rare and public letter signed by six Joint Chiefs of staff members criticizing him for a cartoon that he did depicting a multiple amputee soldier and a callous Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. With the latest flap over General Peter Pace’s recent comments calling homosexuality immoral, Tom […]
This week is the annual Sunshine Week. Each year the American Society of Newspaper Editors sponsors a campaign to draw attention to the importance of a free and open government and information. And each year, many editorial cartoonists participate by drawing Sunshine Week cartoons or submitted their cartoons on the topic of secrecy. Over at […]
From the AAEC web site comes sad news that the Greenville News (Greenville SC) has eliminated Roger Harvell’s job as a staff editorial cartoonist and has said that there is no funding for the position in the future. The Greenville News has a circulation of 112,000.
Mike Rhode, over at the ComicsDC blog noticed an article in the Washington Post about a cartoon by William Woodward Jr. that recently re-ran (the cartoon was originally published in 2002 and has been printed once before) in the St. Mary Today depicting what many are calling racist because it allegedly depicts three black men […]
The Independent Mail in Anderson SC has added an editorial cartoonist to their opinion page. Al Stine is a local painter who also does cartoons for Playboy. Al Stine is well-known for his exquisite paintings. As the result of a recent newspaper story, you may also be aware of his background as a cartoonist for […]
Here is an interesting story out of the News-Sentinel (Fort Worth, TX) about a woman named Helen Newton who amassed one of the largest private collections of editorial cartoons over the span of 44 years (1939-1983) as a politically active letter writer. The collection includes several Pulitzer Prize winning artists. Here are a few that […]