In what could be a very interesting discussion, Signe Wilkinson, Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, will speak on the role and responsibilities of being an artist in today’s hyper-sensative world. Signe Wilkinson, political cartoonist at the Philadelphia Daily News, will discuss the role and the responsibilities of artists in today’s political […]
Mark Fiore’s animated editorial cartoons will be honored at a March 8 awards dinner to receive the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists James Madison Freedom of Information Award. The Madison award is given to those who have fought for public access to government meetings and records and promoted the public?s right to know. Mark’s […]
Ten more people were killed in rioting over the Danish Mohammad cartoons – this time in Lybia. This report brings the death count to 29.Ten people are reported dead in Libya, where police opened fire yesterday on a stone-throwing mob that set fire to the Italian consulate in Benghazi. At least four people have been […]
Editorial cartoonist and “?Suburban Cowgirls” artist Edward Colley was taken to the hospital after a serious car crash earlier this week.Newspaper cartoonist Edward Colley was hospitalized in fair condition following an accident at noon yesterday. Colley, 68, of Holmes Street, was injured when his car collided with a pickup truck on County Road at about […]
The Greenwich Post’s editorial cartoonists Bobbi Eggers and Jane Condon have taken home the bronze in the New England Press Association Better Newspaper Contest this year in editorial cartooning. The Greenwich Post is a weekly paper serving Greenwich CT. Staff reporter Ken Borsuk took home third place for Business Reporting, staff photographer David Ames won […]
A Pakistani cleric is offering 1.5 million rupee (US$16,700) and a car to anyone who kills a Danish cartoonist who drew the now infamous Mohammad cartoons.Mohammed Yousaf Qureshi, prayer leader at the historic Mohabat Khan mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar, announced at the mosque and the Jamia Ashrafia religious school that he leads […]
Off topic, but interesting. When the Americans were angered by France’s unwillingness to support the Iraq war, we renamed our beloved french fries to “Freedom Fries.” Now, in what I can only hope as a small step forward in non-volient free speech – many Iranians are renaming their Danish Pastries to “Roses of the Prophet […]
Doug Marlette, Pulizter Prize editorial cartoonist, took the American media to task for not republishing the Danish Mohammad cartoons, say thing that they were being too politcally correct.When Doug Marlette drew a political cartoon in 2002 asking ?What would Mohammad Drive?? he received more than 40,000 angry e-mails. At the time, Marlette stood behind his […]
Ted Rall’s quest to file a libel/slander suit against Ann Coulter is looking less and less likely. Ted’s attorney has said that there is a good chance of winning (but always a chance of losing), but the fight would take years, and Coulter has more money to hire big 1st amendment law firms. Search and […]
Yesterday was Nick Anderson’s first cartoon with the Houston Chronicle. The Chronicle wrote up a little welcome message to introduce him to their readers on the editorial page: Anderson was recognized as the best political cartoonist in the country by the 2005 Pulitzer Prize committee. The judges noted his idiosyncratic drawing style that “produced an […]
If you’re interested in a weekly editorial cartooning gig, the Cambridge Chronicle is looking for you. The Cambridge Chronicle is looking for an editorial cartoonist to produce weekly cartoons for the paper. Candidates must have clear, distinctive drawing style; ability to draw people; and a clever, high-brow sense of humor. The cartoonist would be responsible […]
Iran is now demanding an apology for a cartoon that ran in a German newspaper depicting the Iranian soccer team with explosives strapped to their chests.Iran immediately demanded an apology from Der Tagesspiegel, which showed four Iranian players at this summer’s World Cup in Germany with explosives attached to their chests. A caption read: “Why […]
For those in the Wichita area, Richard Crowson, editorial cartoonist for the Wichita Eagle, will be doing a presentation at the Wichita Art Museum on April 10. The program is not free. For more information, visit the museum.Noon: Lunch; 1 pm: Program Art on a Monday ?Cartoons? by Richard Crowson, Wichita Eagle political cartoonist. Call […]
First the Danes, then Iran, and now Israel is getting in on the mix with their own cartoon contest, though it’s purpose is perhaps not as spiteful as the Iranian one.Amitai Sandy (29), graphic artist and publisher of Dimona Comix Publishing, from Tel-Aviv, Israel, has followed the unfolding of the “Muhammad cartoon-gate” events in amazement, […]
Daryl Cagle has written another column on the Mohammad cartoons. He make some good points including this one: I’m a political cartoonist; I draw cartoons that convey my opinions. Anyone who sees my cartoons will know what I think on a wide range of issues. Political cartoonists are journalists, just like columnists we decide for […]