Nick Anderson is questioning why the Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t get upset with a cartoon that Mike Luckovich ran on the 3rd of February that also depicted a dismembered soldier.So cartoonist Nick Anderson, in an e-mail sent Tuesday to E&P, wondered why the Joint Chiefs didn’t get as angry with a Feb. 3 Mike […]
With the growing Danish cartoons of Mohammad controversy, news media is turning to their local editorial cartoonists for their reaction. Here is a round up of several cartoonists from around the United States:AAEC, “While the motivation and judgment of the Danish artists and their publishers may be debatable, their right to free expression without threat […]
E&P is reporting that the AAEC is drafting a response to the Danish cartoons that have inflamed Europe and the Middle East.“We have a lot of opinions about this, but we’re pretty close to a consensus,” said Nick Anderson, the organization’s vice president. Anderson — a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., […]
A Des Moines local television station interviewed Brian Duffy, the Des Moines Register staff cartoonist, for his thoughts on the now infamous Danish cartoons.“I would not have have done something like that, no” Duffy said. The cartoon has sparked riots throughout the Muslim world. “Let’s push this dialogue. Well, they pushed it right off the […]
Clay Bennett, the current AAEC president, has come out criticizing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for firing of Tim Menees who has been at that paper for 30 years.“I understand that the Post-Gazette had two cartoonists,” said Bennett, referring to the duo of Menees and Rob Rogers. “But that looks like a strength to me — a […]
Ted Rall appeared on Hannity and Colmes on Friday night and according to his blog the show did not go as planned. He agreed to go TV on the condition that they not talk about his controversial cartoons. They did. Fox doesn’t provide transcripts of their shows, but below is purportedly the exchange between Hannity […]
Signe Wilkinson has written a good piece on Beliefnet regarding her take on the Denmark cartoons that have set the Islamic community on end.My editors have had to explain the nature of cartooning to the offended representatives of various faiths, ethnicities, and political groups. And I am not alone. Nearly all cartoonists worth their salt […]
Nick Anderson leaves for the Houston Chronicle next week. The Courier-Journal says they will replace Nick Anderson.Prepare to say so long to editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson, who leaves The Courier-Journal next week to take up residence on the editorial pages of The Houston Chronicle. … Forum editor Keith Runyon says there’s “every intention” of filling […]
The first editorial cartoonist to lose his/her job in 2006 for budgetary reasons is Tim Menees who has worked for that paper for 30 years.In a cost-cutting move, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this week laid off several non-union workers, including longtime cartoonist Tim Menees and Washington, D.C., bureau chief Michael McGough. … Although both Menees and […]
Ted Rall mentions on his blog that he’ll be on Hannity and Colmes tonight to discuss the Toles cartoon as well as the Danish cartoons.Tonight, however, I’ll be at Fox with plenty of time to spare, appearing on “Hannity & Colmes” to discuss both Toles’ piece and the Danish cartoons about Mohammed that sparked outrage […]
Here is the transcript of Tom Tole’s appearence on CNN’s Paula Zahn Now. ZAHN: And joining me now from “The Washington Post” newsroom to tell us what he was thinking when he drew the cartoon, Pulitzer Prize- winning editorial cartoonist Tom Toles. Thanks so much for joining us, Tom. TOM TOLES, EDITORIAL CARTOONIST, “THE WASHINGTON […]
There has been a varied response to the Danish cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Mohammad from across the world. Earlier today, I posted a link to an interview with Doug Marlette where he basically said, even religious symbols are fair game and there is no need to apologize for using them.Here now is an interview […]
Doug Marlette, the soon to be editorial cartoonist for the Tulsa World, was interviewed for his reaction to the firestorm in Europe over the Dutch cartoons of Mohammad.“This is a war of two cultures, it’s really a war, and it’s really important that in the West we stand up for these hard-won freedoms and that […]
Clay Bennett, President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, has entered the Tom Toles fray telling the Joint Chiefs of Staff to go back and mind the war instead of cartooning (I’m paraphrasing) and also praised the Washington Post for backing up Tom under such pressure.Clay Bennett said the Joint Chiefs of Staff have […]
I’ve been watching this story unfold since September when the now infamous cartoons were first published. At the time I didn’t think it was newsworthy story for this site as it was a european issue and I frankly didn’t see the story developing much past the initial backlash. Four months later, the story has hit […]