From the Houston Chronicle comes news that Clyde Peterson, their editorial cartoonist for 41 years, is stepping away from the drawing table.AFTER an astonishing run of 41 years and more than 12,000 drawings, editorial cartoonist Clyde Peterson is leaving the Chronicle. Too young to retire, he says, he will be pursuing a number of long-postponed […]
According to Daryl Cagle, Jack Abramoff’s attorney is on a spending spree buying editorial cartoons regarding his client.A number of cartoonists (myself included) have been contacted by Abbe David Lowell, the attorney for infamous lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, wanting to purchase Abramoff cartoons. There have certainly been a lot of Abramoff cartoons, and none of them […]
On canadiancartoonists.com, they’ve posted an article about editorial cartoonist Vance Rodewalt of The Calgary Herald. It’s a rather long piece, but delves into Vance’s history of how he became a cartoonist, the vanishing number of editorial cartoonists and how political correctness is affecting editorial cartooning.The rise of political correctness, which, says Rodewalt, “kind of snuck […]
Via The Comics Reporter comes a link to a story about how editorial cartoonists in Canada are reacting to having to draw a new set of politicians that come with a new election cycle.Brian Mulroney had “The Chin.” Jean Chretien’s mouth — and what came out of it — made him great fodder. They were […]
Editor and Publisher is reporting that the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will run an exhibit of Israeli politicial cartoons starting February 1 and running through April 9. Israeli cartoonist Michel Kichka will be speaking at the museum on Feb. 15. Should be interesting.
Ed Stein, editorial cartoonist for Rocky Mountain News, was interviewed yesterday about his work as an editorial cartoonist and regarding his comic strip “Denver Square” that runs exclusively in the RMN. Mark(Q): How do you view your Denver Square cartoon strip differently from your editorial cartoons? Ed(A): I see Denver Square as a completely different […]
The Buffalo News is fielding submissions for the 2006 Editorial Cartoon Contest. For the last 12 years the News has sponsored this annual contest. Their current cartoonist, Adam Zyglis (personal site, cartoons on Cagle), is a past winner. The contest is open to all ages with three divisions based on age. You can download the […]
A bit late in coming with this one. Scott Nychay, of the Northwest Herald, recently took third place in editorial cartooning in the 2005 Suburban Newspapers of America contest.The local television station did a follow up about Scott and how he fell into cartooning.Scott Nychay calls himself ?basically a visual columnist.? His skills with pen […]
Signe Wilkinson, editorial cartoonist for the Philadelphia Daily News, took part in a birthday celebration commemorating the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s birth.Today, we celebrate the 300th birthday of Philadelphia’s most famous citizen, with festivities throughout the city, most notably at the National Constitution Center, where a giant cake with 300 candles will be lit. […]
As a cartoonist, what do you do when your intended audience is not in the mood to laugh? Steve Kelley, stand up comic and editorial cartoonist for the Times-Picayune, found himself in such a situation when Katrina hit New Orleans. He has written a very good piece in the Winter 2005 Nieman Reports about his […]
A while ago, I came across an announcement in the Charlotte Observer that this year editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will be doing a weekly caption contest with his cartoons. Today, that feature went live on Kevin’s new blog. Kevin writes:Sure, Sudoku is all the rage, but our caption contest is a challenge for the other […]
Last Friday was the last editorial cartoon published by Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) at the Baltimore Sun. KAL has spent 17 years with the Sun. We learned early December that KAL had decided to take a buyout offered to over 70 employees after discussing his future job security with the paper.The cartoonist said last week that […]
Along with the departure of KAL from the Baltimore Sun, the Sun has written a fairly long article (free registration required) on the demise of the number of editorial cartoonists in America.There are a couple of good quotes from Chip Bok of The Akron Beacon Journal in Ohio:“In the long run, they’re going to regret […]
John Deering, editorial cartoonist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, has been honored by the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission for his sculpture “Testament” which depticts the Little Rock Nine who integrated Central High School in 1957. The award is called the Drum Major award. Every year the commission singles out individuals who shared the same […]
Alan MacBain, a freelance editorial cartoonist with The Mercury (Pottstown, PA) since 1984, was one of three who took home awards for excellence by the Suburban Newspapers of America.Freelance cartoonist Alan MacBain won first place in the editorial cartoon category for his “Harrisburgers” cartoon, one in a series chronicling the saga of the Pennsylvania lawmakers? […]