Pat Bagley, editorial cartoonist for the Salt Lake Tribune, will be signing his new book at Ken Sander’s Rare Books on Friday, December 9, at 7pm. Bagley’s book “Clueless George” is available at Amazon books.The last place you’d expect to hear that political cartoonist Pat Bagley got his start is BYU. But there you have […]
Clay Bennett spoke on NPR All Things Considered today to discuss the current state of editorial cartooning. You can listen to archived audio of the interview on NPR’s siteMajor U.S. newspapers continue to cut staff to offset disappointing revenue. But recent layoffs and buyouts at two newspapers owned by the Tribune Company prompted editorial cartoonists […]
Cartoonist J.P. Trostle has quit his job with the Herald-Sun citing “It was not a good place to work any more.”J.P. Trostle resigned last week as a designer and illustrator at The Herald-Sun in Durham, N.C. As part of that job, he also did editorial cartoons for the newspaper’s Chapel Hill Herald edition. Trostle told […]
Editorial cartoonists are banding together on this coming Monday to protest the recent lay-offs in their industry. Members of the AAEC are encouraged to do a cartoon criticizing the layoffs. The cartoons will be posted together on the AAEC website.Editorial cartoonists are joining together for a “Black Ink Monday” protest, E&P has learned. On Dec. […]
Daryl Cagle’s web log (scroll down) is reporting that KAL (Kevin Kallaugher), editorial cartoonist for the Balimore Sun, will accept the company’s buyout and leave the paper.Sources tell us that another Tribune company cartoonist bit the dust as the Baltimore Sun’s Kevin Kallaugher (Kal) has accepted a buyout offer. It is expected that the Sun […]
Lucia Rather former director for cataloging at the Library of Congress, gave a lecture at the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah on the 28th of November. She contends that political cartoons are propaganda and not art.“A political cartoon is not just a picture, it’s a graphic illustration of an idea…the purpose […]
Dick Wright, syndicated editorial cartoonist, will be retiring from cartooning to concentrate on pastoring a church he helped found six years ago.“I have found my heart is with the pastoring at this point,” he added. “I’m really excited about helping people. I enjoyed cartooning immensely, but I think I’ll enjoy this more.”Link: E&P
Philadelphia’s police commissioner publically took issue with a recent cartoon by the Daily News editorial cartoonist, Signe Wilkinson.In the cartoon depicts “a Ku Klux Klan travel agent touting Philadelphia as a place with ‘great views of young black men killing each other.’”“I take it as a personal insult,” Johnson said. “Not just as the police […]
The United Nations Correspondents Association will announce the winners of its 2005 UNCA Awards tonight at their annual Dinner and Dance.Of interest to editorial cartoonists is the Ranan Lurie Award for political cartooning ($10k to the winner). The UNCA Awards were established in 1995 to encourage in depth coverage of the United Nations and its […]
Orlando Sentinel has announced that it is laying off 21 of its employees. Dana Summers, their staff editorial cartoonist, will not be one of them. From an email Dana writes:I’m not affected. I try to do as many local cartoons as possible to make myself valuable to the paper. I do 4 for TMS and […]
Chip Bok, editorial cartoonist for the Akron Beacon Journal, will be in D.C for a book signing. His new book, “A Recent History of the United States in Political Cartoons: A Look Bok, was published earlier this year and can be had at Amazon.com. From his blog:If you’re near the University Club at 1135 Sixteenth […]
Chris Lamb, author of “Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons”, has written an article in Editor and Publisher that criticizes the Tribune Company for laying off its cartoonists and how that affects journalism.The Tribune Company, the Chicago-based media corporation, continues to do its part to gut journalism as a vital part […]
Daryl Cagle and Brian Fairrington have released their latest book “The Best Political Cartoons of the Year, 2006 Edition”. The book is 256 pages and can be purchased from Amazon for about $10. Technorati Tags: Editorial cartoon books
A Mobile County school board member is on trial for driving under the influence and his attorney has filed a motion to move the trial out of the county because:Briskman said there have been numerous “negative” stories, editorials and, in particular, editorial cartoons in the Mobile Register that “portrayed (Thomas) in a light that essentially […]
AZ Daily Star Cartoonistist David Fitzsimmons will be speaking to the Arizona Association for Economic Development on December 20th. Registration is $20.