Filed under: Editorial cartooning

Congratulations to John Deering of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for Editorial Cartooning.I tried to find a news story covering this, but could only find his name among listings of the winners.

Newsday is covering the The ‘New Democrat’ From Hope” conference at Hofstra University. Featured at the conference are editorial cartoonist talking about their cartooning of the Clinton presidency.Making fun of Clinton required little heavy lifting. In fact, says Robert Mankoff, cartoon editor of The New Yorker and a cartoonist himself, on the spectrum of presidential […]

If you think print editorial cartooning is horse and buggy stage of its existance, and Mark Fiore is the future, you’ve got until the end of the year to prove to the Washington Post that you’re all that and a bag of chips.We’re looking for artists, animators and humorists to submit short-form (3 minutes or […]

Twenty three editorial cartoonists from 16 countries met in Jerusalem to discuss the art and the Middle East conflict.Tuesday afternoon’s sessions highlighted the somber side of covering the Middle East. Slide shows of Israeli and Palestinian artists’ work provoked more thoughtful murmurs among attendees rather than laughs.Attending from the U.S. is Jeff Danziger and Pat […]

The University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication is celebrating and examining the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution and will include speeches, discussions and presentations – including a speech by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Marlette.LinkUpdate: The Norman Transcript has a write up on the speech.

Pat Bagley, editorial cartoonist for the Salt Lake Tribune, is an institution in the state of Utah. He’ll be speaking at U?s Women?s Club (University of Utah) on November 14th.Join them for a fun-filled afternoon with Utah cartoonist, Pat Bagley, the Salt Lake Tribune?s award-winning editorial cartoonist, author and humorist, specializing in all things Utahn. […]

Signe is celebrating 20 years at the Philidelphia Daily News. To commemorate, a sample of her cartoons will be shown at the University of the Arts November 9th through December 5th. The Exhibit is called “real wars and culture wars in Philadelphia and the world beyond”For more information: Hamilton Hall, 320 South Broad Street. 215-717-6480.

Ted Rall gave a presentation to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on the topic of “The Slow-Motion Suicide of the American Empire.”  A report of his speach has been posted on the Daily Illini web site.“The purpose of these presentations is mainly to get people to think for themselves,” Rall said. “I want my […]

James Casciari’s editorial cartoon on Tuesday came with an audio track. Not quite up to Fiore’s standards, but it’s good to shake things up regardless.

E&P has a blurp on David Horsey and his winning of the The Population Institute’s Global Media Awards for Excellence in Population Reporting. I’m sure he’ll be placing this one next to his 2003 Pulitzer Prize.Link

For those of you in the Winston-Salem area, you can attend the Salem College Center for Women Writers monthy meeting on November 10 and listen to Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette lecture and slide show on his comic strip “Kudzu.”You can also attend a local “Eat, drink, and be literary” festival where Doug will […]

Signe Wilkinson, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist and editorial board member of the Philadelphia Daily News, will receive our 2005 Media Excellence Award. Signe will inform and entertain us with a slide show of her incisive cartoons, caricature, and commentary. Link

Cagle has a lengthy posting on his “blog” about how editors view editorial cartoons. There seems to be a natural friction between the “picture people” and the “word people” who are troubled by those powerful pictures. A famously unnamed editor at The New York Times is quoted as saying, “We would never hire an editorial […]

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has changed the management group that handles administrative services for the association. The Pennsylvania Newspaper Association took over the role as of yesterday.Effective November 1, Nicholson will hand over the reins of the AAEC to the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association (PNA). PNA was signed to a 3-year management contract in […]

Andy Donato, the Toronto Sun’s cartoonist, was a single digit away from hitting a $54,292,912 lottery jackpot.I’m still laughing about it. That’s because I don’t want to cry,” said Donato, 68.He still walks away with $1,800.