There is a really good interview with Clay Bennett, President of the AAEC, on PJnet. Bennett talks about the recent lay-offs and buy-outs, the journalistic standards of editorial cartoons, blogs vs. editorial cartoons, and his advice for anyone wanting to be an editorial cartoonist. Certainly the New York Times is a great paper. And it […]
Editorial cartoonist Dave Fitzsimmons will be a keynote speaker at the National Association of Realtors annual conference on April 2, 2006. Don?t miss this special event featuring keynote speaker Dave Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons is a Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist for the Arizona Sun newspaper. As a political commentator, Fitzsimmons might appear cynical and irreverent. But […]
Newsweek Education Program has posted a “2005: The Year in Political Cartoons” teacher’s guide. 2005 arrived on the waves of a late-December tsunami in southern Asia, a catastrophic event that augured a year marked by natural disaster. A record number of hurricanes in the United States, including the devastating Katrina and Rita, was followed by […]
This story was old by the time I saw it, but I think it’s still an interesting read if you’re a fan of Steve Kelley. If you didn’t know that he also did stand up comedy – be looking for an opportunity to check out his act if he comes to you town. “The first […]
Joel Pett’s weekly ‘Toon-op” subject is Black Ink Monday and the current situation in the editorial cartooning industry. And so the cartoon lightbulb labeled Black Ink Monday clicked on, and cartoonists’ gloves came off. The idea was to draw attention to corporate journalism’s budget cutting, which has sliced through the skin, fat, bone, muscle and […]
Lee Judge, editorial cartoonist for the Kansas City Star, has an editorial/column explaining the plight of the editorial cartoonist. The only way I can avoid upsetting someone is by refusing to deal with hot-button topics and making lame jokes on trivial subjects (which, if push comes to shove, is Career Plan B). Not only is […]
Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist syndicated through New York Times Syndicate, has been awarded the National Population Cartoon Contest. Telnaes “Washington Fashion Week” drawing — chosen over 155 other cartoons — shows three runway models wearing dresses with anti-condom, anti-abortion, and “stop sex ed” logos. A woman observing the dresses says: “I hear disturbing patterns are […]
The AAEC is reporting that Gary Varvel was named Best Editorial Cartoonist in the Hoosier State Press Association. You can check out Varvel’s cartoons on the Indiana Star or Cagle Gary Varvel was named Best Editorial Cartoonist in the Hoosier State Press Association contest earlier this month. This was the 9th time in 10 years […]
At the end of Black Ink Monday – “a non-violent protest by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists,” one must ask how successful was the organization’s stand?My guess? It wasn’t. Yes, scores of cartoonists “participated,” but a quick look at cagle.com or comics.com and I didn’t see that any of the protest ‘toons were published […]
E&P is reporting that the Herb Block Foundation is waiving the $50 entry fee for the $10k Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. The waiver is a token of support to the editorial cartooning community.“It’s a small gesture, but it’s something we thought we ought to do,” HBF President Frank Swoboda told E&P Monday. “It’s a […]
The AAEC website has a round up of all the editorial cartoons protesting the decline of editorial cartoonists in the U.S. – especially those inflicted by the Tribune Company. Take a moment and visit the site. There are 99 cartoons at the time of this writing. They also provided an email address to Gary Weitman, […]
Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly mentioned editorial cartoonists Mike Thompson (Detriot News) in his Talking Points Memo segment recently. O’Reilly used a Thompson cartoon that ran in USA Today to decry the mocking of conservatives. “Take a look at this cartoon [3rd one down] in USA Today. which has been drifting left over the last years. […]
Today is Black Ink Monday and yesterday a couple of columnists wrote about the upcoming event. Ted Vaden of the News & Observer talks about Dwane Powell’s work for their paper and the decline of the editorial cartoonist population in the U.S. Their numbers seem to dwindle daily. Last week, prize-winning cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher […]
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun, talks to E&P about the buyout he didn’t intend to take. But then Kallaugher heard that The Sun’s publisher had discussed eliminating the cartoonist slot entirely to save money. “Rather than wait for the ax to drop on my position at The Sun, I opted for […]
E&P has interviewed the remaining Tribune Company editorial cartoonists still gainfully employed. The going theory for keeping their job is to do more local cartoons. “The only insurance an editorial cartoonist has — if he or she has any insurance at all — is to focus on local issues,” said Englehart. “Newspapers can buy national […]