Filed under: Editorial Cartooning

French editorial cartoonist Jean Platu is traveling throughout the United States lecturing about his experiences as a cartoonist. There’s a write up of his visit to Clemson University at their student paper.

Staff cuts in several newspapers belonging to the Hollinger International company should be expected this year. Newspaper publisher Hollinger International Inc. on Thursday said it plans to reorganize its Sun-Times News Group by splitting it into two groups and cutting staff by 300, or about 10 percent, to reverse its disappointing 2005 financial performance. Hollinger […]

Yesterday, Jim Borgman posted in his blog that he is considering changing what gets posted to his blog and asked his readers to tell him what they’d like to see. As it stands, he posts sketches that he makes prepatory to creating the editorial cartoon.I’ve been tentatively wandering around the blogosphere in the last few […]

Tim Whyte, General Manager of the Signal (Santa Clarita Valley, CA) writes that it will be 10 years since the passing of their editorial cartoonist, Randy Wicks. His passing prompted the newspaper to create a memorial scholarship fund. The Randy Wicks Memorial First Amendment Scholarships and their fund-raiser, the SCV Newsmaker Awards, have lasted longer […]

As far as I know Drew Litton is the only sports editorial cartoonist in the nation. Instead of skewering politicians, he slams athletes. He was recently the on the Rocky Mountain News’s chat and they’ve posted the transcript. Questions ranged from influences, how he comes up with his cartoons, and his take on several comic […]

Arizona Republic editorial cartoonist Steve Benson will be visiting the Utah Valley State College for a public lecture wherein he’ll speak on “Drawing Democracy: The Role of Political Cartooning in American History.”Utah Valley State College will host a public lecture and demonstration Friday at 11 a.m. in room 101 of the Physical Education Building, featuring […]

Most conservatives would consider Ted Rall a four letter word, but in last Friday’s New York Times crossword puzzle, “ted” was definitely a horizontal three letters.One of the clues in Friday’s New York Times crossword puzzle was “Editorial cartoonist Rall.” The answer, of course, was “Ted.” Rall, who’s syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, said on […]

Kevin Siers and the Charlotte Observer, announced the winner of their first editorial cartoon caption contest.The winning caption: “Honest — I’m just here to protect Kaye McGarry!” –submitted by Katie Williams of Charlotte. Her caption refers, of course, to the security-conscious Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board member, and that body’s latest spat. She’ll be receiving our grand […]

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 […]