Filed under: Editorial Cartooning

From Chip Bok’s blog: I will be on WCPN 90.3 in Cleveland Monday Feb 13 at 9:00 to talk about you know who.

I’m not seeing any official announcements, but this story from the Philippine Daily Inquirer mentions the three winners of the 2005 Ranan Lurie UN Award. The top winners of the 2005 Lurie Awards were Gerald Mayer Hofer of Austria, David Pope of Australia and Osamni Simanca of Brazil, who were awarded the first, second and […]

The Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists have reposted a story and graphic from AP News outlining the impact of the Mohammad cartoons. The graphic has timelines and nation by nation reaction.

A transcript has been posted of the O’Reilly Factor in which Nick Anderson appears to discuss the Tom Tole’s cartoon.Well, I think that a cartoonist will occasionally use a very disturbing image to make a point. And I think you have to be a cartoonist has to be willing to accept the controversy if they […]

Signe Wilkinson appeared on C-SPAN to discuss the Danish cartoon on the 7th. Streaming video is available.

The Statesman Journal (Salem, OR) has run a commentary by Daryl Cagle on the topic of the Danish cartoons.The overblown reaction in Muslim countries to the blasphemy of the cartoons is what the story has become, as streets filled with violent protestors demand that the infidels in other countries respect a Muslim taboo. Clearly there […]

Nick Anderson is questioning why the Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t get upset with a cartoon that Mike Luckovich ran on the 3rd of February that also depicted a dismembered soldier.So cartoonist Nick Anderson, in an e-mail sent Tuesday to E&P, wondered why the Joint Chiefs didn’t get as angry with a Feb. 3 Mike […]

With the growing Danish cartoons of Mohammad controversy, news media is turning to their local editorial cartoonists for their reaction. Here is a round up of several cartoonists from around the United States:AAEC, “While the motivation and judgment of the Danish artists and their publishers may be debatable, their right to free expression without threat […]

E&P is reporting that the AAEC is drafting a response to the Danish cartoons that have inflamed Europe and the Middle East.“We have a lot of opinions about this, but we’re pretty close to a consensus,” said Nick Anderson, the organization’s vice president. Anderson — a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., […]

A Des Moines local television station interviewed Brian Duffy, the Des Moines Register staff cartoonist, for his thoughts on the now infamous Danish cartoons.“I would not have have done something like that, no” Duffy said. The cartoon has sparked riots throughout the Muslim world. “Let’s push this dialogue. Well, they pushed it right off the […]

Clay Bennett, the current AAEC president, has come out criticizing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for firing of Tim Menees who has been at that paper for 30 years.“I understand that the Post-Gazette had two cartoonists,” said Bennett, referring to the duo of Menees and Rob Rogers. “But that looks like a strength to me — a […]

Ted Rall appeared on Hannity and Colmes on Friday night and according to his blog the show did not go as planned. He agreed to go TV on the condition that they not talk about his controversial cartoons. They did. Fox doesn’t provide transcripts of their shows, but below is purportedly the exchange between Hannity […]

Signe Wilkinson has written a good piece on Beliefnet regarding her take on the Denmark cartoons that have set the Islamic community on end.My editors have had to explain the nature of cartooning to the offended representatives of various faiths, ethnicities, and political groups. And I am not alone. Nearly all cartoonists worth their salt […]

Nick Anderson leaves for the Houston Chronicle next week. The Courier-Journal says they will replace Nick Anderson.Prepare to say so long to editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson, who leaves The Courier-Journal next week to take up residence on the editorial pages of The Houston Chronicle. … Forum editor Keith Runyon says there’s “every intention” of filling […]

The first editorial cartoonist to lose his/her job in 2006 for budgetary reasons is Tim Menees who has worked for that paper for 30 years.In a cost-cutting move, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this week laid off several non-union workers, including longtime cartoonist Tim Menees and Washington, D.C., bureau chief Michael McGough. … Although both Menees and […]