As a cartoonist, what do you do when your intended audience is not in the mood to laugh? Steve Kelley, stand up comic and editorial cartoonist for the Times-Picayune, found himself in such a situation when Katrina hit New Orleans. He has written a very good piece in the Winter 2005 Nieman Reports about his […]
A while ago, I came across an announcement in the Charlotte Observer that this year editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will be doing a weekly caption contest with his cartoons. Today, that feature went live on Kevin’s new blog. Kevin writes:Sure, Sudoku is all the rage, but our caption contest is a challenge for the other […]
Last Friday was the last editorial cartoon published by Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) at the Baltimore Sun. KAL has spent 17 years with the Sun. We learned early December that KAL had decided to take a buyout offered to over 70 employees after discussing his future job security with the paper.The cartoonist said last week that […]
Along with the departure of KAL from the Baltimore Sun, the Sun has written a fairly long article (free registration required) on the demise of the number of editorial cartoonists in America.There are a couple of good quotes from Chip Bok of The Akron Beacon Journal in Ohio:“In the long run, they’re going to regret […]
John Deering, editorial cartoonist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, has been honored by the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission for his sculpture “Testament” which depticts the Little Rock Nine who integrated Central High School in 1957. The award is called the Drum Major award. Every year the commission singles out individuals who shared the same […]
Alan MacBain, a freelance editorial cartoonist with The Mercury (Pottstown, PA) since 1984, was one of three who took home awards for excellence by the Suburban Newspapers of America.Freelance cartoonist Alan MacBain won first place in the editorial cartoon category for his “Harrisburgers” cartoon, one in a series chronicling the saga of the Pennsylvania lawmakers? […]
This was an interesting post from E&P.Newspapers like to turn a profit. At a Virginia daily, an editorial cartoonist turned into a prophet. This past Sunday, Clay Jones of The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg did a cartoon showing a Virginia Tech football player running down the field holding a gun. On Monday, former Tech quarterback […]
From E&P:Ed Hall has compiled “Diversions and Other Political Observations,” the second collection of his editorial cartoons. The award-winning Hall is with The Baker County Press of Macclenny, Fla., the DBR Media syndicate, and Artizans Syndicate. Hall’s upcoming 150-page book — which features a foreword by Universal Press Syndicate editorial cartoonist Ted Rall — will […]
The Cartoon Research Library at Ohio State will have 30 rare political prints from 1830-1840. This exhibition features thirty lithographed political prints from the 1830s and 1840s, which are recent acquisitions of the Cartoon Research Library, purchased with support from the William J. Studer endowment. Twenty-seven of the prints were issued by H.R. Robinson, the […]
American cartoonists will join up with their counterparts from across the pond for a cartoon event called “Drawing Inspiration: The Art of the Editorial Cartoon” sponsored by the French Institute Alliance Francaise.With eye-catching imagery and clever wordplay, an editorial cartoon says far more than a thousand-word article, inspiring us to look at a topic from […]
Pat Brady, creator of Rose is Rose is one of the judges for the Scripps Howard Fundation’s annual journalism awards.The Scripps Howard Foundation has announced the names of 43 journalists, media professionals and educators who will judge this year’s National Journalism Awards competition. The awards program honors excellence in 17 print, electronic and journalism education […]
The Lexington Art League has a yearly exhibit of international artists drawing the nude figure. Nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant was a judge and will be speaker.For the Nude International 2006 exhibit, Patrick Oliphant, Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, anonymously juried 832 entries. Mr. Oliphant selected the 106 displayed artworks. From the classics to the […]
There are two stories out of Editor and Publisher about Michael Ramirez’s move the the Investor’s Business Daily.The first explains why Michael decided to go to a niche publication rather than a general daily.“Bill O’Neil, IBD’s founder and chairman, was very convincing,” replied Ramirez, when interviewed Tuesday by E&P. “And he offered me a position […]
On the Editorial Cartoonist web site, they’re reposting a story that ran in the “The Business Journal of Phoenix” regarding the plight of the editorial cartoonist. Not much new, but it does talk abit about Steve Benson (AZ Republic), Brian Fairrington (Cagle Cartoons – living in the Phoenix area).Those who have made editorial cartooning their […]
Steve Kelley, a political cartoonist from “The New Orleans Times-Picayune,” will be speaking at the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel’s annual seminar. He’s spoken there before and this year, he speaks before Dan Rather, former CBS News anchor. According to the schedule, his talk is entitled, “Art Irritates Life”.