Pearls Before Swine (AMS) offers a yes-but-no discussion of our situation. There certainly are a lot of people siloed in their own little belief centers, and that’s a problem in a democratic system where people are supposed to make informed decisions.But there is such a thing as truth, and there is such a thing as […]
David Cohen is one of several cartoonists calling out Trump for his refusal to schedule a second debate, but I like his take because it captures the arrogance of a badly defeated Trump declining to admit his loss.As I’ve noted before, I’m not convinced Trump knows when he is lying or making excuses or passing […]
JP Trostle at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists reminds us that …most of journalism’s major awards are handed out in the spring, with the deadlines to enter in the dead of winter. There is, however, one outlier: The National Press Foundation’s Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award. Named after the only father-son duo […]
There isn’t much doubt as to how the debate went: See Ann Telnaes’ animated original here as Donald Trump self-destructed while Kamala Harris looked on.The blame continues to be discussed, however, in a flood of cartoons and memes and wisecracks and serious commentary. RJ Matson poses it as a disaster for the Republican Party, which […]
Pia GuerraDavid RoweA pair of rapid responses to last night’s debate: Guerra from the Canadian West Coast, Rowe from Australia, but let’s wait to see what cartoonists who work at a more deliberate pace have to say about it, not that either of these is hasty with their graphics or their thinking.IMHO, Guerra exaggerates what […]
The Tangle, “an independent, non-partisan, subscriber-supported newsletter,” recent revealed the results of a poll taken to gauge what their readers enjoyed and editorial cartoons were favored by a good margin over all others. The responses we’ve gotten from you helped us decide that we will be focusing more on the reader-engagement aspects of Tangle… Editorial […]
Austrian cartoonist Leopold Maurer (Cartoon Movement) provides an opening piece for today’s look at tonight’s debate. Note that he doesn’t predict that Trump will go off the rails. Rather, he depicts a perfectly calm, rational debate, but notes the underlying tensions that nearly every observer has also suggested. On the other hand, he shows the […]
Earlier this morning, 34 international organizations representing freedom of press, speech and journalism released a statement condemning Egypts detention of cartoonist Ashraf Omar along with other journalists. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) released the following statement: The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists condemns in the strongest possible terms the arrest and detention of […]
Sergio Aragonés at Weekly World News; David Ostow on TV; Grant Geissman, EC Comics historian; Behind the Scenes of Early Animation; Thumbs Up AND Thumbs Down on Firing Michael Leunig; and George Herriman Specialty Krazy Kay Original Art!Sergio Aragonés’ Weekly Comic for a Major NewspaperFrom 2005 to 2007 “MAD cartoonist Sergio Aragonés did full-page cartoons […]
We have met the enemy, and he is Will Rogers.Constant Readers know I dislike the Will Rogers approach, in which everything and everyone is corrupt and true wisdom comes in condemning it all. In this case, and at this moment, I’m disinclined to criticize Michael Ramirez (Creators) because I’m not sure he is promoting that […]
Clay Bennett (CTFP) seems more surprised by Dick Cheney’s decision than I was, which is to say I wasn’t surprised by his decision but by the fact that he made his intentions public. However, it is, after all, one of a surprising number of such endorsements beginning to emerge.If I were a traditional, old school […]
Wes Tyrell, President of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists (ACC), and Jack Ohman, President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC), have both signed off on the updated schedule of the joint ACC/AAEC Montreal Convention to be held October 3 – 6, 2024. Below is the new updated schedule. Featuring: Aislin, Lalo Alcaraz, Barry […]
How on earth, someone asked me yesterday, can the polls could be so close? My response was to ask who answers polls anymore, and everyone there admitted that they don’t respond to polls on their cell phones, leaving the answers in the hands of god knows who.Which makes Joel Pett’s imaginary pollster a hero, because […]
Rounding up a few items about editorial cartoonists and cartooning. For 13 months political commentator Michael Smerconish had had cartoonists contributing exclusive political cartoons to his newsletter three or four times a week; for the most part they have been Steve Breen, Jack Ohman, Rob Rogers, and Scott Stantis. Now he is publishing those cartoons […]
Postmedia, Canada’s largest newspaper publisher, has taken ownership of major parts of SaltWire Network, the largest newspaper group in the Atlantic Canada region. From the CBC: SaltWire publishes newspapers in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, including the Halifax Chronicle Herald, the Cape Breton Post and the St. John’s Telegram. Earlier this month, a […]