Several readers sent me links to the news that Danish police arrested three Muslims who had “concrete murder plans” to kill Kurt Westergaard, one of the 12 cartoonists who drew the Prophet Mohammad back in the fall of 2005. According to MSNBC, the three suspects (two from Tunisia, and one from Moracco) will most likely […]
Tom Spurgeon has the best coverage of all Danish Cartoon residual news. He reports that Aleksandr Sdvishkov, who was the editor of the Zgoda weekly newspaper in Belarus has been sentenced to three years in a high-security prison for “incitement f religious hatred” after publishing the famed Danish Muhammed cartoons in February of 2006.
The United Nations has opened up a special exhibit of editorial cartoons in Rome Italy yesterday to call attention to human rights issues, war, hunger and religious extremism. The exhibit contains over 40 cartoons and includes the artwork of Jeff Danzinger among its list of international cartoonists.The exhibit will stay in Rome through January 10 […]
James Kemsley, cartoonist of Ginger Meggs, and a celebrated Australian cartoonist passed away today at the age of 59. James has been drawing the Ginger Meggs cartoon since 1984. The feature was first published in 1921 and is the most syndicated Australian comic strip. James is a former Australian Cartoonist Association president as well as […]
There’s an interesting story reprinted in the Daily Herald about how American entertainment companies will change the design of their cartoon/comic characters in foreign markets for greater marketing appeal. The process is called “transcreation.” Some of the examples they cited were Peter Parker who, in the Indian market, gained his spider-man powers through a “mysterious […]
In what appears to be a sequel to last year’s Dutch Mohammed cartoon, al-Qaida groups inside Iraq are offering rewards for the killing of a Swedish cartoonist, Lars Vilks, and his newspaper editor after they published a drawing of the Prophet Mohammed’s head on the body of a dog sculpture. The bounty is $150,000 for […]
Flemming Rose, the now infamous editor of the Jyllands-Posten which published the Mohammed cartoons that elicited a violent reaction in the Middle East and around the world, has started blogging over at Pajamas Media. Mr. Rose will also be on a panel called “Caricaturing A Nation: Americans and Muslims Draw Each Other” at this year’s […]
For the last three years I took an active part in various cartoon competitions around the globe (just a month ago I was awarded by the Award of Excellence at the National Press Club of Canada International Cartoon Contest.) As a byproduct of all these activities I have got tons of info about cartoon competitions, awards, professional cartoonists etc. So the idea to create a free, available for everybody informational service came naturally.The site map is very simple, I practically do not provide graphic, concentrated on the content.
Slightly off topic, but interesting that a Chinese college is opening a three-year course for artist to learn cartooning. Full story below. BEIJING, March 10(Xinhuanet)– A Beijing-based college is to open a three-year course for budding artists interested in cartoon drawing, the first undergraduate course of its kind in China. Applicants are not required to […]
A Pakistani cleric is offering 1.5 million rupee (US$16,700) and a car to anyone who kills a Danish cartoonist who drew the now infamous Mohammad cartoons.Mohammed Yousaf Qureshi, prayer leader at the historic Mohabat Khan mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar, announced at the mosque and the Jamia Ashrafia religious school that he leads […]
Off topic for the Daily Cartoonist, but I found this funny. A MAN who allegedly robbed a renowned Victorian cartoonist has been caught, thanks to a detailed caricature drawn by his victim. Police said the cartoonist, Bill `Weg’ Green, who is famous for his drawings of AFL Grand Final teams, offered to draw a picture […]
An international cartoon contest has been announced. The theme is “Draw for peace For a world without war.” The requirements seem a bit non-traditional. One submits original work, on thin paper, with a required 20mm margin around the cartoon (and you don’t get your work back). On the flip side, the first prize wins 1550 […]
Debbie Ridpath Ohi has posted on her blog a review of the Canadian Cartoonists Association Christmas party in Canada. All party attendees were encouraged to draw something; markers and a stack of paper were provided in a corner of the room. Very cool to see the cartoons accumulate on the wall above the bar (see […]