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 […]
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 […]
Ted Rall mentions on his blog that he’ll be on Hannity and Colmes tonight to discuss the Toles cartoon as well as the Danish cartoons.Tonight, however, I’ll be at Fox with plenty of time to spare, appearing on “Hannity & Colmes” to discuss both Toles’ piece and the Danish cartoons about Mohammed that sparked outrage […]
Here is the transcript of Tom Tole’s appearence on CNN’s Paula Zahn Now. ZAHN: And joining me now from “The Washington Post” newsroom to tell us what he was thinking when he drew the cartoon, Pulitzer Prize- winning editorial cartoonist Tom Toles. Thanks so much for joining us, Tom. TOM TOLES, EDITORIAL CARTOONIST, “THE WASHINGTON […]
There has been a varied response to the Danish cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Mohammad from across the world. Earlier today, I posted a link to an interview with Doug Marlette where he basically said, even religious symbols are fair game and there is no need to apologize for using them.Here now is an interview […]
Scott Adams was invited to participate in the the 17th annual Scripps Howard Celebrity Super Bowl Poll. His pick: Seattle.It’s that time of year again – time for the annual gridiron spectacle. No, not the Super Bowl, but the 17th annual Scripps Howard Celebrity Super Bowl Poll. The rich and famous from movies, TV, sports, […]
Doug Marlette, the soon to be editorial cartoonist for the Tulsa World, was interviewed for his reaction to the firestorm in Europe over the Dutch cartoons of Mohammad.“This is a war of two cultures, it’s really a war, and it’s really important that in the West we stand up for these hard-won freedoms and that […]
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 […]
In an interview with the Metro West Daily News, Brain Anderson, creator of “Dog Eat Doug” talks about the incredible timing of his strips debut.For the last several years, Brian Anderson worked an office job, but just before Christmas he got the news that he was being laid off. Rather than being depressed, the Natick […]
Photo couresy of United MediaYou might remember an earlier posting in which the Kansas City Star was eliminating two pages from their Sunday comics thereby dropping a couple of comic features. Despite the dramatic shake-up, they did pick up on Brevity by writer Guy Endore-Kaiser and artist Rodd Perry. The Star has interviewed the two […]
James Sturm, founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies was interviewed by the Village Voice regarding the goals and successes of the school.Generations of cartoonists are self-taught. Why found the Center? I wanted to teach and create a cartooning program that was more reflective of comics as an art form and not just a commercial […]
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 […]
A bit late in coming with this one. Scott Nychay, of the Northwest Herald, recently took third place in editorial cartooning in the 2005 Suburban Newspapers of America contest.The local television station did a follow up about Scott and how he fell into cartooning.Scott Nychay calls himself ?basically a visual columnist.? His skills with pen […]
Brian Walker, son of Mort Walker, has been busy doing interviews about the ongoing ‘Masters of the American Comics’. NPR had him on last Tuesday. There is a link to the audio on their site. There is also an printed interview in AIGA Journal of Design where in he talks about how the this exhibit […]
Daryl Cagle will be on MSNBC on January 1. From his “blog”: Our readers will have a rare opportunity to see my live, smiling face on MSNBC television, on Sunday January 1st, at about 10:45am Eastern, 7:45am Pacific. It is your chance to say,”THAT’S what Cagle looks like? I’d have never guessed!”