Running the Gamut: Comic Stripping (Wannabe)! Editooning (Jack Ohman)! Magazine Cartooning (Liza Donnelly)! Comic Booking (Donut Squad)! Animating (Legal Rights Reverting)! More Comic Stripping (Dogs of C-Kennel)! Wannabe by Luca Debus Enters The Kingdom A few people relayed the new to me news to me that the Wannabe comic strip by Luca Debus has signed […]
Items from here and there and everywhere about this and that and the other: Artificial Intelligence; 2024’s best selling graphic novel; editorial cartoon contest for high schoolers; Al Roker animated; street fighting cartoonist; media compliance; protecting the children (from sex). AI-eee! AI “art” is already encroaching on our comics spaces. There have been allegations of […]
“I deeply regret my Facebook post published on May 1, 2025. I respectfully state before the Hon’ble Supreme Court that I never intended to hurt the sentiments of any community, caste, religion, or to insult any party or individual,” the cartoonist wrote. The Deccan Herald reports on the outcome of an issue that went before […]
If you ever wanted to appear smarter by referencing Supreme Court decisions in your conversations, you can now drop the word “Calvinball” and be fluent in American jurisprudence speak thanks to an dissenting opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. In a ruling earlier today, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Trump Administration could […]
Seventeen cartoonists have filed a lawsuit against Cadence Comic Art and its owner Paolo Belfiore claiming the gallery and art dealer of defrauding them of hundreds of thousands of dollars and refusing to return their artwork. The plaintiffs, which include Rafael Albuquerque, Mahmud Anjum Asrar, Alessandro Cappuccio, Elena Casagrande, Danai Christina Kilaidoni, Yildiray Cinar, Becky […]
Cartoonists Rights reports that Turkish prosecutors are appealing the July 24 acquittal of cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu. Zehra had been charged with “obscenity” for a 2020 cartoon that appeared on LeMan magazine. In July a court judged that no crime was committed and acquitted her of all charges. From Cartoonists Rights: After a slow and lengthy process […]
From The Bayeux Tapestry in the 11th Century to Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, plus Felix’s Bag of Magic Tricks – seems we’re in a war zone today. Part war propaganda, part comic strip From NPR: LONDON — The earliest-known depiction of the 1066 Battle of Hastings — which began the Norman Conquest, changing […]
Following up on the obscenity trial of Zehra Ömeroğlu in Turkey comes great news: After five long years of proceedings, punctuated by postponements, the Istanbul Court of First Instance finally ruled in favor of acquittal on Thursday, June 26. The Turkish cartoonist was tried for “obscenity” for a cartoon published in LeMan magazine in 2020 […]
As reported a couple days ago there are thieves stealing political cartoons, re-imagining them by the use of Artificial Intelligence and then passing them off as their own original creations. Once the practice became public knowledge (thank you Pedro X. Molina) cartoonists and fans began to take action. From Kevin Kallaugher: We are rallying support […]
It seems a fairly new YouTube uploader is taking cartoonists’ original cartoons, “re-imagining” (read: swiping) them through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and then passing them off as their own. Pedro X. Molina noted and provided samples: I found this online and thought you might find it interesting. I have no problem with the ethical […]
“Undercutting Creators” Comic book artist Dustin Nguyen went on a profanity laden rant about Marvel (and DC too) contracts for the artists that work for the Disney owned company. Nnamdi Ezekwe reporting for CBR covered it: Eisner Award-winning artist Dustin Nguyen has launched an expletive-filled tirade at Marvel for its poor contract rates and poor […]
A Sacramento judge released Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell from custody Thursday ahead of a Feb. 4 court date as prosecutors added more child porn allegations to his case. The 49-year-old Bell faces a number of conditions of his release — and yet more charges filed in an amended complaint by Sacramento County prosecutors who […]
From NBC Bay Area News: A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist with Bay Area ties has been arrested in Sacramento County on suspicion of child pornography. Darrin Bell, 49, a famed cartoonist who got his start at UC Berkeley, was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Sacramento County jail on possession of child porn, according to Internet […]
Today is Giving Tuesday, a day marked for giving back to your community. As a cartoonist or one who appreciates their contribution to society, please consider donating to Cartoonists Rights Network International to support their efforts to defend and assist threatened editorial cartoonists around the world. Cartoonists Rights is the first human rights nonprofit with […]
Cartoonists Rights Network International and 130 civil liberties, religious, reproductive health, immigrant rights, human rights, racial justice, LGBTQ+, environmental, and educational organizations are asking supporters to contact their congressional representatives to urge them to vote down H.R. 9495. The groups fear, if enacted, the new law could be abused by allowing the U.S. government to […]