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French editorial cartoonist Jean Platu is traveling throughout the United States lecturing about his experiences as a cartoonist. There’s a write up of his visit to Clemson University at their student paper.

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 […]

Comic book legend Stan Lee will speak in Springfield Ohio on the 24th of January. You can get details at the Springfield News-Sun, including a audio slide show and directions to the event.While he still holds the title of chairman emeritus at Marvel, and continues to write the same syndicated ?Amazing Spider-Man? newspaper strip he […]

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 […]

Several New Yorker cartoonists are gathering in Vail this weekend to host an event entitled “Humor on the Slopes Cartooning Festival.” The three day event is a promotional event by a local ski resort to attract more visitors and features Harry Bliss, Matt Diffee, Ed Koren, Bob Mankoff, Victoria Roberts, Jack Zeigler, and others.During the […]

Editorial cartoonist Dave Fitzsimmons will be a keynote speaker at the National Association of Realtors annual conference on April 2, 2006. Don?t miss this special event featuring keynote speaker Dave Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons is a Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist for the Arizona Sun newspaper. As a political commentator, Fitzsimmons might appear cynical and irreverent. But […]

E&P is reporting that the first Comic-Con in New York will feature Patrick McDonnell, creator of ‘Mutts’.Among the Comic-Con’s “special guests” will be “Mutts” creator Patrick McDonnell of King Features Syndicate. Also, King will be among hundreds of exhibitors at the event (www.nycomiccon.com). The convention will be held Feb. 24-26 at Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Center.

AZ Daily Star Cartoonistist David Fitzsimmons will be speaking to the Arizona Association for Economic Development on December 20th. Registration is $20.

Newsday is covering the The ‘New Democrat’ From Hope” conference at Hofstra University. Featured at the conference are editorial cartoonist talking about their cartooning of the Clinton presidency.Making fun of Clinton required little heavy lifting. In fact, says Robert Mankoff, cartoon editor of The New Yorker and a cartoonist himself, on the spectrum of presidential […]

The University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication is celebrating and examining the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution and will include speeches, discussions and presentations – including a speech by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Marlette.LinkUpdate: The Norman Transcript has a write up on the speech.

Pat Bagley, editorial cartoonist for the Salt Lake Tribune, is an institution in the state of Utah. He’ll be speaking at U?s Women?s Club (University of Utah) on November 14th.Join them for a fun-filled afternoon with Utah cartoonist, Pat Bagley, the Salt Lake Tribune?s award-winning editorial cartoonist, author and humorist, specializing in all things Utahn. […]

Ted Rall gave a presentation to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on the topic of “The Slow-Motion Suicide of the American Empire.”  A report of his speach has been posted on the Daily Illini web site.“The purpose of these presentations is mainly to get people to think for themselves,” Rall said. “I want my […]

Jan Eliot, creator of Stone Soup, will speak today at the University of Oregon on her career in the comics.During the seminar, Eliot plans to explore how the funny pages have evolved over the past 100 years, why there aren?t many women in the comics business and what it takes to be a syndicated cartoonist.

For those of you in the Winston-Salem area, you can attend the Salem College Center for Women Writers monthy meeting on November 10 and listen to Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette lecture and slide show on his comic strip “Kudzu.”You can also attend a local “Eat, drink, and be literary” festival where Doug will […]

1996 Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez, Los Angeles Times, will be speaking to the Ashbrook Center on the subject of “Journalism, Citizen Politics in a New World Order” on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at noon. There will be a webcast of the speech posted at 12:30 (Eastern Time).