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NCS Division award nominees announced

We’ve know for a couple of weeks that Stephen Pastis, Dan Piraro and Richard Thompson were up for the Reuben award. The National Cartoonist Society has announced the division awards which are as follows: FEATURE ANIMATION Ronnie del Carmen – Storyboard Artist – “Up” Tomm Moore – Director – “The Secret of Kells” Barry Reynolds […]

CSotD: Sipping Ol’ Possum with the POSSLQ

I was in a liquor store once — well, to be honest, I’ve been in a liquor store more than once — But once when I was in a liquor store, I overheard a couple ask the manager which was the best butterscotch schnapps. His professional response was to say, “well, we seem to sell […]

Suspect caught in Glauco Villas Boas murder

Carlos Eduardo Sundfeld Nunes, a college student, has been arrested for the murder of popular Brazilian cartoonist Glauco Villas Boas. College student Carlos Eduardo Sundfeld Nunes, identified by witnesses as the killer in the double murder that shocked Brazil, was arrested on Friendship Bridge after a brief shootout with Federal Police officers. The accused, who […]

ABCNews: Newspapers are cutting comics

John Berman and Joel Siegel reporters have posted a story on ABC News’ World News site reporting the loss of comic strips in newspapers throughout the country. No matter how bad the news, no matter how grim the headlines, you could always count on a smile from at least one corner of the daily newspaper: […]

Terry Mosher cartoon fuels niqab controversy

A Muslim woman’s refusal to remove her veil in a French language class has caused a controversy in Canada. Adding fuel to the fire is a recent cartoon by Terry Mosher. The controversy, which was sparked by a Muslim woman’s refusal in November to remove her veil in her French language class in Montreal, has […]

CSotD: Deep in the heart, shallow in the head

There have been a couple book-burning cartoons about the Texas Board of Education’s dictating changes in history textbooks, a factor that has been known in history circles for decades but got extra emphasis this year, in part because of more changes than usual and probably because editors and reporters are more aware of the conservative […]

Alex Hunter wins Scripps Howard Journalism Award

Editor & Publisher reported that Alex Hunter of The Washington Times has won this year’s Scripps Howard Journalism Award for editorial cartooning. Alex wins the $10,000 ward, trophy for his “well-researched satire that merged sequential art with editorial cartoons.” You can check out Alex’s work on the Time’s website.Mike Luckovich of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution was […]

Manley talks about the art of Judge Parker strip

Mike Manley talks to Comics Riff about taking over the art of the Judge Parker serial. MC: So you were already very familiar with his style. Can you speak to adapting to his style — and the constraints of a continuity comic strip? MM: Eduardo and I have very similar influences artistically. It’s all a […]

Daily Cartoonist goes mobile

A couple of weeks ago, I quietly released a mobile version of this blog for the iPhone/iPod Touch, Android, Palm Pre and Blackberry. The mobile version has all the capability of the full site including reading and posting comments. So, if you’re stuck at the grocery store, child’s dance/soccer/piano lessons, feel free to visit The […]

Chris Sharron wins Charles M. Schulz Award

Chris Sharron, a senior cartoonist for the Daily Kent Stater in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) at Kent State University, earned a coveted National Journalism Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation. The National Journalism Awards honor the best work in the communications industry and journalism education each year.Chris will receive $10,000 and […]

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