After making upgrades to the server and fixing other chronic issues I have brought back the recent comments feature on the homepage for easier tracking of the conversations here on the blog. I will be monitoring its impact on the site’s performance. Hopefully it will be a permanent feature.Enjoy!Alan

MSNBC.com and editorialc cartoonist Daryl Cagle have released “MSNBC Cartoons”, a free iPhone/iPod Touch application that delivers the newest editorial cartoons, updated in real-time from 800 newspapers around the world. Users can also share their political cartoons by e-mail or post them to their Twitter and Facebook pages within the app. “It has more cartoons, […]

The Cleveland Call and Post, an African American newspaper, ran a cartoon on the front page depicting State Senator Nina Turner as Aunt Jemima – who come view as a stereotype of black women who aim to please whites in authority positions – for her support of a measure to redesign the county government. She […]

The 2009 Annie Awards nominations have been announced by ASIFA-Hollywood. The award recognizes the year’s best achievements in animation. The features competing for Best Animated Feature include: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells and Pixar’s Up. Here is the full list of […]

Yesterday was the first year anniversary of Steve Greenberg’s lay-off with the Ventura County Star. Steve reflects what went well and not so well reinventing himself as a freelance artist. So here I am, a year out of work. On the one hand, Iâ??m pretty much a full-time editorial cartoonist again (other than whatever illustration […]

Each year Hogan’s Alley posts Christmas cards from notable cartoonists. This year the focus is on Arnold Roth. This year it’s our privilege to present a treasure trove of Christmas cards from the archives of the legendary Arnold Roth. Each of his cards is a masterpiece of design, composition and humor, and we talked to […]

Books» Todd DePastino Wins 2009 Sperber Prize for his Biography of World War II Cartoonist Bill Mauldin (available at Amazon.com)» Secret Asian Man creator Tak Toyoshima is releasing a complete collection of his strip that ran in daily syndication. The book is entitled “Secret Asian Man: The Daily Days” and can be pre-ordered from Amazon.Comic […]

Universal Uclick editor John Glynn reports that John McPherson’s Close to Home has hit the 17 year mark in syndication yesterday.Bill Hind celebrated his eighth anniversary doing his Cleats feature last Wednesday.Congrats to them both.

The AAEC website has details and dates for all the major editorial cartooning awards in North America, including student awards.

The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that next Tuesday McSweeney, an independent publishing house will print a one-time run of the “San Francisco Panorama” that will feature 16 pages of full-color comics by nearly 20 artists including Dan Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware, Alison Bechdel, and Jessica Abel. In all, there will be […]

Former Evening Independent and St. Petersburg Times editorial cartoonist Don Addis passed away Sunday of lung cancer at the age of 74. Don began his cartooning career in 1964 with the Evening Independent and during his career he launched four syndicated comic strips: Briny Deep, The Great John L., Babyman, and his most successful strip […]

The Yale Daily News is reporting that 16 organizations, including American Civil Liberties Union, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the International Publishers Association, will chastise Yale University of “failing to stand up for free speech” in a statement released today. At issue is concern that Yale University Press capitulated to threats of […]

From the Globe and Mail comes news that Andy Donato, the editorial cartoonist for the Sun newspaper chain, has won a major legal battle against the Canadian Revenue Agency over charitable tax credits he claimed on his taxes after donating 710 cartoon originals to Touro College in New York and Ontario’s Brock University in 1999 […]

Happy thanksgiving to one and all. I’ll return on Monday to update the blog. Until then, enjoy the time with family.

The two Chicago area men arrested last month who were allegedly plotting to kill Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard had ties to Pakistani army officers. According to a McClatchy article in the Miami Herald, five Pakistani army officers were taken in for questioning because of communications discovered between themselves and the two Chicago men. The five […]