African National Congress President Jacob Zuma has filed a libel suit against editorial cartoonist Jonathan “Zapiro” Shapiro for the amount of $712,300 over a controversial cartoon published in September that depicted Lady Justice being held down by four ANC members who urged Zuma to rape her. Zuma had been charged with rape in 2005, but […]
Ted Rall, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists president, has written an open letter to the Overseas Press Club of America president, Mr. Allen Dodds Frank, over an increase in the awards entry fee from $150 to $175 and accuses the organization of using the fees as a “revenue enhancing” operation at the expense of […]
The journalism melt down that has reduced the number of staff editorial cartoonists by 18% this year isn’t just an American phenomenon. The Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists announced that Thomas “TAB” Boldt, cartoonist for Sun Media, has been laid off. He’s been with Sun Media (who owns dailies across Canada) since 2001.Sue Dewar, Tim […]
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists president Ted Rall has fired off a letter to Time Magazine regarding their “bland, inane, and just plain stupid” choice of editorial cartoons in this year’s selection of the year’s top 10.His letter in its entirety:To the Editor: Your list of the Top 10 Editorial Cartoons of 2008 is an […]
» Clear Blue Water creator Karen Montague-Reyes, continues writing on her blog things she learned while her strip was in syndication. Her latest post includes an important lesson on word count. Because her strip didn’t appear in her local paper, a friend sent her a months worth of tear sheets so she could see how […]
Brian Duffy, who was unceremoniously shown the door after 25 years as the editorial cartoonist for the Des Moines Register two weeks ago, will be doing a weekly cartoon for a competing newspaper. The alternative newsweekly, Cityview, gave Brian a full page last week to say good bye to readers, but the publisher decided to […]
Uclick, a division of Unversal Press Syndicate, is rapidly expanding the number of comic strips and cartoons available through the iTunes app store. The latest announcement adds webcomic We the Robots by Chris Harding, Scott Meyer’s Basic Instructions and Brooke McEldowney’s fantasy Pibgorn to the line up. We the Robots joined GoComics this year; Pibgorn […]
» Bob Schieffer, host of CBS’ Face The Nation program mentioned a cartoon by Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson, during yesterday’s programming. Check out the video on Nick’s blog or go to the cartoon that was mentioned.» Daryl Cagle interviews Canadian editorial cartoonists Patrick Corrigan and Thomas “Tab” Boldt about the wacky year of […]
Former Wichita Eagle editorial cartoonist Richard Crowson who was laid off back in September, will now be cartooning for the Wichita Magazine. The monthly magazine has given him a unique opportunity to have free reign with the inside back page. The planned feature which begins in January will be called Wichidog Town and is described […]
The Florida Times-Union has announced that it will be cutting eight comics from their line up to save money. To accomplish the cutting, they’re opening up a poll asking for reader input to judge from a pool of 15 which one’s should go. The comics in the poll include: Andy Capp, Beetle Bailey, Brevity, Cathy, […]
Rob Tornoe, who was hired last April as a full time editorial cartoonist for the multi-state political site, was laid off this morning along with several other employees. Rob tells me that he has slowly been building up a client list and hopes to continue doing cartoons as a freelancer.
E&P has the latest traditional “how we’ll draw the president” article that runs every election cycle. Mark Fitzgerald interviews or quotes: Chuck Asay, Nick Anderson, Scott Stantis, Mike Luckovich, Mike Peters, and Rick McKee.
Publisher Weekly reports that the 2009 MoCCA show has changed its dates to June 6-7 and has selected a new venue – the the historic 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington and 26th. The previous location, the Puck Building, was much loved for its hardwood floors, gauzy white curtains, flattering lighting and downtown proximity, but it […]
» One of Richard Thompson’s illustrations of President Elect Barack Obama can now be had on shirts, mugs, etc. It’s a great piece of artwork and looks great on merchandise.» The Citizen Hotel has opened in Sacramento and upon its walls hangs various editorial cartoons, including some from Sacramento Bee cartoonist Rex Babin.» For the […]