Visit Clay’s work with the Chattanooga Times Free Press Not having spotlighted an editorial cartoonist in my Cartoonist’s Cartoonists feature, I wanted to make sure it was a cartoonist who had a unique artistic style. I’m happy to feature Chattanooga Times Free Press cartoonist Clay Bennett.Clay started his cartooning career while attending the University of […]

Long-time AAEC member Jim Knudsen has passed away at the age of 85. Jim was a member for 48 of the association’s 51 years. He did cartoons for the Catholic publication Tidings and the paper that later became the The San Diego Union-Tribune, according to E&P.

Today marks the debut of Mark Buford’s Scary Gary – a Munster type strip with a 700 year-old vampire, a monster and disembodied head living in a jar who move into the suburbs. Along with the Knight Life and Pooch Cafe, Scary Gary is on trial mode at the News and Observer.Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury returns […]

Randy Glasbergen, one of the most prolific cartoonists in the industry, has several projects that are going to be launching in various places around the world.Firstly, Randy has signed a 5-year contract with Recycled Paper Greetings (RPG). RPG will be adapting Randy’s single-panel cartoons to greeting card designs for holidays and other occasions. Randy’s Thin […]

Visit Tom’s web site Check out Tom’s books Tom Batiuk began his cartooning career while teaching Jr. High in Elyria Ohio in 1970 when he created a comic panel for the Elyria Chronical-Telegram. The panel was the precursor to what later became his strip Funky Winkerbean that was launched in 1972. In 1979 Tom created […]

The Economist editorial cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher will be in Baku, Azerbaijan next week as part of a cultural visit organized by the US Embassy. He will open an exhibition of his political cartoons during the visit and address a wide range of groups including artists, journalists and diplomats. In July, Kal will be visiting […]

» Jeff Stahler has a new collection of his comic panel Moderately Confused out in book form. It’s entitled “21st Century Confusion: A Moderately Confused Collection” and can be had at Amazon.com or your nearest bookstore.» Todd Clark also has a new book collection for his comic Lola. Check it out on Amazon.» Arizona cartoonist […]

The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC), Syracuse University Library has been awarded a grant of $79,440 by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to support the arrangement and description of the library’s 134 unprocessed collections of original cartoon art. The funds will help support a full-time project archivist for a period of two years. […]

Conservative editorial cartoonist Chip Bok will be teaming up with liberal columnist and White House correspondent Helen Thomas to produce a children’s book entitled “The Great White House Breakout” due out in August. The story follows a female president’s son who is fed up with constant Secret Service surveillance and leaves the White House with […]

Time magazine is featuring two Nicaraguan editorial cartoonist Pedro X. Molina and Manuel Guillen and Manuel Guillen and their struggles with a Sandanista government that is intensifying its crackdown on the independent press. After receiving death threats and text messages threatening to crucify his daughter, Manuel moved his family to Miami where he was approached […]

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists have made a few last minute changes to their programming for their upcoming convention at the end of the month. Due to scheduling conflict, Henry Cisneros, the former San Antonio mayor and Clinton administration official who was to keynote the closing banquet, is being replaced by author, historian Douglas […]

Next week on June 19, Jim Davis will celebrate 30 years doing the Garfield comic strip. His syndicate, Universal Press has released a Q & A about the strip: Q: You’ve been drawing Garfield for 30 years now. Looking back, what was the most exciting event that happened during your career with regards to the […]

After announcing earlier this week that the Orange County Register was dropping Get Fuzzy and Pearls Before Swine, the editors have been “persuaded” to return the two features. Immediately.They write, Late last year, possibly in a moment of holiday giddiness or Santa envy or irresponsible eggnog consumption, Register editors thought to ask Register readers what […]

Here are four changes that caught my eye this week. I suspect next week will have a lot more as Doonesbury returns.» The San Diego Union-Tribune has a dilemma now that Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury is coming off sabbatical next week – which feature should they cut. According to E&P, the three that might be cut […]

» Next week’s Rhymes with Orange will be written and drawn by guest cartoonist Suzy Becker whilst Hilary Price is on vacation.» The man who was fired for posting Dilbert cartoon to the bulletin board at work has been hired with the help of Dilbert creator Scott Adams and his blog readers.» Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial […]