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J. B. Handelsman passes at age 85

New Yorker cartoonist J.B. Handelsman has passed away at the age of 85. According to his obituary in the New York Times, he had nearly a thousand cartoons published in the New Yorker. The Comics Reporter has more information along with several related links.

Cartoonists in the News: Larry Feign

Larry Feign, who gained international fame for his comic feature Lily Wong, was asked by CNN on his opinion of how Hong Kong is fairing 10 years after Britain handed over control of the city to China. “Everyone always thought Hong Kong would influence China,” Feign said. “What really surprises me and a lot of […]

Marshall Ramsey passes 1st anniversary as blogger

A small shout-out to Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey who, last Friday passed his first anniversary as a blogger along with his cartooning duties. Over the last year, Marshall has posted 2,414 posts (averaging 7-a-day). If you’ve kept up with his blog, he’s quite prolific (blogging 7 days a week) and entertaining. The blog is […]

Miami Herald hold’s “Great Cartoonist Search”

For reasons I’m still trying to uncover, the Miami Herald is holding contest called the “Great Cartoonist Search” contest. The contest is open to any individual cartoonist or teams of two (must be U.S. resident and 18+ years old). To enter, submit three cartoons to the paper by July 24th. There will be three rounds […]

Meeting Mort Walker

The Beat blog posts a write up on bumping into Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker and an update on the cartoon museum Mort has diligently worked on for so long.As it stands now, the art that was once housed in the museum is sitting in storage in Stamford, CT. Walker told us that Ohio State […]

Roger Armstrong passes at 89 (UPDATED)

I received an e-mail noting I haven’t posted anything about the recent passing of Roger Armstrong, who was a career cartoonist drawing Bugs Bunny and The Flintstones. In such passings, I struggle whether it is within the scope of this blog (which narrowly focuses on newspaper based cartooning) to mention the passing of other giants […]

Daily Cartoonist Upgraded

I’ve upgraded the blog software for this here blog. I’ve fixed a few issues that came up, but if you see anything misbehaving, please let me know so I can fix it.The next project – trimming the number of spam that is still getting through the spam blocker!Thanks, Alan

Mohammed cartoon editor Flemming Rose begins blog

Flemming Rose, the now infamous editor of the Jyllands-Posten which published the Mohammed cartoons that elicited a violent reaction in the Middle East and around the world, has started blogging over at Pajamas Media. Mr. Rose will also be on a panel called “Caricaturing A Nation: Americans and Muslims Draw Each Other” at this year’s […]

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