Out on book shelves today is a book I’ve wrote about a couple of weeks ago called Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression. The author, Dave Wallis, has an excellent article in the San Francisco Chronicle that nicely recaps the major themes of his book. It’s an excellent read and worth a […]
Found an interesting article on a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist named Jay “Ding” Darling who drew cartoons for the Sioux City Journal and Des Moines Register at the beginning of the last century. An active conservationist of his time, he was appointed by President Roosevelt in 1934 to head up U.S. Biological Survey […]
Erin Russell, a senior at the University of Michigan, has won the Charles M. Schulz Award for college cartooning. Her comic strip Jaded Joy runs in The Michigan Daily and is described as a comic that “chronicles the drama of a spirited 7 year-old girl named Joy, who is intelligent, independent, keenly observant, and a […]
Mike Luckovich, the two time Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist, has won the National Headliners Award for the second straight year according to E&P. Second and third place went to Matt Davies (The Journal-News) and Adam Zyglis (The Buffalo News). The National Headliners Award is the first big prize for editorial cartooning to be announced […]
Arizona Republic editorial cartoonist Steve Benson has been awarded the Scripps Howard Foundation’s National Journalism Award for editorial cartooning. Steve takes home a hefty $10,000 and a trophy. His portfolio included cartoons regarding “the Iraq War, the tragedy of Darfur, lobbyist influence at the White House, bigotry and the failure of response to Katrina.”UPDATE: I […]
E&P has leaked what they are reporting as some of the finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. For editorial cartooning the names include: Walt Handelsman of Newsday, Nick Anderson with the Houston Chronicle, and Mike Thompson at the Detroit Free Press.A blog named “Blogging New Orleans” reports that Walt had asked the Pulitzer board if animated […]
Mark Tatulli gets an extensive write-up in the Philadelphia Inquirer this week in part as the Inquirer will be running Lio beginning on Monday. Some of the more interesting tidbits gleaned from the article: Mark has had to reel back the dark side of Lio because of complaints that it was too dark Mark is […]
Back in December I wrote about a blog post by Dilbert creator, Scott Adams, that opined that Bill Gates would make a good U.S. president. The idea caught fire in parts of the blogosphere and a grass-roots effort was made to recruit the billionaire. That grass-root effort has thrown in the towel: We’ve tried… We […]
For Better or For Worse character Farley will soon be appearing on Ontario license plates according to E&P. A portion of the proceeds for each plate will go to the Farley Foundation – a charitable organization that subsidizes medical care for pets that belong to senior citizens or persons with disabilities. Farley was a lovable […]
Four cartoonists Charlos Gary (Working It Out), Jerry Craft (Momma’s Boyz), Cory Thomas (Watch Your Head) and editorial cartoonist Tim Jackson will be on hand at Alfred University on March 17 to provide personal lessons on cartooning for children ages 6-17. The event is part of the university’s Drawn to Diversity annual program to explore […]
Maintaining by Nate Creekmore. Used by permission of Universal Press Syndicate. All Rights Reserved.Coming May 7th, Universal Press will debut its first comic strip of 2007 called Maintaining by Nate Creekmore. Maintaining was first published in the Lipscomb University paper, The Babbler, in 2003 and won the prestigious Charles M. Schulz Award for best college […]
Darrin Bell is getting letters from Candorville fans asking why his feature has been dropped from the LA Times without notice. It’s not just his feature, but also La Cucaracha and Mallard Fillmore that have disappeared. The blog, LA Observed, also mentions that Mr. Boffo is also a casualty in this decision. Both Darrin and […]
Mary Worth’s continued success despite often coming low in the popularity polls is not lost on Barry Alfonso, a journalist, who wrote an indepth analysis/tribute to the remarkable staying power of Mary Worth. The slightly doughy but innately elegant Mary embodies a civility that is fading out of real life. Moreover, the very pace of […]
Modeled somewhat after Joel Pett’s Toon-op that runs in the LA Times, Daryl Cagle has started a similar feature reviewing the current events with cartoons. The new feature will be written by his daughter Susie. From his blog: I’ve never seen anything like this in syndication, probably because cartoons and the written word are very […]
This week’s Toon-op was done by Jim Morin who won this year’s Herblock Prize. Jim’s selection of cartoons for the LA Times came from his own portfolio and included his commentary on the impact of Herblock on his own cartooning. Joel Pett, who usually does the feature, is off this week.