Dan Piraro’s presentation that he did at Healthy Lifestyle Expo 2006 has been YouTubed. It’s entertaining. Not quite enough to make me give up the filet mignon, but it was worth the 5 minutes of my time. He also talks of global warming and other issues.
Mike Luckovich was one of three speakers at the National Cartooning Society’s Southeaster Chapter annual meting in Gainsville over the weekend. According to the Gainsville Times, he was interrupted during his presentation and challenged on one of his cartoon’s assertions that the U.S. uses torture in investigations. The challenger was not named, but eventually silenced […]
Charlie Brown is running for congress. No, this isn’t a story about a silly write-in campaign, but a real life Democrat whose name is Charlie Brown and he’s challenging John Doolittle for a seat in congress. Charles Schulz’s son, Monte, is now questioning some of the political fliers against Charlie Brown as infringements upon the […]
Hy Eisman, the current cartoonist behind Popeye and the Katzenjammer Kids will be conducting a workshop at the Newark Museum this Saturday. The Masters of American Comics is currently on display at the Newark Museum, so I suspect the two events are connected. Pre-registration is required.
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee © John Hambrock. Used by permission of King Features. All Rights Reserved.I received the sales kit for John Hambrock’s The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee Thursday and with permission from King Features, I wanted to show you a bit about the new feature and share my initial first impressions.Those […]
Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has announced a new feature on his blog. He has solicited his readers to send him their cartoons and he’ll post them on his blog every Friday.From his blog: Have you always wanted to be a cartoonist? Can’t stand my cartoons? Want to see your own published here? Here’s […]
Kathleen Breeden, the cartoonist at the center of case of plagiarism at Harvard, has come out saying that only one of the cartoons was copied and the others are her original ideas. She even goes as far as saying she’s willing to take a lie detector test to prove it. Breeden said she takes full […]
Last September Aaron posted a notice that a new exhibit was opening at the Library of Congress called Cartoon America. The exhibit officially opened yesterday and features the artowrk of Thomas Nast, Rube Goldberg, Bill Mauldin, Patrick Oliphant, Winsor McCay, George Herriman, Chic Young, Milt Caniff, Charles Schulz, Lynn Johnston, Peter Arno, William Steig, Al […]
Jeff Parker, editorial cartoonist for Florida Today, has launched his blog. He writes in to say that he’s been maintaining it for about a month now and: I post my cartoons, write about cartooning or being a cartoonist, occasionally post sketches and doodles, swap comments and offer a caption contest for our readers. I find […]
The 2006 Dilbert Weasel Awards have been posted. Over 40,000 people voted and the results are a hint of what is to come in next weeks mid-term election?Just look the winners and the margins they win by:Weaseliest Pundit/Reporter? Michael Moore 9383 votes NY Times 8831 Weaseliest Company? Halliburton 10436 Wal-Mart 8489 Weaseliest Politician? George W. […]
The story that I covered yesterday regarding the Harvard Crimson editorial cartoonist Kathleen Breeden that was fired for alleged plagiarism is getting some national attention in some big newspapers. The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and the New York Sun are just a few of the papers to report on the incident.Reaction from the cartoonists that […]
King features is launching a new comic strip on November 12 called The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee by John Hambrock. The feature centers around a 10-year old genius named Edison, his family (mom and dad, grandfather) and a talking rat. The strip is described as “An intelligent left-leaning comic strip that masterfully mixes social commentary and humor.”
From the LA Times comes a story that the LA Daily News has laid off the paper’s publisher and 20 others. The Daily News is home to editorial cartoonist Patrick O’Connor who reports that his job has not been directly affected. Patrick does mention that the ousted publisher has been a great advocate of his work and as he puts it: “championed my work and stuck up for me when I was under fire.”Â
Last week I mentioned that Dinette Set creator Julie Larson had a new book and was out and about doing book signings and speaking events in conjunction with the release of her book. Julie has written in to give me links to photos of the book signing taken the Peoria Journal-Star. Additionally there are other book signings planned. See below.
Tank McNamara creators Jeff Millar (writer) and Bill Hinds (artist) will be awarded a special recognition for visual journalism by The Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University and the Northeastern University School of Journalism on December 4th.