Editor and Publisher has the story that many of the winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prize were tipped off early. Mike Luckovich was told the day before.Mike Luckovich, editorial cartoonist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and winner of his second Pulitzer this week, said he was tipped off on Sunday. “I knew I was going to […]

Not sure what was going on with Darby Conley’s Get Fuzzy yesterday. Both yesterday’s Pearls Before Swine and Get Fuzzy had the same Pearls artwork but in Get Fuzzy, Satchel was Photoshopped over the artwork. Judge for yourself if this was a successful crossover.

In another “check out this new blog” moment, may I direct your attention to Rod McKie’s The Cartoon Fiend where Rod interviews other cartoonists on a nearly daily basis. So far he’s interviewed Chris Browne’s (“Raising Duncan“) and Sandra Bell-Lundy (“Between Friends“). Yesterday’s blog entry was the ever prolific Randy Glasbergen.Rod also keeps his own […]

I thought The Daily Cartoonist had carved out a small niche in the blogosphere, but last night I came across one even more narrowly focused – yet nicely done. If you haven’t visited the Silent Penultimate Panel Watch – do so now. The SPPW is appropriately subtitled, “Each and every day a comic strip abuses […]

Tony Carillo continues to get favorable press from his home town area – as well as subscriptions. This story from the East Valley Tribune talks about the “F Minus” launch as well as mentions that he’s launching with 75 clients now.“Almost all my comics are about stupidity,?”Tony Carrillo says, “about failure or losers. I think […]

The annual Locher award for best college editorial cartoonist was announced last weekend by Dick and Mary Locher. This year’s winner goes to William C Warren who attends Wake Forest University. The Lochers:In announcing the award at the end of last week by Dick & Mary Locher had this to say: “The subject matter of […]

When the accolades roll in, they roll in big for Mike Luckovich. Yesterday he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. You can listen to an interviewed by NPR regarding the big win. The AAEC has also posted notice that the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual Sigma Delta Chi Awards were announced and Mike […]

Congratulations to Mike Luckovich for winning the Pulitzer Prize – Again! You can see his submission portfolio online.Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich earned journalism’s top honor Monday, winning a Pulitzer Prize. It was the second Pulitzer for the popular but polarizing cartoonist, whose social and political commentaries regularly provoke sharp reactions from readers. “This […]

Earlier I mentioned Tony Carrillo’s “F Minus” had received a glowing review (and client pick up) at the Arizona Republic. Now he’s picked up the Arizona Daily Star starting today.Fans of sarcasm and those in need of a quick jolt of comedy are in luck. “F Minus” debuts today in the Accent section and will […]

The Pulitzer Prizes winners will be announced today at 3:00 EST. I’ll be watching the wires and post the results for the editorial cartooning category as soon as I get them. Be looking also for follow up stories as this award does generate lots of responses – positive and negative.

Editor and Publisher has the scoop on an exhibit of Paul Conrad’s bronze statues. The six-week exhibit runs through May 21, according to the Los Angeles Times, where Conrad was formerly a staff cartoonist. The newspaper noted that Conrad has sculpted figures such as George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy, the Rev. Dr. […]

There’s an interesting article in the Journal Gazette, (Ft. Wayne) about the new hip-hop generation, their message, and their impact in the African American community. The article cites Aaron McGruder’s Boondocks television show and some of the language used to make political statements. But some worry that members of the hip-hop generation are delivering their […]

This year’s annual Border Book Festival (Border – as in US, Mexico; not the book store) will feature Lalo Alcaraz, the creator of “La Cucharacha” on this coming Saturday in El Paso Texas. Lalo will talk about his work and conduct a workshop with other area cartoonists.Border Book Festival is a free event to celebrate […]

The Winona Daily News has reported that after sifting through 500 survey responses that they will be making four changes on their comics page. Newly launched “Cow and Boy” will replace “Mary Worth” – who has run in that newspaper since 1947; “Brevity” takes over “Close To Home;” and “Get Fuzzy” takes the slot of […]

To what extent are newspapers supposed to edit or fact check the content of comic strips? That’s the topic a column by Manning Pynn, the Public Editor at the Orlando Sentinel, who recently had to deal with a reader who questioned the factuality of a Mallard Fillmore strip regarding taxes. The tax question involved was […]