The Animation Guild (TAG) starts negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) today (August 12). As a precursor to the negotiations a rally was held in the IATSE Local 80 parking lot in Burbank: A huge mass of animation workers, cartoon fans, and union members from other crafts gathering in the […]
Yesterday on Facebook, Tarique Rahman, Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP, announced that freedom of political expression has been restored after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country. I am deeply gratified that the freedom to draw political cartoons has been restored in Bangladesh. Before 2006, Bangladeshi cartoonists, especially Shishir Bhattacharjee, often […]
A documentary on the career and influence of South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, AKA Zapiro, debuted at the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa. The film focuses on Zapiro’s controversial cartoons during Jacob Zuma’s presidential term, challenging the boundaries of freedom of expression.The documentary description: The Showerhead examines the work of cartoonist Zapiro, from […]
John Auchter repeats the concept that the machines are listening to us, which I continue to insist is a myth. However, should the fellow donate $25 to the candidate, it will indeed be Katy-bar-the-door time. I’ve heard several people say they’re sorry to have donated to a candidate because of the spam that results.I’m not […]
Here’s some great news for all Close to Home fans. John McPherson’s latest book, The Close To Home 30th Anniversary Treasury, will be released by Andrews McMeel Publishing on September 24th. This milestone volume includes more than 800 comics chosen by the Saratoga cartoonist and his editors as well as an instructive glimpse at how […]
Dick Tracy travels to South America for a two week Minit Mysteries installment. And who better to illustrate the detective’s Buenos Aires adventure than Argentinian cartoonist Leo Batic?As guest writer Eric Costello says on Facebook: I got (and get!) a real charge out of today’s Dick Tracy, since it’s the start of a two-week Minit […]
This year’s EWK Prize goes to Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh who draws for the Middle East Monitor (MEMO). As this year’s winner, he will be a guest at the annual Lakes International Comic Art Festival in North West England in September to receive the award.From MEMO: “This prize is not for me, it is for […]
The Paris Olympics end tonight, which means cartoonists won’t be able to crank out “Daily Things As If They Were Olympic Events” cartoons for another four years. I’m not sure whether that counts as c’est dommage or tant pis, but ca y est.Frank Mariani depicts the medal race between the US and China. I’m old […]
Harold and the Purple Crayon, 1960s Popeye cartoons, 1972 Sergio Aragonés poster, Little Orphan Annie and Harold Gray, 2024 San Diego Comic-Con book.Crockett Johnson and Harold and The Purple Crayon Harold is the sole visible creator in his universe. The pages he inhabits are plain white expanses until he fills them: with simple objects like […]
Members of the Press and Print Foundation (Stichting Pers & Prent), a Dutch cartooning organization supporting political artists and free speech in the Netherlands, joined other media organizations to protest a proposed tax increase on newspapers and magazines. The VAT increase, from 9% to 21%, was proposed in May. It was immediately opposed by NDP […]
The Silverton, Oregon Homer Days are over, as is their 2024 Davenport International Cartoon Contest.The Homer C. Davenport cartoon contest entries are judged on 1. Artistic Skill: What is the technical skill of the artist’s work?2. Implied Message: Was the message of the cartoon clear and obvious?3. Over-All Appeal: Was the cartoon effective? Following that […]
ICYMI, Rabbits Against Magic has it right: The Democratic Nominee has excellent taste in music, though Mingus is more jazz than swing. But the pun works and we’ll let it slide.My mother turned me on to swing. She was the first female disc jockey on Harvard’s Crimson Network, then one of the founders of Radcliffe’s […]
AKRON — Leader Publications editorial cartoonist Craig Marks Aug. 8 celebrated his 40th anniversary creating cartoons for the West Side Leader and the South Side News Leader.Forty years ago, Marks was drawing the comic strip, “Zippy” for The University of Akron Buchtelite.“On a whim, I visited the West Side Leader offices in Fairlawn after the paper’s […]
Cartoonist Steve Stegelin is a snarky Charleston iconoclast who makes us laugh out loud, cringe and nod at political truths. For 20 years, he’s been Charleston City Paper’s resident cartoonist, crafting award-winning drawings that got better year after year. His original gritty style morphed into colorful weekly panels on important issues that sometimes skewer, sometimes […]
Pat Moriarty, Hugh Kilpatrick III, Charlie Hall, Quino and Malfalda, Anton van Dalen (obit), and Mary Wings (obit).Cartoonist Pat Moriarty Goes Nuclear with Billboard You might have seen the disconcerting, colorful billboard while driving down 6th Avenue in Tacoma. The cartoon illustration shows what looks like a scared kid with an ice-cream cone standing next […]