Industry news for the professional cartoonist
Yesterday’s editorial cartoon by Columbus Dispatch cartoonist Jeff Stahler has a striking similarity to a 2009 New Yorker cartoon by David Sipress (see both below). I asked Jeff for a response to which he’d only say, “my only explaination [sic] is that it’s a coincidence.” This is the second coincidence this year. Last March, one…
The Tulsa World has hired Doug Marlette to take the place of David Simpson as the staff editorial cartoonist. The Tulsa (Okla.) World has hired Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette, effective Feb. 12. Marlette, who’s syndicated by Tribune Media Services (TMS), had been working out of North Carolina for the Tallahassee Democrat since the…
The Tulsa World has posted a ‘cartoonist wanted’ message on the AAEC bulletin board. They are replacing David Simpson who was fired for plagerism. Posted: Dec 12, 2005 02:48PM From: Laura McIntosh City: Tulsa, Ok USA Email: laura.mcintosh@tulsaworld.com Subject: TULSA WORLD HIRING A CARTOONIST Comments: Unlike many newspapers, the Tulsa World is seeking a cartoonist….
While I think Michael Ramirez and David Simpson are having a bad week, at least they don’t have to worry about being physically attacked. Nov 14, Colombo: Police suspect members of the JVP in the attack on well-known cartoonist Dasa Hapuwalana. Hapuwalana, a cartoonist who works for the Sinhala daily Lankadeepa, was attacked in his…
Youd think after several years you’d recognize your own drawing style. David Simpson, who was dismissed Thursday, said he found an unsigned copy of the cartoon in his creative files and mistakenly believed it was his own. He said he redrew the cartoon, which then was published in June 7 in the Tulsa World.
Matt Golding offers the only Dead OJ cartoon you will ever need, but it sure isn’t the only Dead OJ cartoon you’re being offered. I suppose it’s because a lot of cartoonists are around 50 years old. My first memory of OJ was that he ruined the homecoming game my freshman year in college, and…
Seems like President’s Day is a good excuse to start with this example of our love of lies and mythology from Barney and Clyde (WPWG), particularly since this isn’t President’s Day. It’s George Washington’s Birthday. Her teacher’s comment leaves a lot unsaid. Does she mean that it’s inaccurate because George’s father praised his honesty, or…
Big Nate began the new year by spending an enjoyable (for readers) week with his grandparents at an old folks home (aka: an assisted living facility). I particularly liked Friday’s (Jan. 5) joke – not a new joke but well staged. Speaking of well set up and carried out … yesterday’s Brewster Rockit. Y’all are…
There are many Prigozhin cartoons on editorial pages at the moment, but Mike Smith (KFS) manages to tie up both the Russian and American significance of the event, with only a few inexplicable loose ends. His take is witty without being funny. Editorial cartoons are only funny by happenstance, and generally only when they tackle…
Ann Telnaes was out of the gate quickly as the indictments were announced, largely because she’d been following the story since it began and was able to repurpose an Oldie-but-Goodie. This is not to say that she anticipated the co-conspirators: Of these, only Giuliani was indicted. But she echoes a commentary also advanced by Adam…
Pedro X. Molina (Counterpoint) politely and kindly uses a Simpsons trope to attribute homophobic and transphobic outbursts to ignorance and, perhaps, senility. It reminds me of December 28, 1969, when my father and I were huddled around the TV in the family room, watching David Hilliard, Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party, being…
This is an installment of 2022 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.part 1: Debuts and Departures– – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: Dearly Departed DETOURS/DEVIATIONSSome changes to U.S. newspaper comic strips and cartoons in 2022 Mazetoons by Joe Wos switched from Creators Syndicateto King Features Syndicate on January…
David Horsey points out a current crisis throughout American democracy, though he’s referencing a specific race for the House in northwestern Washington state. On the national scale, relief over the failure of the projected Red Wave ought not to be too joyously celebrated, given the razor-thin margins in the majority of widely watched contests. We…
There are a ton of ketchup cartoons this morning, but Jack Ohman gets the prize not only for having this up within about an hour of yesterday’s hearings, but for managing to frame the bizarre moment in a larger context. That is, many of the cartoons have the ketchup spelling out words, but Ohman shows…
Nick Anderson (Counterpoint) manages the only tasteful riff I’ve seen on that accidental movie set shooting. It’s not a real gun and GOP claims of a stolen election are equally fake and, alas, they’re both equally deadly. The question is not whether Donald Trump believes his Big Lie — he’s been a bullshit artist all…