For 30 years, Houston-based cartoonist Mary Lawton submitted her work to The New Yorker. For 30 years, she received a series of rejection notices, most of them quite polite but with the same gist: thanks, but no thanks. Occasionally the rejections came with a nice note: “I’m sorry.” She took this as an encouraging sign […]
The world is full of weighty matters, but we’re going to, in the words of Eddy Arnold, make the world go away and get it off our shoulders. And, yes, I know it was written by Hank Cochran, but this is being written by me and we’re not picking nits today. Okay, we are. But […]
We’ll start with a nice 3½ minute segment from News12’s Made in Connecticut featuring Ray Billingsley. This week in Made in Connecticut, News 12 features Ray Billingsley, the cartoonist and creator of “Curtis,” a nationally syndicated comic strip. The character is a very likeable, but mischievous 11-year-old boy who’s loved by millions. While “Curtis” has […]
Looking back at the art of cartooning with Bill Mauldin, RL Crabb, Jeff MacNelly, Ian Jones, and Sydney Jordan.Rob Stolzer proclaims: I consider Bill Mauldin to be one of the most influential cartoonists of the 20th century, coming into WWII as a kid cartoonist and leaving the Mediterranean Theater as someone who changed the way […]
The Guardian has apparently declined to publish a depiction of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu by cartoonist Steve Bell, reportedly telling him the artwork perpetuated an anti-Semitic trope. The London Press Gazette reports on Steve Bell‘s description of what happened and Bell’s history with the problem: Bell posted the blocked cartoon to Twitter/X on Monday, […]
Let’s start by declaring the distinction between an explanation and an excuse. A fair-minded person can explain what is happening in the Israel/Palestine confrontation, though there may be differences of opinion in weighing the factors.Nobody can excuse what is happening.Morten Morland makes a strong point. The Palestinians’ desire for a homeland has been thwarted for […]
Today is the official release date of The Mysteries by Bill Watterson and John Kascht. From Bill Watterson, bestselling creator of the beloved comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and John Kascht, one of America’s most renowned caricaturists, comes a mysterious and beautifully illustrated fable about what lies beyond human understanding. In a fable for grown-ups […]
Joel Pett is the 2023 recipient of the “Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning.” “Famous for his acid wit, Joel Pett treats local political fodder with the same unflinching critical eye he wields in his national cartoons,” stated the three-judge panel of cartoonists. “His work relentlessly picks apart the cruelty and hypocrisy of […]
Is this a political cartoon? Steve Brodner thinks so, and said so, at the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists convention in San Francisco this past weekend.Picasso’s painting is considered Great Art, but he was reacting to the bombing of Guernica and he was certainly expressing his take on the horror. The fact that he didn’t […]
Listen to Jack Ohman, Ted Rall, Scott Stantis, and Marshall Ramsey talk about editorial cartooning today. With a Clay Jones special guest cartoon.Ted Rall and Scott Stantis host Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) president Jack Ohman on Ted and Scott’s DMZ America podcast. The meeting of editorial cartooning minds took place on October 6, […]
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As we’ve reported, Saturday night the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) announced their annual award winners at their convention in San Francisco. To the surprise and delight of us three here at The Daily Cartoonist, we, along with The Washington Post reporter Michael Cavna, The Nib cartoonist and publisher Matt Bors, and AAEC volunteer/organizer […]
I’m back from the AAEC Convention in San Francisco, recovering from a red-eye flight and very late with today’s posting. I’m also realizing that, while a lot of the convention consisted of socializing, which is a good thing, there was a day of intense presentations that can’t be summed up in a single post.So we’ll […]
Borgman began drawing weekly cartoons for the school newspaper, where the thrill of others seeing his work grew. A week after graduating from college, Borgman started as The Enquirer’s editorial cartoonist. Victoria Moorwood at The Cincinnati Enquirer profiles cartoonist Jim Borgman. (hat tip: Lynn Larkin)Borgman and ‘Zits’ writer Jerry Scott went from friendly acquaintances to […]
The Daily Cartoonist was among those honored by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists last night. The AAEC celebrates the media with this year’s Ink Bottle Awards The people behind The Daily Cartoonist, Comic Riffs and The Nib were all cited for their work From the AAEC press release: