Is this the end of editorial cartooning?For Chris Lamb of The Chicago Tribune it is not so much a question as an inevitability. Though as Dave Whamond‘s cartoon shows it’s been said before and still the editoonists survive.© Dave WhamondWhat better time than during the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists‘ convention to write an appreciation […]

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists kicks off it’s annual convention tomorrow.ZoomFest ’21 features several virtual events that are open to the public on October 8 & 9, 2021. The morning of October 8 sees the AAEC partnering with the Association of Canadian Cartoonists and Canada Post to join with the honored cartoonists for the debut […]

Canada Post’s week of honoring editorial cartoonists continues with Duncan Macpherson. Duncan Macpherson is considered a giant of Canadian editorial cartooning. His witty cartoons challenged authority and tapped into public sentiment on domestic and world events while Macpherson himself helped reshape the trade for a generation of cartoonists. Among several firsts throughout his career, Macpherson […]

Mike Luckovich takes only a small bit of artistic liberty in depicting one of the battlefields of the New Civil War.We haven’t put on uniforms and I knock wood in saying that we haven’t had anyone shot at a school board meeting. Yet.But there has been gunplay in this New Civil War, and that hasn’t […]

Editorial Cartoonist Nick Anderson has joined the Reform Austin newsroom, where he will employ the artistic skill and political insights that earned a Pulitzer Prize to drive coverage of Texas government. As managing editor, Anderson is responsible for guiding Reform Austin’s efforts to give readers the unfiltered facts they need to hold Texas leaders accountable. […]

For some reason comic strips are encountering extraterrestrials of late.It started last week with Zits where the teenagers engaged in a close encounter.  Also last week the denizens of Sherman’s Lagoon were turned human by The Great and Powerful Kahuna, which has led to their being abducted by aliens.  This week an old friend returned to Prickly […]

Canada Post’s week of honoring editorial cartoonists continues with Terry Mosher. Terry Mosher is a mischievous wag with an aptitude for tweaking noses. Best known as an editorial cartoonist, he is also an accomplished historian and effortless storyteller, with 52 books to his credit. At 78, he remains a work in progress. Mosher has drawn […]

I’ve had to sort through mountains of Facebook cartoons over the past 24 hours, but Dr. MacLeod was the only one that made me laugh, which is a good reason to give him the lead-off position today.There were several that suggested people were doing more constructive and enhancing things, and I suppose that’s probably true […]

From BBC: Vilks was reported to be travelling in a civilian police vehicle which collided with a truck near the town of Markaryd in southern Sweden. Investigators said the collision, which also killed two police bodyguards, showed no signs of foul play. The 75-year-old artist had been living under police protection after receiving death threats […]

Author/cartoonist Jerry Craft‘s books were banned at the end of Banned Books Week from the Katy Independent School District after parents signed a petition to cancel a Zoom event with Jerry. The petition, which had 444 signatures as of Friday morning, reads: “Author Jerry Craft is scheduled to have a Zoom call with elementary aged […]

Canada Post’s week of honoring editorial cartoonists continues with Brian Gable. Gable’s work is instantly recognizable, his style unmistakable. He regularly uses satire and sarcasm to poke fun at decision makers and institutions, and to highlight important issues facing our country and the world. For Gable, humour is a way to connect with readers. He […]

photo: Anna Watts for The Washington Post The tiniest line and the big picture. That is her purview since becoming only the fourth cartoon editor in the magazine’s near-century-long history — and the first woman to ascend to that lofty title — after succeeding Bob Mankoff four years ago. [Emma] Allen, 33, is shaking up […]

Betty (AMS) has never been terribly specific about what she does for a living, but her current mood matches mine, which makes this a good day to dip into the funny pages. Meanwhile, this Bliss (AMS) reminds me of Frank Zappa’s comment, “If your children ever find out how lame you really are, they’ll murder you […]

Canada Post’s week of honoring editorial cartoonists starts with Serge Chapleau. From doodling in the margins of his schoolbooks to drawing the biggest local and international personalities, Serge Chapleau has gone from pens to touchscreens in his half-century-long career. Known as Quebec’s most famous press cartoonist, he nonetheless frowns when asked about what that implies. […]

Ninety years ago cartoonist Chester Gould presented the comic strip Cigarette Sadie to the public. Being a Sunday Gould also presented a “topper” strip for that page.Plainclothes police detective Dick Tracy was created by Chester Gould and first appeared in the Detroit Sunday Mirror on October 4, 1931. A daily series was started on October […]