There are several editorial cartoons about the US women’s World Cup win; I like Mo because it’s joyful and then comes back to The Point.It’s important to point out that the women, for the most part at least, recognize that they can’t get the same number of dollars as the men because they don’t yet […]
After 10 years as full-time editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, Scott Stantis is taking a step back from the drawing board by shifting to freelance status.From Chicago media reporter Robert Feder:Under the new arrangement, his work will continue to appear in the Tribune but less frequently than it does now. Stantis said the voluntary […]
This is who I feel sorry for.Joel Pett works in Kentucky and so has a front-row seat to the result of the betrayal of the coal miners.In the margin of the Lexington Herald-Leader page where this cartoon appears is a headline for another story: “Paychecks bounce, leaving Kentucky coal miners at bankrupt Blackjewel in a […]
above: the invitationPresident Trump has invited editorial cartoonist Ben Garrison to the White House.From Fortune:President Donald Trump is hosting conservative social media personalities at a White House summit on July 11 to air their grievances about Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The guest list includes a who’s who of conservative groups. PragerU, an online video platform […]
Eulogies for MAD magazine. Clay Bennett [Peter Kuper has] been drawing the Spy vs Spy cartoons in the magazine for the past 23 years. [Shortly after the bad MAD news broke] he spoke with As It Happens guest host Susan Bonner about what Mad means to him.In one form or another, as you said, because it’s been […]
Bado posted the news about the Association of Canadian Cartoonists and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists joint convention for 2020.Per Bado:We are happy to announce that Ottawa will be hosting, next May 14-17, the 2020 conventions of both the Association of Canadian Cartoonists and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.I had a few reactions.1. […]
I expect there will be more cartoons about Trump’s bizarre rendition of the history of the US Army, but Clay Jones and Ed Hall are out front early, which is the only place to be on this one.For those of us who are self-employed, a “holiday” mostly means that we can work without phone calls […]
Reason has announced the retirement of Terry Colon.Terry Colon rose to indie comics prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was a prolific contributor to the pioneering web magazine Suck, where he shared a masthead with Reason Editor at Large Nick Gillespie and drew the illustration for the iconic tagline, “A fish, a barrel, and a […]
Lalo Alcaraz was awarded the SoCal Journalism Award for Editorial Cartooning from the Los Angeles Press Club on June 30, 2019.D7. EDITORIAL CARTOON Lalo Alcaraz, Andrews McMeel Syndication, “Prototypes Exhibit in Mexico” https://www.gocomics.com/laloalcaraz/2018/12/28 Judges’ comment: This was just funny. The best editorial cartoons are often the ones that make us laugh hardest, and this one […]
Last month cartoonist Georgia Dunn took her Breaking Cat News comic strip characters to the American Library Association annual conference; and seemed to enjoy herself: AMP: Georgia, you recently made your debut appearance at ALA, where Lupin Leaps In ~leapt~ into the hearts of librarians who came from all over the country. What did you […]
What happens when you get Federalists Alexander Hamilton and James Madison (and John Jay?) together with anti-Federalists Patrick Henry and Sam Adams, and then choose Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis as the moderator?In this case the result is a seven and a half minute animated version of the birth of The Constitution.[Scott] said when […]
ICYMI, President Blutarsky gave a speech last night that has been compared to the memorable call to action that he delivered in college. Proving that, while we walk away from politics each Friday, well, sometimes politics just won’t be walked away from. Anyway, let’s see what the people who were actually trying to look ridiculous have been […]
[Greg Perry] who was set to replace Michael de Adder at Brunswick News Inc. says he no longer wants to work for the company and asked that his cartoons be kept off the editorial pages of its newspapers.Greg Perry has told CBC that he has been attacked and maligned on social media after Brunswick News […]
My father brought this magazine back from a business trip. I was on the verge of turning 8, which was a little young for it, though I liked the parts I could figure out.But my brother was 12 and right in the sweet spot. He got himself a subscription and so I was able to […]
It seems the unthinkable has happened, MAD magazine will shut down.Tom Spurgeon broke the news hearing of the demise but acknowledging it was unconfirmed.Now Evan Dorkin has confirmed the news. MAD began in 1952 with Harvey Kurtzman in charge and a stellar cast of artists. It soon changed to a magazine format, and not long after […]