From Pia Lee-Brago at The Philippine Star: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has condemned state-run China Daily’s release of “dehumanizing” and “racist” videos and editorial cartoons depicting Filipinos as monkeys in criticizing the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award [link added]. Manila demanded that the video posted on China Daily’s Facebook account on July 10 […]
The owners of Peppa Pig have legally stopped the Wolfoo owners and forced them to erase the latter. From Dan McDonald at GB News: The owners of Peppa Pig have secured a major legal victory against a Vietnamese firm behind a cartoon character accused of being an “imposter”. Mr Justice Smith, sitting at the High […]
The nominees for the 2026 Harvey Awards, held annually at the New York Comic Con (October 8-11, 2026, this year) have been announced. Only a couple concern books or cartoonists we have mentioned here.The Once and Future Riot by Joe Sacco (Metropolitan/Holt) is included for the Book of the Year category.Inbetweens by Faith Erin Hicks […]
President Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt was photographed posing with The New York Times. Facing the camera was the obituary for editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant, it included a cartoon of Trump as a Nazi. From Aman Sharma at Reality Tea: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was seen holding a newspaper that featured Trump’s political […]
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will close its Beach Street space tomorrow. The museum has opted not to renew its lease. A future location is still in question.From their announcement: We make this announcement with deep appreciation for the extraordinary support the community has given the museum. For nearly 42 years, our Board, […]
Earlier this week we learned that Portugal’s Public Prosecutor’s Office had indicted nine individuals on terrorism charges. The far-right neo-Nazi group members allegedly had a target list of individuals they viewed as a threat due to their alignment with “immigration, anti-racism, anti-fascism, diversity, social inclusion, and minority rights.” That’s also when two cartoonists on the […]
First, this update: Infantino has withdrawn his cunning plan to sell off part of FIFA to a consortium. Seems the universal hatred of the idea got through to him.That’s why people should speak up. On a related note, the public comment period for the FCC’s attack on the ABC network’s owned-and-operated stations has ended. According […]
The Economist cover designer Graeme James has passed away. Graeme James Ca. 1960/61 – July 2026 The Economist is reporting the death of Graeme James (or here), the magazine’s cover designer since 1995. THEY SAY never to judge a book by its cover. But The Economist is defined by the face it shows the world. […]
The Reuben Awards will be presented on August 7, 2026 but the Reuben Weekend starts August 6. If you can’t make it to Columbus Ohio you can “distance attend” some of the events. The National Cartoonists Society has Livestream-Only Tickets On Sale for some August 6th events. Can’t make it to Columbus for the National […]
Back in May the Society of Illustrators (SoI) posted the names of the inductees for their 2026 Hall of Fame inductees on Instagram. Now, two months later, the honorees have gotten their names on the SoI website. The most famous of the new Hall of Famers would be John Tenniel, while Jackie Ormes is the […]
I like Molina’s political commentary and agree that it feels as if the Trump gang just pulled an oldie-but-goodie campaigning point out of the files. Maybe it’s a hangover from Dear Leader’s early reliance on Tailgunner Joe’s old lawyer, Roy Cohn. It’s a stupid, pointless, evil thing to grab at, but we’ve seen stupid, pointless, […]
Australian cartoonist and comics historian Vane Lindesay has passed away. James Vane Crawford Lindesay, OAM October 2, 1920 – July 28, 2026 The Australian Cartoonists Association (ACA) has announced the death of Vane Lindesay: It is with the deepest of sadness that we report the passing this afternoon of Patron of the Australian Cartoonists Association, […]
The 2026 The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards nominees have been announced. The Ringo Awards is an “annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics.” Here are the categories and nominees. Voting is open to comic pros until Aug. 26. The awards will be presented on Sep. 26 at this year’s Baltimore […]
Jay Edwards for WRNJ reports that the Joe Kubert School, famous for teaching future professional comic artists the ways and hows of that career, has been integrated into the County College of Morris curriculum. RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Morris County) — County College of Morris has acquired The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, […]
In a column today for The Chronicle Herald editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon says “I’m not retiring, but . . .” (or here). August 10 will mark my 40th full-time year with this newspaper. Although quitting drawing cartoons would be a bit like cutting off my right hand (something that would be hard not to notice […]