A group of National Cartoonists Society members are on a USO tour. Below is a news segment from their stop in Incirlik Air Base (Turkey). The spot features primarily Baby Blues artist Rick Kirkman, but you’ll catch of glimpse of Ed Steckley and Sam Viviano.
The Milt Priggee cartoon above has managed to offend the Jacksonville (FL.) chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police. The local news station reports the FOP believe it “is offensive and puts local police officers in danger.”FOP president Steve Amos speaking to WJXT:?They are outraged and embarrassed, because they don?t believe they should be categorized […]
The Augusta Chronicle editorial cartoonist Rick McKee is publishing a 224-page best-of collection of his cartoons in late November entitled: “Painting with a Broad Brush”. You can pre-order the book now at a discount.From the description:The book kicks off in the Bill Clinton years and takes off from there, through the Bush and Obama presidencies […]
Steve Moore?s sports cartoon In the Bleachers launched 30 years ago today. To commemorate the milestone Gocomics is giving away a few signed prints, Steve has posted his five favorite strips, GoComics has posted an interview with Steve about his career and there’s a bit of news I didn’t know about Steve. He has Essential […]
Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley has started a six-day serialization of the story of Joe Hill – a labor organizer executed here in Utah a 100 years ago for murder. Today his guilt is very much in doubt. Here’s Pat:Starting today and continuing through Friday, I will be serializing the life of Joe […]
Berkeley Breathed came out of retirement and began posting his legendary strip Bloom County on his Facebook wall. GoComics announced that his strip will now also run on their comic site. It appears the strip is running about a week behind what is being posted on Facebook, so if you want up-to-the second Opus, follow […]
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Actress, writer, sculptor, singer, 4-time “Star Trek” alien…Suzie Plakson is a creative force to be reckoned with. We have a great chat about creativity in general, but more specifically, about […]
The Thurber House, who sponsor the Thurber Prize named after cartoonist and writer James Thurber, has announced this year’s three finalists. They are New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast, actress-writer Annabelle Gurwitch and novelist Julie Schumacher. With three women in the running, the award will go to a woman for the first time in its nearly […]
Artist and activist Atena Farghadani may be showing signs of lymphatic disease according to her attorney. From International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran:The artist and civil activist Atena Farghadani has developed signs of lymphatic disease in prison as she awaits her chance to challenge a 12-year prison sentence in the appeals court, according to […]
This year’s Best of the West award for editorial cartooning goes to Jack Ohman of the Sacramento Bee. The award honors those in the Western United States for journalistic excellence and promote freedom of information.Regarding Jack’s work, the judges wrote:?Masterfully conceived and expertly rendered, Jack Ohman?s work reflects a cartoonist at the top of his […]
From The Duke Chronicle:For some members of the Class of 2019, the choice of ?Fun Home? as a summer reading book was anything but fun. Several incoming freshmen decided not to read ?Fun Home? because its sexual images and themes conflicted with their personal and religious beliefs. Freshman Brian Grasso posted in the Class of […]
From The Malay Mail:Controversial cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, popularly known as Zunar, has been recognised by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) for his fight to uphold freedom of expression. The international non-governmental organisation?s Asia division deputy director Phil Robertson told Malay Mail Online that Zunar will be receiving a cash prize to help him battle […]
King Features is celebrating its 100th year this November by printing and distributing a full-color collectable supplement to newspapers. The supplement will be 16 broadsheet pages with comics through its long history along with articles about the strips.I’ll let you know more details when they become available.
Three weeks ago the Los Angeles Times posted a notice to readers that called into question allegations freelance editorial cartoonist and columnist Ted Rall made in a column describing an “ugly scene” experience with the LAPD during a 2001 Jaywalking citation. After the article ran, the LAPD provided the paper with audio and other evidence […]
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Who knew Hell could be such a fun place? Keith Brown knew, that’s who! Keith does the funny, political, satirical and flat out wonderful comic, “The Wages of Sin.” I’ve […]