Bruce MacKinnon, editorial cartoonist for The Chronicle Herald, has been awarded the Atlantic Journalism Award for editorial cartooning.Finalists were Michael de Adder also of The Chronicle Herald and Wayne Wright of The Journal Pioneer.Congratulations Bruce as well as Michael and Wayne.
Legend of Bill and Intelligent Life creator David Reddick has posted on Facebook that he’s tied the knot.Congratulations, David! My best to the both you and Dana.
Kevin Kallaugher is this year’s recipient of the Herblock award. Below is the audio from his acceptances speech at the Library of Congress.Bruce Guthrie has posted scores of photos from that evening including this one. It looked like a great event.
NPR interviewed New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee regarding his latest book Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People. The book comes out later this month. From NPR:On The New Yorker’s rejection rate It’s classically bad. … We’re supposed to turn in 10 gag ideas, you know, at a sketch level. And on a really good […]
Bosch Fawstin, the artist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad won the Draw Muhammad contest in Garland TX the night two gun-men attempted a shooting spree, says he’s not going into hiding and will continue to expose “the world’s most dangerous” movement.From World Net Daily:Fawstin, who spoke to WND Friday evening by telephone, said he […]
ABC News talks to Lio and Heart of the City creator Mark Tatulli as well as B.C. cartoonist Mason Mastroianni about the shrinking comic page and how it’s affecting cartoonists. Mark mentions that his client list has lost 30 papers in the last 18 months. B.C.’s list has shrunk 5%, which is a big number […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has posted an official statement condemning the recent shooting attempt in Garland, TX.The shootings in Texas once again demonstrate that art is provocative, but we must not cower in the face of threats to this profession or to free expression. Political art, be it cartoons, paintings, sculpture, or anything […]
Cartoon Brew reports that Warner Bros. and Netflix are working on a 13-episode series of Dr. Seuss?s Green Eggs and Ham. One of the executive producers will be Ellen DeGeneres, which makes me feel more comfortable with the idea of this beloved book becoming an animated series. According the the Cartoon Brew post, the Seuss […]
Mike Rhode over at ComicsDC announced that this year’s recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy award for editorial cartooning is The Washington Post Writers Group’s Darrin Bell.From the announcement:The …awards… will be presented by Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy at a ceremony featuring remarks by Kerry Kennedy and Michael Beschloss on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at […]
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: Howie Noel of the great comic “Tara Normal” is here to talk with Lucas Turnbloom and me about his ongoing Kickstarter to fund the second book in the series, “Tara […]
Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis joined Tina Susman (LA Times), Linda Sarsour (strategist with the Campaign to Take on Hate and executive director of the Arab American Association of New York) and Gordon Coonfield, professor of communication at Villanova University as they discuss the Draw Muhammad contest shooting in Garland, TX, the controversial PEN […]
Brian Basset’s Red and Rover turns 15 today. During those 15 years, Brian has nominated four times for Best Newspaper Comic Strip by the National Cartoonists Society – three of those four in the last five years (2010, 2012, 2014). It won that category in 2012.Congratulations, Brian on the milestone.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Islamic organization in the U.S., released a statement condemning the attempted shooting attack in Garland TX and made it very clear that it considered the event, the event organizers and leadership to be a hate-group against Islam. “We condemn yesterday’s attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, […]
Charlie Hebdo editor-in-chief Gérard Briard was asked what was the difference between his magazine and Pamela Geller’s group in Texas that held the Draw Muhammad event. ?The thing is,? he answered, ?when we make a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad, or Jesus, or Moses, we don?t mock or attack people. We mock or attack institutions. […]
Daddy’s Home co-creator Gary Markstein has started doing cat cartoons for a local non-profit to deal with the issue of overpopulation of feral cats. The cartoons aren’t the LOLcatz kind of thing. It’s all about bringing awareness to a program called “Trap, Neuter and Return.”Gary got involved after visiting with a friend in Grand Rapids […]