From NPR:The self-declared Islamic State is taking credit for a thwarted attack on a contest to draw the Prophet Muhammad in Garland, Texas. According to SITE, a company that monitors jihadi groups, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in the latest edition of its al-Bayan news bulletin. The group identified the two suspects as “two […]

Here’s a run-down of what we are learning of yesterday’s failed shooting of the Draw the Prophet event in Garland, TX Probably not surprising, the event organizers ABCNews is reporting that the FBI is searching an apartment in Phoenix AZ for clues in last nights shootings. The FBI is calling the resident of the apartment […]

The Simpsons writer, The Doozies creator and unquestionable Ernie Bushmiller fan (evidence here and here) Tom Gammill spied a comic strip props from this season’s Mad Men that included several Nancy strip by Ernie. Tom writes me:Fans of Mad Men may have noticed this season that copywriter Peggy Olson has Sunday comic strips taped to […]

The documentary Stripped by Directors Dave Kellett and Fred Schroeder is now on Netflix. If you haven’t yet seen it queue it up and give it a watch.You can still buy it in DVD form. Head over to their site for details.

The Dallas Morning News reports that cartoonist Bosch Fawstin was named the winner of the Draw Muhammad contest for the best depiction of the Prophet Muhammad. The event was sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative. I did a bit of sleuthing to learn who Bosch is. This article from FrontpageMag tells us that Bosch […]

The “Draw the Prophet” event scheduled today in Garland, TX ended with an attempted shooting by two men tonight. The alleged gunmen were shot by police who were at the event for extra security.Here’s the latest from CNN:Two men who opened fire outside a contest for Prophet Mohammad cartoons in a Dallas suburb were shot […]

Philadelphia Daily News editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has taken home two awards this month. She was named the winner of the 15th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition. The topic this year was “Press Freedom has a value, but also a price.” I don’t know how many cartoons were in her portfolio, but the […]

Sacramento Bee editorial cartoonist and AAEC President Jack Ohman has posted the first of four in an illustrated series about his experience taking care of his aging father. The series runs on PBS.org.

From the New York Times:The French cartoonist Luz, who drew Charlie Hebdo’s cover picture of the Prophet Mohammad after the Islamist killings at the satirical weekly in January, has said he will no longer draw the Prophet. “He no longer interests me,” he told Les Inrockuptibles in an interview published on its website on Wednesday. […]

Fun Home, the Off-Broadway adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s Off biographical graphic novel, has been nominated for 12 Tony Awards.From CBS News:“An American in Paris” and “Fun Home” topped this year’s Tony Awards nominees with 12 nods each, followed by “Something Rotten!” with 10 and “The King and I” with nine. The best musical nominees “Fun […]

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: Don’t get to say the word “legendary” all that often, but truly legendary animator Bill Plympton joins me to talk about his latest film, “Revengeance,” that he’s doing with animator […]

If found these t-shirt designs through the Peanuts Studio blog. Threads, a t-shirt printing company, has teamed up with the Peanuts studio to run a Peanuts design challenge for the best design. You can vote for the best design over on Threadless. There’s a couple of designs I’d like to purchase for myself.Here’s Peanuts Creative […]

From the miracle of Youtube – a 1993 interview with the great Herblock.

The National Cartoonists Society Foundation has announced that this year’s recipient of the 2015 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship is Derek Desierto of Sheridan College in Ontario where he studies animation. Derek will receive a $5,000 scholarship and a trip to The National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award Weekend in Washington DC in May.From the NCSF:??Derek was […]

Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists Signe Wilkinson and Ann Telnaes will speak at a panel at the Library of Congress this Thursday on the topic of “Cartooning in a Charlie Hebdo World”.Wilkinson and Telnaes will address several topics that currently affect a political cartoonist?s approach to his or her work. The panel will be moderated […]