From The National Cartoonist Society National Cartoonist Society condemns the barbaric terrorist attack against Charlie Hebdo, and our hearts go out to the cartoonists, satirists, their families, and all of France. This was the work of insecure cowards who apparently fear their religion is so weak that it can?t withstand criticism, and who must fear […]
Horrific news from Paris today. From the New York Times: Mr. Castaing, the police spokesman, said that the three armed men, wearing masks, had forced their way into the offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and had fired indiscriminately at people in the lobby, hitting many. He said that they were carrying AK-47 weapons, […]
Interesting piece by cartoonist Elana Pritchard, who when she found herself in jail and decided to document her experience with the only pencil she had – a golf pencil.
The National Cartoonist Society has announced it’s annual call for submissions for the 2014 Reuben Award and division awards. This year most of the division awards will be voted on by the entire membership body electronically. In years past, division awards were juried by regional chapters.As always, you do not have to be a member […]
Last November Turkish editorial cartoonist Musa Kart was acquitted of charges brought by Turkish President Erdogan for “insulting through publication and slander” cartoons that were not flattering to the president. According to The New York Times, the president’s attorney is appealing that decision. The article also details some of the history of editorial cartooning in […]
Maria Elena Fernandez, entertainment correspondent for NBCNews.com listed her top five Latinos in Hollywood. Landing at #3 is La Cucaracha cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz.From NBCNews.com:You might be familiar with “La Cucaracha,” the first nationally syndicated and politically themed Latino daily comic strip, created by Chicano activist Lalo Alcaraz 12 years ago. Now, Alcaraz is lending his […]
I caught wind of this last year, but it’s now official. Jeff MacNelly’s widow, Susie, has donated Jeff’s original art and papers to the Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. The collection includes his editorial cartoons and his comic strips Shoe, Pluggers, and cartoons created for Dave Barry’s humor column. Jeff was […]
May your holiday season be all the best it could be. I’m signing off until the New Year. Be safe.
Editorial cartoonist Chris Britt has responded to criticism to one of his cartoons that ran in the Bucks County Courier Times. The cartoon depicted children asking Santa Claus to protect them from police. The cartoon drew ire from two police organizations and spurred a campaign to list and publicize businesses that advertise in the newspaper. […]
Last week Wired reported the the legendary cartoonist Jack Davis was retiring. Bleeding Cool now reports that people close to Davis say that isn’t so. From Bleeding Cool: Only problem is, according to sources close to Davis, it’s not true. He’s not retiring at all. He was called up and gave some quotes but apparently, […]
From the Cartoonists Rights Network International: Stephff (Stephane Peray), the artist behind an ISIS-skewering cartoon published in the Jakarta Post that?s put the paper?s chief editor in the crosshairs of Indonesia?s blasphemy laws, has made his first statement concerning that controversy ? by means of a cartoon. In his July 3rd cartoon for the Jakarta […]
Adrian Raeside has posted an apology for an interpretation of one of his recent cartoons that ran in The Times Colonist. The First Nations leaders felt they were put down by being compared or associated with bugs.The Huffington Post has a good article on the controversy. A snippet of Adrian’s apology is below. Visit the […]
From Steve Artley:Pelican Publishing Company, which produced the annual collection of editorial cartoons, Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year, announced on November 18 that it has ceased production of the series, ending with the 2014 edition released last spring. The series, originally edited by editorial cartoonist Charles Brooks began in the early seventies and for […]
After the Bucks County Courier Times ran a Chris Britt cartoon, a couple police organizations have written letters or made statements of protest. Someone has gone one step further and created a Facebook page called Standing Up Against BCCT with the goal of creating a list of local advertisers that do business with the paper […]