Oliphant’s cartoon from September 13, 2001 (Pat Oliphant/Universal Uclick)Les Daly interviews legendary editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant in The Atlantic: Daly: Have you liked any of the presidents you have met? Oliphant: I like to stay away from politicians. The first lesson I had in that was meeting Goldwater, although it was after the election. I […]
Rolling Stone Magazine profiles XKCD cartoonist Randall Monroe and his new book, “What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions” Since 2012, Munroe has also been answering weekly reader questions about science, ranging from “What would it take to stop an out-of-control freight train using only b.b. guns?” to “What would happen if you tried […]
From Newsday’s Rita Ciolli on how Matt Davies landed the Newsday gig:Here?s how he got to Newsday. The decision on replacing Handelsman was postponed until the arrival of a new publisher. Gordon McLeod started on April 1, and the next day he asked me whether the Opinion Department had all the resources it needed. I […]
From the Toonseum:It is with very mixed feelings that the ToonSeum Board announces that Joe Wos, founder and executive director, will be leaving the ToonSeum to pursue new and exciting creative opportunities. Since 2007, Joe?s vision, leadership and boundless energy has propelled the ToonSeum from a tiny hallway in The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh into […]
Living legend cartoonist Mort Walker turned 91 years old today. Normally, I let Tom Spurgeon call out the birthdays, but hitting 91 and still drawing deserves a bit of praise here as well.Happy birthday, Mort!
Sad news in the cartooning community as news that Archie cartoonist Stan Goldberg has passed away at the age of 82 after suffering a stroke.Tribute from National Cartoonists Society President Tom Richmond:It?s with great sadness I pass on the news that comic book legend Stan Goldberg passed away today at age 82 from complications of […]
The Columbus Dispatch editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler was named this year’s John Fischetti award winner for 2014. The award is unique in that it is based on one single cartoon. Nate’s cartoon depicted the Statue of Liberty and Lady Justice in a joyful kiss after the Supreme Court ruled on the Defense of Marriage Act.From […]
Brian Basset, creator of Red and Rover is a sponsor of this year’s Washington DC Humane Society’s Pet-a-Palooza! that will be held September 27. Brian has created several original Red and Rover cartoons to promote the event.
An interesting observation by Arlo and Janis creator Jimmy Johnson:I?ll tell you something else the Internet has changed. In the past, professional cartoonists could rely upon a steady stream of novices dropping in to learn the tricks of the trade. Most cartoonists graciously accommodated the newbies, although they weren?t called ?newbies? in the day, because […]
Last week Sacramento Bee staff editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman launched a campaign for governor of California with a fictional character named Joe King. Jack tells me, “I wanted to create a character who could comment ecumenically on both Brown and Kashkari. I’ll have the ability to comment real time on video when issues pop up, […]
The movie Tundra creator Chad Carpenter raised money to make has posted its first trailer online (see below). The live-action movie is based off the graphic novel written by Chad and his brother Darin Carpenter. It was illustrated by Robert Duckett.
Today’s Freshly Squeezed.Ed Stein, creator of Freshly Squeezed, tells me that he has decided to retire his strip. The last strip runs October 19. Freshly Squeezed originates in The Rocky Mountain News as Denver Square and was one of the few local comics running in a daily newspaper. When The News closed, Ed relaunched the […]
Michael Mechanic writing in Mother Jones interviews legendary cartoonist Jules Feiffer on his first graphic novel: MJ: Stylistically speaking, what new things did this format enable you to try? JF: The thing that made me want to be a cartoonist in the first place, back in the 1930s, before comic books came on the scene, […]
I’m always a bit surprised at the various things that get logged as a Guinness World Record, but I like this one:From The ABC: Canberra cartoonist Chris Wilson has broken the world record for the longest caricature-drawing marathon, putting pen to paper in the foyer of the Canberra Hospital for more than two days straight. […]
The Chicago Reader profiles freelance editorial cartoonist Joe Fournier who has been been sharing the editorial page with staff cartoonist Scott Stantis. According to The Reader, he’s been providing about three cartoons a week.Fournier had to reinvent himself. If he could no longer survive by illustrating other people’s content, then he would originate the content. […]