The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) has announced that Charlotte Mao is the recipient of this years Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship award. From the announcement:Charlotte is an illustration major at Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota FL. She was chosen from over 65 applicants for the award, which includes a $5,000 scholarship and […]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers has won this year’s Thomas Nast Award for Editorial cartooning. The award is presented by The Overseas Press Club of America .From the Judges: [Rob Rogers] “enrages” and “infuriates” some readers in Pittsburgh. The OPC Committee presumes he delights many more with his deft application of humor to serious […]
Okay, yet another rant on the topic of cloth-eared editors and the state of cartooning. Start here: On Sunday, Daryl Cagle posted this cartoon to his Facebook page: He was immediately hit by a flurry of negative comments (mine among them), more or less along the line of yesterday’s CSOTD posting: That the Constitution not only […]
There’s a bit of a kerfuffle within the editorial cartooning community over a recent Daryl Cagle cartoon. It goes something like this:Daryl created a cartoon on Sunday regarding the accused Boston Bomber not being read his Miranda Rights. The cartoon itself isn’t controversial, but a few cartoonists are taking issue with what Daryl did next […]
Amazon has stepped in to the fray of releasing tools to help creators create digital versions of their comics for resale in different outlets. Apple has their iBooks Author, Comixology has Comixology Submit and now Amazon has released Kindle Comic Creator. It’s a free tool to help turn comics, graphic novels and manga into Kindle […]
ComicbookMovie.com has posted photos shot of the filming of the next Spider-man movie. Interesting to see the cables and harnesses used.
Jimmy Margulies notes the lack of patriotism currently at play among the self-proclaimed “patriots” who seek revenge rather than justice in the Boston bombing.Back in the olden days, the bumpersticker cry of “America: Love It or Leave It” was leveled at protestors who objected to the war and/or the draft. This never made much sense, […]
The Society of Professioal Journalists? Sigma Delta Chi awards have been announced. In the category of Editorial Cartooning, Scott Stantis of the Chicago Tribune took the top award for circulation sizes over 100,000 and Phil Hands of the Wisconsin State Journal took the award for under 100,000 circulation.
I like to mix up my postings between cartoons and commentary of Great Social Significance and ones that are more frivolous, in part to force people who take life way too seriously to get dragged into some less portentous areas for a change, and in part to force those of a more chronically whimsical nature […]
I’m not waiting until tomorrow morning to post this. We’ve waited too long as it is. (Thanks. Don’t neglect to scroll down for today’s posting. It’s also kind of important.)
An organized campaign by over 900 mayors across the US to support gun control efforts in Washington has launched a video featuring 23 cartoonists who are supporting the effort. The video is called Cartoonists Demand Action to End Gun Violence. Participating cartoonists include: Lalo Alcaraz, Bill Amend, Ruben Bolling, Jim Borgman, Steve Brodner, Roz Chast, […]
Superman turned 75 last week. Wired.com looks at the evolution of the character since it debuted in 1938. Instead, what makes Superman so recognizable is the underlying attitude of the character: At the heart of the concept, he’s the guy who believes in the good of people, and who’ll never give up fighting anything and […]
Announcements for various national awards are popping up nearly daily now. This year?s Best of the West award goes to Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley. His portfolio featured cartoons on the NRA?s grip on Congress, the gay-friendly Mormon Church and the bulldozing of public lands.From Politico cartoonist Matt Wuerker who judged the contest:?Pat […]
As far as syndicates go, Universal Uclick has always been a leader in the mobile space. They were the first to have a mobile friendly website and one of the first to release iPhone apps for various comic titles. But I failed to realize that they didn?t have a native mobile app available. They?ve now […]
Hearty congratulations to Tyson Cole who won The Cartoonists Studio?s fourth annual cartooning contest. Tyson is a student at Utah State University where his feature runs in The Utah Statesman. You can follow his comic panel on his blog or on Facebook. And another congratulations to Tyson on the new baby girl.Keith Brown, creator of […]