South African President Jacob Zuma has reduced his claim against editorial cartoonist Jonthan Shapiro (AKA Zapiro) from R4-million to R100,000. The case stems from a 2008 cartoon in which Zapiro depicted Zuma preparing to rape Lady Justice. Zuma alleged that the cartoon harmed his dignity and damaged his reputation. Along with the reduction in the […]
The Cartoonist Group has launched two new websites to promote campaign and election cartoons of fifty cartoonists. Sara Thaves, the founder of the Cartoonist Group, says that they have over 1,800 election-related cartoons – even more if you count cartoons related to political issues such as economy, healthcare, immigration, and women’s rights.The two sites are […]
U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais who is calling foul a Clay Bennett cartoon that depicts him with a gun in his mouth with the caption “The Character Assassination”. The cartoon comes after news broke that the politician, a Republican and Pro-Life candidate, was caught on a phone-call transcript urging a woman with whom he allegedly had […]
Gary Varvel is a conservative cartoonist.I don’t often agree with his point of view, and, more than once, I’ve found his work more mean-spirited than incisive. But I admire this particular cartoon, perhaps more in context than on its own, but on its own as well.The facial expressions are priceless, as are Obama’s flailing fists.All […]
This next issue of Superman will contain a major shift in the Superman story. Clark Kent quits his job at The Daily Planet in a dramatic fashion (“Why am I the one sounding like a grizzled ink-stained wretch who believes news should be about – I don’t know, news”) and DC Comics has hinted that […]
Political cartooning is not only not dead, but, even as some good veteran artists hang up their pens and retire, there are some good young practitioners emerging.I’ve said before that one of the unspoken factors in the shift from print to not-print is that, just as when movies began to supplant live theater (which did […]
Silo Roberts creator Rob Cabrera stepped away from his comic strip and went back to school for a masters in animation. He made is directorial debut this last Sunday with the animation short entitled Monica. It premiered at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.“Monica” also features Bailee Madison who co-stars with Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, […]
Things come in three, right? The Baby Blues guys Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott have launched a blog. It has a good mix of content for fans as well as those interested in the inner-workings of a cartoonist. Betty Boop now has a website. She is, as the website says, “Queen of Cartoons, the First […]
This Thursday Arizona Daily Star editorial cartoonist David Fitzsimmons will debate former New Orleans Times Picayune editorial cartoonist Steve Kelley in a contest called “Win, Lose or Draw: Cartoon Humor in Campaigns”.Here’s a bit of the pre-debate trash talk:Steve Kelley regarding David Fitzsimmons: People of Tucson, pity David Fitzsimmons. The poor man is scheduled to […]
Cartoonist Rights Network has announced a new contest sponsored by IFEX, an international network of free expression groups. Entitled the Draw Attention to Impunity: Editorial Cartoon Contest, this cartoon contest is part of the second annual International Day to End Impunity on November 23, 2012. Some of the entries will be featured on the International […]
Sandhya Eknelygoda, the wife of missing Sri Lankan political journalist/cartoonist Prageeth Eknelygoda has spent the last 1,000 days trying to find her husband or information about what became of him. He did not return home from work on January 24, 2010 and she alleges that the Sri Lankan government had something to do with it. […]
As we begin what appears to be an inevitable shift to electronic format, political cartoonists find themselves increasingly at the mercy of deadlines.The shift may be inevitable. Letting it impact the overall quality of work doesn’t have to be. After all, political cartoonists produced brilliant topical pieces back in the days (not so long ago) […]
Sheldon creator Dave Kellett took on the task of building a custom standing drafting table for himself after dealing with repetitive posture problems. Okay – so he designed it and his brother (a home builder) did the actual carpentry. The result is gorgeous. A lot of attention to detail.He has more photos of the original […]
Editorial cartoonist Matt Bors has a Kickstarter project to fund a collection of his cartoons along with essays. Great title too: “Life Begins At Incorporation: cartoons and essays”. I’m in. Glad to see Matt do this.