Daryl Cagle has written an interesting post about the perceived value of editorial cartoons on the web.With the poor performance of their artist-name cartoons page, there was no way I could convince the Yahoo News people that editorial cartoons had value ? even with the popularity of our topical cartoon content on Cagle.com. Unfortunately, this […]

Famed MAD Magazine cartoonist Sergio Aragones will have his own comic book entitled, “Sergio Aragones Funnies.” Robot6 describes the comic as, “an assortment of autobiographical anecdotes, perplexing puzzles, slap-happy short stories, as well as Sergio’s unique and hilarious pantomimes and gags.”Bongo Comics is Matt Groening’s comic line and Serio has been contributing to Bongo Comics […]

It’s no longer news that Mike Keefe of the Denver Post has won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, but, in the days that followed, the portfolios of the runners-up, Matt Davies and Joel Pett, have also come to light.So here’s a chance to see 60 pretty doggone good cartoons by simply clicking on […]

1982 Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Ben Sargent will be the focus of a new exhibit at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History in Austin, TX. Ben was the editorial cartoonist for Austin American Statesman for 35 years. The exhibit, entitled Always Hitting a Nerve: Editorial Cartoons by Ben Sargent, contains original art from […]

Rhymes With Orange. The woman has a talent for silly that I greatly admire.And a seduction that just continued to play on an endless loop really would be cool. Escher’s work can’t exist in reality, but what has reality ever had to do with seduction? 

Anton Emdin, one of this year’s NCS nominees in the Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration category, has posted a tutorial on inking with a brush. Inking is fun! There’s something intoxicating and slightly scary about laying down permanent ink over a sketch you may have spent hours on. When I was starting out I often felt that […]

Yesterday Mike Keefe won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. I wanted to write a round-up of some of the loose ends regarding the Pulitzer selection that wasn’t available when I posted the announcement.From Mike’s editor we have a congratulatory statement accounting Mike’s longevity in the field:“This is fabulous for Mike Keefe,” said Post editor […]

Kurt Westergaard, who penned the most infamous Mohammed cartoon depicting the prophet with a bomb on his head instead of a turban, will stand trial next week in the Jordanian capital of Amman. The summons was filed in 2008 with charges of “crimes of blasphemy” by 30 independent newspapers, websites and radio stations in Jordan. […]

From the New Yorker:Kais al-Hilali, a thirty-four-year-old Libyan cartoonist, was shot and killed late last month while painting one of the political street murals for which he was locally famous. According to witnesses, he had just drawn a caricature of Muammar Qaddafi on a wall in Benghazi (above) when the bullet hit.Several cartoonists from around […]

Back when Dilbert creator Scott Adams was being castigated for a post he wrote on men’s rights which included comparing women’s preferential treatment to the mentally handicapped he made a curious statement:I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I was enjoying all of the negative attention on Twitter and wondered how I could keep it going. […]

Pat Oliphant on the Donald. As always, Oliphant is pithy with a dash of mean, but enough absurdity to provide a laugh alongside the commentary. Not everyone can do that.And we may need it.Howard Kurtz began “Reliable Sources” Sunday thusly: “We’ve had a good time, I have to admit, poking fun at Donald Trump with […]

According to a tweet by Gary Varvel earlier this afternoon, he will be honored with this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for editorial cartooning. Gary did a 11-part series highlighting some of the underprivileged living in the Indianapolis area. Here’s how I described it in an earlier post:The series is called “The Path of […]

Just announced – Mike Keefe has won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Mike is the editorial cartoonist for the The Denver Post where he has been since 1975. You can check out his award winning portfolio of work.In honoring Mike, the judges note: His widely ranging cartoons that employ a loose, expressive style […]

Tom Racine finally succeeded in getting Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo on to his show. The amazingly funny and talented Rina Piccolo joins me to talk about her work. She’s a syndicated artist with two strips; “Tina’s Groove” and “Six Chix;” she’s a webcartoonist with the amazing “Velia, Dear;” AND she’s a gag cartoonist, having […]

Last weekend was the Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, OR and the award winners have been announced. Best Colorist: Emily Carroll, His Face All RedBest Letterer: Johnny Ryan, Prison PitBest Small Press: I Want You #2, Lisa HanawaltBest Publication Design: Michael DeForge, Spotting DeerBest Anthology: Studygroup 12 #4, Zack SotoBest New Talent: Michael DeForgeBest Artist: […]