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Tom Toles takes 2011 Herblock Award

The Herblock Foundation has announced that this year’s winner is Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles. Tom has been with the Post since 2002, taking the reins from Herblock himself who retired in 2001. Previous to the Post, Toles worked for The Buffalo News, The Buffalo Courier-Express, The New York Daily News, The New Republic […]

RC Harvey looks at year’s best editorial cartooning books

RC Harvey examines the last year’s “best of” collections for editorial cartooning.In summation: Brooks’ “Best of” gives too much space to “bush-leaguers and second-stringers” and more serious cartoonists no longer contribute to it.Cagle’s annual didn’t run this year. Check them out online.Turnblooms’s “Prizewinning” tome is due out in March.

CSotD: Nice guy finishes first

Tom Toles has won the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning, which is particularly sweet given that he took over Herb Block’s spot at the Washington Post after that legendary cartoonist’s death.The Post is also home to one of the better comics columns and Michael Cavna’s write-up on this is the definitive report, and, best of […]

CSotD: And now back to our regular programming

*Phew!*After a rant like yesterday’s, it’s good to just relax with something really, really stupid, like today’s Pros & Cons.Best part is that Stan doesn’t even pause in what he’s doing, much less look over. You can see in the second panel that he did hear what was said, but he’s apparently been there before.Kieran […]

Marshall Ramsey takes on new adventure in radio

Back in November editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey was dropped to part-time status by his paper, The Clarion-Ledger. He’s got a new gig now… in radio.Here’s what he wrote about his experience after losing his full-time gig.It wasn’t easy. Anger kept poking its nose under the tent. And I kept beating it back – some days […]

New Peanuts graphic novel due this month

iFanboy.com reports that a graphic novel entitled “Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown” will be available on the 29th of this month. The graphic novel is being released in conjunction with a direct to video release of the same title. The graphic novel is 80 pages, written by Charles Schulz but adapted by Craig […]

Reply All launches, NY Daily News drops 12 comics

Yesterday was a pretty stacked day and I didn’t get a chance to post what I consider significant news. Donna Lewis’ Reply All launched yesterday. It is running in the Washington Post replacing Watch Your Head. She was also invited to do a live chat with the Washington Post. Transcript is found here.The New York […]

Jim Day escorted out of Las Vegas Review-Journal

Jim Day, the editorial cartoonist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that he was laid off last week and “asked to leave the building that day and told I would not be allowed to return.”Jim started his career with the Review-Journal in 1981 as newsroom graphics editor; in 1991 he accepted the job of full […]

Ruling: Shapiro’s Lady Justice cartoon not hate speech

The South African Human Rights Commission has dismissed a complaint brought by the Young Communist League and its national secretary Buti Manamela alleging that the “Lady Justice” editorial cartoon by Jonathan Shapiro (“Zapiro”) depicting the now President of South Africa Jacob Zuma readying to rape Lady Justice. The commission found the cartoon was “free, open, […]

CSotD: Thoughts from Christchurch

Comics Reporter spotlighted this timely blog entry on the recent earthquake in New Zealand. This is only the first of several multi-panel pieces that comprise the blog entry, so go have a look at the rest.The blogger/cartoonist/writer/graphic designer, Sarah E. Laing, lives in Auckland and her blog is a reflection on whatever crosses her path, […]

CSotD: Red roses for a blue lady

I’ve been waiting for a “Sinfest” to come along that (first criterion) was worthy of being named CSOTD and (second criterion) would be comprehensible to newcomers and (finally) wouldn’t offend people who had not before come across this Manichean delight.There have been many, many that satisfied the first criterion. This is a brilliantly conceived and […]

Iron Man 3 news round up

Here’s a round up of some of the buzz around Marvel’s Iron Man 3 movie franchise. Some of it’s old new, some newer.Shane Black is taking the helms as writer-director for the third installment. Black wrote the first two Lethal Weapon films and The Last Boy Scout. He’s proven he can do action movies. Jon […]

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