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Readers fill in for vacationing Mike Luckovich

For the second time, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has invited readers to submit editorial cartoons for the vacationing Mike Luckovich. Main themes this year included Larry Craig, resignations in the Bush administration, the war on Iraq and Michael Vick. The cartoons were collected and voted on for the chance to receive an autographed cartoon original by […]

The Golden Notebook, 50 Years of the AAEC: 1957-2007 Now Available

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) have published a special limited-edition book celebrating the organization and its cartoonists. The book contains: The complete history of the worldâ??s oldest and largest organization for professional editorial cartoonists, from its founding to the rise of the internet. Reports on major speakers, panels, controversies and practical jokes at […]

Party Toons Winners Announced

Jimmy Margulies won this year’s “Party Toons” – an editorial cartoonist contest sponsored by Drew Rougier-Chapman, the producer of Party Toons. Party Toons is a half-hour weekly political show built around editorial cartoons and political comedy. Mike Keefe of the Denver Post took second place, with a three-way tie between Justin Bilicki, Sage Stossel and […]

Nicole Hollander Interviewed on NPR About Upcoming Book

Sylvia creator Nicole Hollander was on NPR yesterday talking about her new book called “Tales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial.” The book is a humorous look at getting older. The book was published by Broadway book. From the description of the book: Nicole Hollander grew up in the nineteen-fifties, when women of a […]

Lalo Alcaraz to Speak at Houston Book Festival

La Cucaracha creator Lalo Alcaraz will be speaking and signing books at the 5th Annual Houston Latino Book & Family Festival in Houston on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday he’ll field questions from other attendees regarding his comic feature and then on Sunday he’ll panel a discussion entitled, “How to Be a World-Famous Cartoonist” where […]

Bill Griffith to speak at Small Press Expo

Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the PinHead will be a featured speaker at this year’s Small Press Expo (SPX) in Maryland on Oct. 12 and 13. Bill “will deliver a heavily illustrated slideshow talk about his life and work to date.” SPX will also present its 11th annual Ignatz award for outstanding achievement in comics […]

Nasty Editorial Cartoons Are Natural During Campaign Season

The Executive Editor of the Telegraph Herald (Dubuque IA), notes that most calls of complaints he gets from opinions on the editorial page is overwhelmingly about the editorial cartoons, but from a historical perspective, editorial cartoons have always been controversial. “Newspaper cartoons that ridicule and vilify rival presidential candidates have been seriously criticized in the […]

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