Montreal Gazette’s Terry Mosher (AKA Aislin) compares the US vs. Canadian editorial cartooning job stability:In an interview with Jian Ghomeshi, host of CBC’s Q cultural affairs show, Mosher says he believes American cartooning has fallen victim to syndication, which results in very bland cartoons. “Editorial cartooning is disappearing in the U.S. I think that’s primarily […]
Montreal Gazette editorial cartoonist Terry Mosher (AKA Aislin) walks us through a short history of editorial cartooning in Canada.
The Doug Wright nominees have been announced and with it the announcement that legendary Terry (Aislin) Mosher will be inducted into The Canadian Cartoonists Hall of Fame during the Toronto Comic Arts Festival on May 5th.Nominees for best Canadian cartoonists are as follows:Best Book: Hark! A Vagrantby Kate Beaton (Drawn and Quarterly) Lose #3 by […]
From the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists comes news of the finalists for the 2011 National Newspaper Awards Finalists. This year’s finalists include: Marc Beaudet, Brian Gable and Bruce Mackinnon. Visit their website for sample cartoons .
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has ruled that Global TV did not adequately warn its viewers of a violet part of a Family Guy episode in which Elmer Fudd shoots Bugs Bunny at close range and Bugs “died in a prolonged and dramatic manner.” The network must tell its viewers that it violated the Canadian […]
Blaine, The Hamilton Spectator’s editorial cartoonist for 30 years, passed away on Sunday evening at the age of 74. He had retired from the paper in 1993. Blaine was anything but bland. He had a black belt in karate, played guitar and sang, liked wearing cowboy boots and jewellery and was remembered for driving motorcycles […]
As mentioned earlier, three members of the Canadian chapter of the National Cartoonists Society were visiting the McMaster Children’s Hospital to draw for children and family members. Chapter president Mike Cope, Patricia Storms and Jonathan Mahood made the trip on Friday. The Hamilton Spectator did a nice write-up. Mike and Jonathan have both posted photos […]
Cartoonists from the Canadian chapter of the National Cartoonists Society will be visiting the McMaster’s Children’s Hospital next Friday to draw cartoons for the children patients. Local cartoonists participating include Chapter Chair Mike Cope, Jonathan Mahood and Patricia Storms.
Canadian editorial cartoonist Norm Muffitt (AKA Bush) has passed away at the age of 69 due to cancer.Terri Kemball, who served as editor of the Sherwood Park-Strathcona County News for 12 years, met Muffitt in 1992 and described him as having a delightful and gentle sense of humour. “I think that was one of his […]
The Canadian Business Journal has announced that they will now be featuring Michael de Adder’s cartoons for their monthly magazine. Earlier this month Michael de Adder announced that he had been laid off from New Brunswick Publishing. He’s also got another paper lined up to run his work 3 times a week.
The newspaper’s economic troubles is not limited to the United States. Michael De Adder, editorial cartoonist for New Brunswick Publishing in Canada, was told ealier this week that his job is being cut in August. Michael’s work appears in Moncton Times & Transcript and the Fredericton Gleaner, but due to budget cuts his position is […]
A bit of industry honors about our editorial cartoonist friends up north. Brian Gable of the Globe and Mail is the winner of this year’s National Newspaper Award. Finalists for the big award include Serge Chapleau of the La Presse (Montreal) and Terry Mosher (AKA “Aislin“) of the Gazette (Montreal).
The nominees for Best Book are: Bigfoot by Pascal Girard (Drawn and Quarterly) Chimo by David Collier (Conundrum Press) Lose #2 by Michael DeForge (Koyama Press) Moving Pictures by Kathryn Immonen, Stuart Immonen (Top Shelf Productions) Streakers by Nick Maandag The nominees for Best Emerging Talent are: Aaron Costain, Entropy # 5 Alex Fellows, Spain […]