From The Times-Picayune: Eldon Pletcher, The Times-Picayune’s editorial cartoonist from 1966 to 1984, died Sunday of emphysema and congestive heart failure at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Calif. He was 91. … A native of Goshen, Ind., Mr. Pletcher studied at the Art Institute of Chicago before joining the Army in 1943. He served […]
Lexington Mayor Jim Gray has proclaimed that tomorrow is “Joel Pett Day”. The announcement was during a fund-raiser and opening reception of an exhibit of Joel Pett’s 30 years at the Lexington Herald-Leader.From the Herald-Leader: Pett said “the only other time a politician tried to give me something was when I won the Pulitzer in […]
As of today, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is under the leadership of Pulitzer Prize winning animation editorial cartoonist and controversy maker Mark Fiore. Outgoing President Matt Wuerker will serve on the board as the Immediate Past President which I believe means his drinks are free for a year. Or should be.The rest of […]
Robert Ariail and Kate Salley Palmer speak about editorial cartooning at USC College of Mass Communications and Information Studies.
Lexington Herald-Leader editorial cartoonist Joel Pett will have an exhibit of his work at the Carnegie Center in Lexington, KY. The exhibit opens September 18 and runs through the end of October. The opening reception features Signe Wilkinson (Philadelphia Daily News), Jack Ohman (Sacramento Bee), Rob Rogers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) and William Hamilton (The New Yorker). […]
Back in July, editorial cartoonist Jeff Parker announced that he was voluntarily stepping away from his staff job that he’s held for the last 21 years with Florida Today. Jeff cited the need to reduce workload and spend more time working on the comic strip Dustin that he co-created with former Times-Picayune editorial cartoonist Steve […]
Richard Schickel reviews the Herbert Block documentary “Herblock: The Black & the White” for Truthdig.com. But here’s a snippet from Schickel about Herblock: He seems to have had a quiet confidence, not particularly eager to force his favorites on those he consulted, apparently hiding his hand about the ideas he favored. He was, dammit, a […]
Wisconsin state journal editorial cartoonist Phil Hands has been added to the staff roster after eight years as a freelancer. He’ll continue to do three cartoons a week and a caption contest. As a staff job, he’ll continue to draw the same number of cartoons but will also manage the features pages including the comics, […]
Only from The Onion: CHICAGO – Admitting that he has completely run out of ideas at this point, local political cartoonist Lawrence Cleary told reporters Monday that he is unsure how to convey that a large sack being clutched by a U.S. senator in his latest drawing is full of money. “In order for this […]
Plain Dealer editorial cartoonist Jeff Darcy is one of two staffers being inducted into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame. Jeff was selected by the Press Club of Cleveland.Jeff was a finalist this year for the Pulitzer Prize and has been with the Plain Dealer since 1993.
Investors Business Daily’s editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez spoke to the Ashbrook Center last April.
A recent post by Jim Romenesko regarding impending layoffs at the Cleveland Plain Dealer raised concerns that editorial cartoonist Jeff Darcy might be one of the unfortunate staffers. I have good news to report. Jeff tells me his job is secure and that they will actually be printing his work larger.He writes: My work will […]
After 28 years at the Green Bay Press-Gazette, editorial cartoonist Joe Heller was told he was part of a Gannett-wide layoff plan. As with many, many others who have faced this scenario, I asked Joe to give me an exit interview.Alan: How long have you been at the Green Bay Press-Gazette? Joe: 28 yearsAlan: How […]
Are memes the new editorial cartoons? Maybe. At least based on this trending graph on searches on Google on the terms ‘political cartoons’ (blue) and ‘meme’ (red), it would appear those with staff jobs need to put aside their pen and ink and find more photos of kittens saying the darndest things.
Joe Macare of Truthout interviews editorial cartoonist Matt Bors.From Truthout: JM: Your work, as the book showcases, includes editorial cartoons, graphic journalism and prose essays. Can you talk a little about why you do each type of work? MB: I consider comics a writing job and I’ve always wanted to stretch out and make longer […]