Albany Times Union editorial cartoonist John de Rosier has announced on Facebook that he is being laid off from the paper. He’s been their staff cartoonist since 1999.In a comment by John posted on Daryl Cagle’s site, John writes:“Currently, the Times Union is building a new press, so I think many employees were thinking that, […]
Philadelphia Inquirer’s former editorial cartoonist Tony Auth has an exhibit called “Drawing the Line: A Symposium on the State of Editorial Cartoons”. See slides over on The Reporter Online. Exhibit runs through October 21.
Voice of America reports on the shift in editorial cartooning. And by shift I mean a future with no staff jobs.
Syracuse Post-Standard editorial cartoonist Frank Cammuso was one of the 115 employees told they will no longer have a job with the paper after January 31 when the paper drops to a three-time a week printing schedule on February 1. Frank has been with the paper for 23 years. He was gracious enough to answer […]
J.D. Crowe, the editorial cartoonist for the Mobile Press-Register (AL), has a new job. Yesterday the The Birmingham News, Mobile Press-Register, The Huntsville Times, The Mississippi Press dropped to a three times a week printing schedule. Luckily J.D. will be able to continue drawing political cartoons, but his scope has changed a bit as he […]
Callan Berry, a student at the University of Montana, is “drawing fire” according to a report by the local NBC station. The cartoon points out the irony of mandatory sexual assault prevention classes required of all students.Callen says: “I’m a satirical artist. My point was to satirize the feeling on campus towards PETSA… which is […]
GEWTV interviews Tulsa World editorial cartoonist Bruce Plante on what goes into making an editorial cartoon:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich presented a TEDx talk back in April.
NPR looks at how the recent cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Mohammed in Charlie Hebdo are affecting cartoonists around the world. Good question with answers from Matt Wuerker, Mark Fiore, Daryl Cagle, Patrick Chappatte and Terry Mosher (AKA: Aislin). I think a lot of us are kind of horrified,“ says Matt Wuerker, Politico’s staff cartoonist […]
Daryl Cagle announces he’s going to France for an editorial cartoon festival at St. Just le Martel where he will exhibit his work and speak. What’s notable about the announcement to me isn’t his travels but his description of the festival itself. I’ve heard about St. Just for years, and this is my first time […]
The Latern profiles Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle.He catches a lot of flack for daring to not be Republican in Texas. “There’s a lot of people here that cannot stand me, wondering why the newspaper has a staff cartoonist that’s out of step with Texas politics. It’s a lot more […]
A recent Gary McCoy editorial cartoon featuring Georgetown Law School graduate Sandra Fluke has sparked outrage among readers. And in characteristic Gary style, he’s confused at the outrage.Here’s the cartoon in question: Daryl Cagle asked him to respond to critics of the cartoon. Gary writes: Why is it that a group of people so adept […]
This year’s Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award winner (awarded by Cartoonists Rights Network International) Aseem Trivedi has agreed to surrender to police sometime in the next couple of days. He has been charged for sedition under a 2005 law that prohibits insulting Indian national symbols and emblems. Last December cartoons created by Aseem were displayed […]
Daryl Cagle is out and about, this time lecturing in Mumbai India:“Cartoons are a great barometer of freedom. If a cartoonist can draw the president, then that’s a free press” said noted American Political cartoonist Daryl Cagle. Daryl, currently the editorial cartoonist at NBC News, was in the city on Friday as part of a […]
CBS News profiled Matt Wuerker about his cartoons for Politico – the beltway newspaper. Wuerker said he has heard from the people he satirizes. He recalled a cartoon attacking Donald Rumsfeld during the Iraq War: “I got an email from a colonel in the Pentagon who said that [Secretary Rumsfeld] had seen the cartoon and […]