Tagged as: editorialcartooning

Phil Hands, editorial cartoonist for the Wisconsin State Journal, was featured on a local news segment about his work and process. Runs about 5 minutes.

Check out Jeff Stahler featured in a short documentary about editorial cartoonist. Directed and Edited by Amanda H. Cook. Music by Nickel Creek.INK. from Amanda H. Cook on Vimeo.via: Mike Lynch

Can’t think of a better place to get the first cartoonist’s reactions to the announcement that Osama Bin Laden is dead than Cagle’s site. He’s started the collection.Here’s Brian Fairrington’s cartoon. Check out Cagle’s site for more.Daryl has also posted a “Best of Bin Laden“

Ted Rall, a cartoonist who needs no introduction, is auctioning off his cartooning services to the highest bidder. Ted posted himself on eBay stating that he’ll draw the auction winner a cartoon on any subject they want – with some caveats. The winner picks the topic, but Ted is free to approach the topic any […]

Politico has written a pretty good profile of Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles. Turner hired him part time as a caricature artist and, after a few months, started nudging him toward editorial cartoons. “I said ‘No, I don’t want to do that,’” Toles recalled. “‘I don’t have the skills. I don’t have the interest. […]

I broke the news last week that Gary Varvel would be this year’s Robert F. Kennedy award for editorial cartooning and now it is official. The award is given to journalists to recognize their work on human rights, social justice, and the power of individuals to make a difference. Varvel’s 11-part series, “The Path of […]

Daryl Cagle has written an interesting post about the perceived value of editorial cartoons on the web.With the poor performance of their artist-name cartoons page, there was no way I could convince the Yahoo News people that editorial cartoons had value ? even with the popularity of our topical cartoon content on Cagle.com. Unfortunately, this […]

1982 Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Ben Sargent will be the focus of a new exhibit at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History in Austin, TX. Ben was the editorial cartoonist for Austin American Statesman for 35 years. The exhibit, entitled Always Hitting a Nerve: Editorial Cartoons by Ben Sargent, contains original art from […]

Yesterday Mike Keefe won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. I wanted to write a round-up of some of the loose ends regarding the Pulitzer selection that wasn’t available when I posted the announcement.From Mike’s editor we have a congratulatory statement accounting Mike’s longevity in the field:“This is fabulous for Mike Keefe,” said Post editor […]

According to a tweet by Gary Varvel earlier this afternoon, he will be honored with this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for editorial cartooning. Gary did a 11-part series highlighting some of the underprivileged living in the Indianapolis area. Here’s how I described it in an earlier post:The series is called “The Path of […]

Just announced – Mike Keefe has won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Mike is the editorial cartoonist for the The Denver Post where he has been since 1975. You can check out his award winning portfolio of work.In honoring Mike, the judges note: His widely ranging cartoons that employ a loose, expressive style […]

I thought last year’s lack of Pulitzer nominee leaks was amazing – this year it’s downright eery. There doesn’t even seem to be the usual buzz and build up to it this year. Michael Cavna has posted his short list. I agree with most of the list. There has been a lot of outstanding and […]

Here’s another editorial cartooning video gem. PBS did an episode on three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad and his work with the LA Times called Paul Conrad: Drawing Fire. Watch the episode below.

Over at E&P Rob Tornoe writes about Egyptian editorial cartoonist Sherif Arafa and his role in the Egyptian revolution. As Egyptians protested by the thousands in the streets of Cairo in the weeks leading up to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak, the government attempted to respond by cracking down on the media and shutting […]

Found this in the archives of C-SPAN. Jeff MacNelly, Lee Judge and ??? discussing the art of editorial cartooning and the politics of the day (1984) with Brian Lamb.Who’s the guy in the middle? They cut out the intros. His name is briefly mentioned – Bill DeOre?