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?
CNN profiles Jordanian brother editorial cartoonists Emad and Osama Hajjaj. Emad was fired from his editorial cartoonist position after caricaturing the Jordanian king. Osama posts his cartoons on the internet. He and his editor have been jailed for his cartoons.
Interesting story out of The Washington Post about a 14 year old Brazilian boy who is a regular fixture in the Sao Paulo Journal doing editorial cartoons. At Folha de Sao Paulo, or the Sao Paulo Journal, tradition holds that politicians exist to be skewered, whether they are the regional bosses in Brazil?s outback or […]
Mike Peters, editorial cartoonist for the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) has won this year’s National Headliner Award for editorial cartooning. Second and third place went to Stuart Carlson (Universal Uclick Syndicate) and Adam Zyglis (The Buffalo News, NY) respectively. Mike won the award last year. Interviewed by Michael Cavna about the announcement, Mike said, […]
Universal Uclick has announced that it has added Politico’s editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker to their list of syndicated editorial cartoonists. Matt was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 and 2010. He’s also won the Herblock Prize and the Berryman Award. “Matt Wuerker is a standout among the high-profile political cartoonists working today,” said […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists is reporting that six Libyan journalists are missing after three spoke out against Moammar Gaddafi. One of the journalists is editorial cartoonist Mohamed al-Amin. At least six local journalists who spoke critically of government policies are also missing, although there is wide speculation that they are in the custody of […]
The Charles M. Schulz Award for best college cartoonist went to John Vestevich of Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich. this year. The Schulz Award is sponsored by the The Scripps Howard Foundation. John will receive $10,000 and a plaque.Finalists for the award were David Zaleski, Los Angeles Loyolan Newspaper, Loyola Marymount University, Los […]
Mike Thompson has been awarded the Scripps Howard Award for Editorial Cartooning. Mike takes home $10,000 and a trophy. His submission contained traditional editorial cartoons as well as his animation.The Scripps Howard Foundation also announced that Ted Rall and Steve Breen were finalists.
The Denver Post Editorial cartoonist Mike Keefe has been named the winner of the 2011 John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition. Keefe’s winning entry for the most recent competition pokes fun at legislation enacted by Arizona last year, the “broadest and strictest in the nation” to curb illegal immigration, according to The New York Times. The […]
Daryl Cagle is pointing out that the tragedy in Japan is creating three similar visual response: the Japanese rising sun, Godzilla and waves depicted in the Japanese art style. As usual when several cartoonists (in this case from around the world) use the same metaphor – he calls it Yahtzee.
Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist for the Indianapolis Star, has won the 2010 Grambs Aronson Award for Cartooning With a Conscience for a series he did last summer portraying the pressures and difficulties for the poor in Indianapolis. (Read my report on his series)Judges said they found his series entitled “The Path to Hope” “extraordinary in […]
The Sacramento Bee reports that its editorial cartoonist Rex Babin has requested a leave two weeks ago to attend to a health issue. It doesn’t report the issue in question or how long Rex will be out of the office, but suggested anyone wanting to wish him well contact him at: topics@sacbee.com or at our […]
South African editorial cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (AKA “Zapiro”) is fighting two lawsuits lodged against him by South African President Jacob Zuma for what is claimed offensive cartoons. Combined, the two defamation suits seek damages up to 7 million. Not only is Zapiro fighting those suits, he’s also fighting against a government initiative that would “seek […]
ComicsDC’s Mike Rhode has posted a response from Signe Wilkinson and Matt Wuerker regarding how the judging went down this year for the Herblock Award. In the spirit of transparency, we’d like to lift the veil a little on the thinking that went into our judging this year. Think of this as a little WikiLeak […]