Kevin Kallagher (KAL) drew political cartoons for The Baltimore Sun for 30 years (1988-2006 & 2012-2025). In 2025 the new owner of the newspaper fired KAL as he possessed diametrically opposite political views the new owner wished to promote and KAL would not ease up on drawing cartoons mocking the Trump administration.A year after that […]
Kevin KAL Kallaugher hosted Jack Ohman for an hour long visit between two of the most respected editorial cartoonists in the business today. The two friends have nearly a joint 100 years of experience (48 years each) in the business and they discuss the thens and the nows, and the whats and the whos (yeah, […]
The Economist cover designer Graeme James has passed away. Graeme James Ca. 1960/61 – July 2026 The Economist is reporting the death of Graeme James (or here), the magazine’s cover designer since 1995. THEY SAY never to judge a book by its cover. But The Economist is defined by the face it shows the world. […]
Profiling Florida cartoonist Ron Bates, Matt Wuerker and Kevin ‘KAL’ Kallaugher and The Founding Fathers, and Pedro X. Molina on the state of the art he is proudly a part. Ron Bates Nicole Stitz for The Port Charlotte Sun profiles Ron Bates a muralist, set designer, commercial artist, illustrator and, once he moved to Florida, […]
Winners of the 87th Annual Overseas Press Club (OPC) Awards have been announced and Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) will receive the Best Cartoon Award in International Affairs for his work in 2025. THE BEST CARTOON AWARD Best print or digital graphic journalism, including cartoons, on international affairs Sponsor: Mercedes-Benz KAL’s Cartoons Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher The Economist, The […]
ICE OUT Comics Minnesota native Jim Keefe maintains an understandable interest in ICE activities. Especially as the I.C.E. drawdown there seems to be fake and more of a rotation. Yesterday he devoted his Patreon entry to the subject. ICE Out Comics were initiated by Minnesota cartoonists K. Woodman-Maynard (Tuck Everlasting GN), Trung Le Nguyen (Angelica […]
Steve Sack returns to the drawing board, KAL shows how he creates and provides a flow chart, Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novelist Tessa Hulls is interviewed, Freebies: Comics Research Bibliography and Addenda and The Blue Road to Trump Hell, American Library’s list of Youth Media Awards (the Newbery, the Caldecott, the Alex for Peter Kuper, and […]
“The best cartoonists aren’t side commentary. They’re critics with a sharper tool.”Nik Kowsar dismisses efforts to belittle editorial cartooning as a lesser form of journalism.Nik Kowsar is an Iranian-Canadian residing in Washington, D.C. and sentenced to prison in absentia for his cartoons about Iranian regimes. He recently used his Subtack to praise the art of […]
Another new batch of bests and favorite editorial cartoons from the old year. David Horsey presents his “Ten top Trump cartoons from 2025.” From a variety of his outlets comes Nick Anderson’s Best Cartoons of 2025: Part 1 and Part 2. from tc2oons we get the Best Tim Campbell Cartoons of 2025. Kevin KAL Kallaugher […]
A couple recent hour long conversations featuring editorial cartoonists talking to each other. First up is a wonderful discussion between Kevin KAL Kallaugher and David Horsey about the history of editorial cartooning and the changes over their almost 50 years each in the profession. The dialogue is available at David Horsey’s Substack. Then we have […]
Kallaugher and Horsey on Editorial CartooningTomorrow Kevin KAL Kallaugher and David Horsey chat about the State of the Art and Cartooning the State: We will have a fun and free-wheeling conversation about cartoons, politics, commentary and creativity. We will welcome comments and questions from listeners. Kal talks with two-time Pulitzer winning cartoonist and columnist David […]
KAL on “Cartoonists Under Siege” Profs and Pints DC will feature an evening with Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher. Profs and Pints DC presents: “Cartoonists Under Siege,” on the rich history and uncertain future of political cartooning, with Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Economist, former artist in residence at the University of Maryland, Baltimore […]
In January, the Washington Post spiked a cartoon by Pulitzer Prize–winning Ann Telnaes that criticized the supplicant attitude displayed by the paper’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, towards Donald Trump … She promptly resigned after the incident, the first time one of her pieces had been rejected over its subject. For 31 years, KAL contributed his […]
Navied Mahdavian, Tom Gauld, Alison Bechdel, Michael Maslin, and Jason Chatfield with Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher.Navied Mahdavian Navied Mahdavian [link added] is a former 5th-grade teacher who is currently working as a full-time cartoonist. His work has been featured in The New Yorker [link added], The LA Times, NPR, Reader’s Digest, and Wired. He moved to […]
With: Joe Caroff and 007; Kevin Kalluagher (KAL) and The Economist; Bill Maher and National Lampoon; TYove Janssen and The Moomins; Doris Carr and Marmaduke; the U. S. Mint and Superman; Joe Staton and Dick Tracy; and Carole Curtis. Joe Caroff – RIPFrom Jeré Longman at The New York Times the Joe Caroff obituary (or […]