Marian Kamensky bids farewell to the Iron Lady.The death of Margaret Thatcher on the same day as Annette Funicello suggests the aphorism with which Tolstoy began “Anna Karenina,” in that all beloved people are the same, but each despised person is despised in different ways.Neither death was particularly unexpected; both women were known to be […]
Dan Wasserman on gun control … … and Kevin KallaugherThere have been several cartoons recently about the lobbying power of the NRA over elected officials and the idea that the impact of Newtown has faded as the general bureaucracy of the legislative process has dragged things out.But I like these, because I think the problem […]
The death of Hugo Chavez has certainly divided cartoonists, as Chavez divided observers during his lifetime. Here, Lalo Alcaraz suggests that Chavez’s identity may stem from the prism through which he is being observed.A large number of cartoonists who have commented on his death picked up on his UN speech, which he began with a […]
Kevin Kallaugher touches on one of our more disturbing, but disturbingly unfocused, issues.And he does it very effectively, because a major part of the drone controversy is less the drones themselves and more the way their use is, so to speak, flying below the radar.That is, you can’t expect every drone strike to be announced, […]
Kevin Kallaugher with a pithy analysis of the discussions thus far. He’s got a point, but I’m not sure where we go with it, mostly because the “Where’s the meat?” questions remain largely at least uncovered if not unanswered.For instance, I’ve heard so many versions of “close the loopholes” and “eliminate deductions” that I’m not […]
Asia Society interviews The Economist editorial cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher. Your 1984 Economist cover of Indira Gandhi led to a nationwide suppression of the magazine. Has anything else you’ve drawn ever met with that kind of censorship – and does an editorial cartoonist feel any kind of pride when his work clearly touches a nerve […]
Believe It Or Not!Pab Sungenis, of “The New Adventures of Queen Victoria,” created a gag about zombies that was both fresh and humorous!Believe It Or Not!In BC, Mason and Mick Mastroianni wrote a “Hunger Games” gag that actually demonstrated some basic familiarity with the story!Believe It Or Not!Kevin Kallaugher drew a cartoon about the presidential race […]
In today’s Non Sequitur, Wiley correctly points out the absurdity of whateverthehell is going on the minds of some gentlemen, many of whom may be Republicans. I’m making no generalities, no assumptions, no accusations.After all, it’s not fair to assume, for example, that the majority of members of the Augusta National Golf Club are Republicans. It […]
It’s official. The Baltimore Sun has announced that it’s bringing it’s long time editorial cartoonist, Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, to their editorial pages starting next week. Unfortunately it’s not a full-time gig – just a weekly cartoon in the Sunday edition. You can see a video that was produced to promote his return on their website.KAL […]
Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher was invited to give a TED Talk at the TEDx Warwick conference at Warwick University in the UK. He choose to speak on “The Magic and Power of Caricature.” His talk is now available. See below:You can keep up with KAL (who usually has several things going on) on his blog.