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One cannot understate the influence Wiley Miller has had on newspaper comics and in ways far beyond artistic style.

It’s hard to find an article or review of Bob Staake that doesn’t include a line about Bob being “one of the most prolific illustrators” of his generation. Which isn’t exactly true. He’s also a cartoonist, children’s book writer and artist, political and commercial artist. In his 50 year career he’s worked with just about […]

President Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt was photographed posing with The New York Times. Facing the camera was the obituary for editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant, it included a cartoon of Trump as a Nazi. From Aman Sharma at Reality Tea: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was seen holding a newspaper that featured Trump’s political […]

Featuring news and reviews with Gregg Bender, Garry Trudeau, George Blevins, Pat Oliphant, Guy Richards Smit, Derf Backderf, and Matt Bors and Fred Harper. Gregg Bender Interview The Fort Wayne, Indiana Journal Gazette recently had Five Questions for Gregg Bender. You spent much of your career in the newspaper industry and continue to draw for […]

Who would you choose as the greatest editorial cartoonist of all time? James Gillray? Thomas Nast? Robert Minor? Paul Conrad? Last week David Von Drehle writing for The Washington Post made The Case for Pat Oliphant (or here). There are many forms and expressions of greatness — not one GOAT, but herds of GOATs; nevertheless, […]

The death of Pat Oliphant brought immediate tributes from friends and colleagues. Those very early first responses have been followed with an astounding amount of words or pictures or both honoring the master of editorial cartooning. An outpouring of respect, appreciation, and love unseen since the passing of Charles Schulz. Michael de Adder brought a […]

There have been a number of tributes to Pat Oliphant, here we link to some of them. Ann Telnaes writes of her admiration of Pat Oliphant. People will throw around the label of legend in the editorial cartooning profession but Pat Oliphant was truly one. Not only did his editorial cartoons and caricatures slice right […]

“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 […]

The documentary about one of the most influential editorial cartoonists in America is now streaming on most platforms. “A Savage Art the Life Cartoons of Pat Oliphant” can now be viewed on most streaming platforms (check link above for list). As I rewrote in my review back in June: Clocking in at 88 minutes, the […]

Al Hirschfeld, Ann Telnaes, Keith Knight, Floyd Norman, Pat Oliphant and thousands, well hundreds anyway, more (like Gilbert Shelton and Jeff Danziger) at the AAEC Convention, the Small Press Expo, and the Galway Cartoon Festival.Strokes of Genius: Hirschfeld at the Algonquin From Art News Now: New York, NY – The Al Hirschfeld Foundation will join […]

During the heyday of Pat Oliphant‘s career editorial cartoonists numbered in the hundreds, down from a high count of thousands, today the population of staff editorial cartoonists maybe a couple dozen. Newspapers these days go with the much cheaper syndicated editoons where they do not have to pay salary or benefits or contribute to retirement […]

Esteemed political cartoonist Pat Oliphant was born July 24, 1935. Australian-born Pat made his fame as a United States editorial cartoonist from the 1960s into the 2000s, becoming the inspiration for generations of cartoonists who followed and revered him.Oliphant started in the U.S. at the Denver Post in 1964 and within a year was being […]

Variety is reporting that the documentary A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant has been purchased by Magnolia Pictures. The film will be released to theaters on Sept. 5. The documentary follows the life of Australian-born Oliphant, whose tenure as America’s most celebrated and feared political cartoonist spanned five decades and 10 […]

Tomorrow will be a massively busy day across the United States. The No Kings protests are scheduled in multiple cities in every state. In Washington, D.C. Trump will finally get his “imma-tyrant-too”, I mean, military parade. Despite the congestion that will bring, I highly recommend those living in the DC area to go to the […]

Saturday, June 14 (2025) will see the world premiere of the documentary film by Bill Banowsky at the DC/DOX Film Festival of A Savage Art: The Life and Cartoons of Pat Oliphant. Patrick Oliphant was a giant slayer, bravely taking on presidents, popes and the American corporate class with his mighty pen. An Australian transplant, […]