The digital Salt Lake Tribune returns to hard copy editions, The Washington Post does away with reader critiques, the McClatchy group cripples its national news gathering abilities, and GANNETT NO MORE! The Salt Lake Tribune Returns to Print – kinda, sorta The Salt Lake Tribune returned to print last month with a localized offshoot — […]
Spotlight on Arlo and Janis; Luann; Crankshaft; Barney & Clyde; Reply All/Reply All Lite; Bottom Liners; Lio. Come July 29 Arlo and Janis will have been around for 40 years and cartoonist Jimmy Johnson, as is his wont, will be celebrating the anniversary this coming week, but with a twist as he “remasters” some classic […]
Cartooning Pope Leo XIV Pat Byrnes and the newspaper he rode in on is taken to task by a Yakima Herald-Republic reader: To the editor — I’m Catholic and from Chicago and celebrating the election of the new Pope. But your May 13 cartoon on the editorial page went too far. The depicted “communion wafers” […]
Sometimes you just have to up and walk away. When you are a political cartoonist your two sources of wherewithal are brains and hands. When limitations are put on what your mind can think creative people, for their own mental health, must leave. So Ann Telnaes left. Which may be the best decision she has […]
“In a time when the free press is under attack by autocrats in their quest to silence dissent, editorial cartoons and satire are essential for a democracy to survive and thrive. I’m honored to receive this award and encourage everyone to support their local cartoonist.” – Ann Telnaes On National Cartoonists Day it was cartoonist […]
For delivering piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions with deftness, creativity – and a fearlessness that led to her departure from the news organization after 17 years. Ann Telnaes of The Washington Post awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary (link includes Ann’s submission portfolio). The Washington Post, who printed her […]
The return of Edith Pritchett to The WaPo; Phoebe and Her Unicorn daily replacements; the Barry Blitt CBC interview; Mr. Fish and UPenn; and Topps Baseball card cartooning. Edith Pritchett Returns to The Washington Post Last week we noted that Edith Pritchett was no longer appearing in The Washington Post. After 20 days MIA she […]
For two years cartoonist Edith Pritchett has been a controversial opinion page regular at The Washington Post due to her non-political cartoons that are more about cultural/social affairs than about affairs of state. Now it seems that she has been left behind as part of the upheaval currently going on at The WaPo. Mike Rhode […]