Home / Section: Editorial cartooning
Cartoonists try to save a dying art
Another ’save the editorial cartoonist’ story - this time in the Buffalo News.
“Television and radio can’t do this,” said Bennett, who has won numerous awards for his work over the past two decades and is a five-time nominated finalist for a Pulitzer Prize.
“There’s something very personal and special about an editorial cartoon in a newspaper,” Bennett said. “It’s visual and it’s different. It’s about an artist putting his hand to paper; in a way it’s like a hand-written letter expressing an opinion to the reader.”
Tools
Related Stories
- Aaron McGruder interviewed about Boondocks television show
- Ted Rall offers 3 cures for newspaper conundrum
- Dilbert strip offends those “not especially religious”
- Scott Kurtz in talks with Jimmy Johnson?
- Lisa’s Story continues winning awards
- Whimsical look at marriage to a freelance artist
- Two Chicago papers to merge
- Mort Gerberg: A career of diversification
- Scott Kurtz calls on Bill Amend to save the comics
- KAL talks about his buyout
© 2005 - 2005 The Daily Cartoonist. 
Community Comments
February/28/2007 @ 11:52 am
Like muckraking and yellow journalism in the past, the market drives the jobs, and when those types of journalism were no longer seen as profitable, they died out.
Editorial cartooning is a special art. Not only are you a editorial journalist keeping up with currnet events, you are also a skilled craftsman.
It is sad to see the lack of employment in the field, perhaps there should be a website for all editorial cartooinist to submit work, for sale or just for fans to enjoy.
We need to keep this art alive. Students today probably do not know anything about the muckrakers of the past. I hope this doesnot happen to editorial cartooning.
Join the discussion!
PLEASE NOTE: Please use your first AND last name when posting a comment. Please refrain from swearing. It's one of the rules that I enforce strictly. Thanks.