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Jay Kennedy Scholarship winner announced
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) announced the winner of the first annual Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, Juana Medina, a sophomore at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Medina edged out almost two hundred applicants for the award, which includes a $5,000.00 scholarship and a trip to the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award [...]
Posted on: Apr 24, 2008, Section: Awards, College cartoonists, Comments: 14 Comments
Yale student wins 2008 Locher Memorial Award
Sam Ayres, student editorial cartoonist for the Yale Daily News has been awarded this year’s AAEC/John Locher Memorial Award for best college cartoonist according to E&P.
Sam is a Junior studying English and Political Science. He was a runner up to last year’s award. He’ll be honored at this year’s AAEC convention in San Antonio, TX [...]
Posted on: Apr 21, 2008, Section: Awards, College cartoonists, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments
NCSF awards 2007 scholarships
The National Cartoonist Society Foundation has awarded scholarship money to two Minneapolis College of Art and Design students, Christina Beard and Evan Palmer. Christina is specializing in character and game design and Evan is studying to be a traditional comic book artist. Both students are seniors.
Tom Richmond, who attended the college’s Annual Partners in [...]
Posted on: Apr 18, 2008, Section: College cartoonists, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 0 Comments
College student, president apologize for offensive cartoon
A St. Patrick’s Day cartoon in the Leigh University student newspaper has prompted an apology from the cartoonist, the editorial board, and the university’s president after protests from students. The cartoon (see here) is entitled “Map for a Successful St. Patrick’s Day” and uses references to drunkeness, brawling, a “french fry famine” and a leprechaun [...]
Posted on: Apr 3, 2008, Section: College cartoonists, Controversies, Comments: 1 Comment
William Warren wins Charles M. Schulz award for best college cartooning
William Warren, the 2006 Locher Award winner, has been awarded with the Charles M. Schulz award given to the best college cartoonist. William is a student at Wake Forest University, and won the award for his comic strip Lummox. The Schulz award is given annually by the Scripps Howard Foundation.
Finalist for the award include Isaac [...]
Posted on: Mar 7, 2008, Section: Awards, College cartoonists, Comments: 4 Comments
Amend, Robb, Wilson named judges in Scripps Howard Journalism Awards
FoxTrot creator Bill Amend, Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library Associate Curator and Assistant Professor Jenny Robb and United Media Syndicate Senior VP/General Manager Lisa Klem Wilson were named among the 43 journalism professionals that will be judging in this year’s National Journalism Awards. The announcement does not specify which category the three will judge, [...]
Posted on: Feb 25, 2008, Section: Awards, College cartoonists, Editorial cartooning, Museums, United Media, Comments: 0 Comments
Last day to submit for The Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship
Today is the last day to apply for the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship.
Posted on: Jan 31, 2008, Section: College cartoonists, Comments: 2 Comments
High school student cartoonists nets $24k scholarship
A Pontiac Central High School senior has been awarded a $24,000 scholarship to the College of Creative Studies in Detroit according to The Oakland Press. Tiffany Patterson received the award based on her portfolio showcasing editorial cartoons and other original work. She hopes “her political cartoons will grace the editorial pages of newspapers across [...]
Posted on: Jan 29, 2008, Section: College cartoonists, Comments: 0 Comments
Two college cartoon scholarships deadlines looming
There are two collegiate cartoon scholarships application deadlines coming up. Mike Rhodes’ blog has details on the Swann Fellowship in Caricature and Cartoon. It’s an annual award of up to $15,000 and has a deadline of February 15th.
The other award is the The Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship for any college student in the U.S., [...]
Posted on: Jan 16, 2008, Section: College cartoonists, Comments: 2 Comments
College paper apologizes for anti-Semitic cartoon
The University of Arizona’s student newspaper is issuing an apology in today’s newspaper for a cartoon that recently ran that many Jewish students believe is anti-Semetic. The cartoon, by staffer Joseph Topmiller, depicts a receipt with only a 7 percent tip and the punch line: “Attention all crappy tipping Jews!!! Just because you’re ’screwing’ the [...]
Posted on: Oct 10, 2007, Section: College cartoonists, Comments: 7 Comments
Cartoonists Quit in Protest of Cartoonist’s Firing
Four cartoonists, whose works appear in the Cavalier Daily, have quit in protest over the firing of Grant Woolard who’s cartoon depicting nine naked black men fighting with chairs, sticks and boots with the caption of “Ethiopian Food Fight.” The departing cartoonists include Ellisha Marongelli, Joe Shaver, Chen Song and Laura Lin. Their departure leaves [...]
Posted on: Sep 24, 2007, Section: College cartoonists, Comments: 3 Comments
Another College Cartoon Draws Controversy
The Recorder, the school paper of Central Connecticut State University, has managed to offend (disgust?) students and facility by running a comic strip called “Polydongs” which depicts “explicit images surrounding the humiliation and degradation of a 14-year-old Latina girl.” The paper printed a disclaimer under the comic stating that they do not, “support the [...]
Posted on: Sep 14, 2007, Section: College cartoonists, Controversies, Comments: 22 Comments
Virginia Student Cartoonist Suspended Indefinitely (UPDATED)
Last week I reported that Grant Woolard, a student cartoonist at the University of Virginia, had erupted another firestorm by drawing a cartoon depicting “nine nearly naked black men fighting each other with sticks, stools, boots and a pillow” and ran with a caption, “Ethiopian Food Fight.” The paper has printed a near 1000 word [...]
Posted on: Sep 11, 2007, Section: College cartoonists, Controversies, Comments: 17 Comments
Cartoonist Sparks Another Furor at University of Virginia
Last year, I reported about Grant Woolard, a student cartoonist at the University of Virginia, who created a national stir for two cartoons that were published in the Cavalier Daily. Both the editor and cartoonist later apologized for running the cartoons. Woolard has set off another controversy this week that resulted in about [...]
Posted on: Sep 6, 2007, Section: College cartoonists, Controversies, Comments: 10 Comments
Cartoonists in the News: Andy Marlette
Andy Marlette, Doug Marlette’s nephew has a write up in the Pensacola News Journal that reviews his controversies that he’s stirred in his young college career.
Posted on: Aug 13, 2007, Section: College cartoonists, Controversies, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 1 Comment
