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Benson casts GOP in same vein as Ohio kidnappers; Conservatives not amused
Tim Cavanaugh, of The Daily Caller gives a good summary of the controversy surrounding a recent Steve Benson that casts the GOP in the same light as the Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro. The cartoon (above) depicts the GOP has holding three women hostage. Each of the women are labeled “No Abortion Rights,” “No Reproductive Coverage” [...]
Posted on: May 15, 2013, Section: Controversies, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 3 Comments
Disney sexualized Merida character
Pixar’s Merida character from the feature film Brave is officially a Disney Princess, but that created a controversy when Disney debuted a 2D image of the new princess. The Disney princess makeover removed the bow and arrow, tamed her hair and slimmed her figure. She also sports a “come hither” look according to Brenda Chapman, [...]
Posted on: May 14, 2013, Section: Animation, Controversies, Comments: 9 Comments
Palestinian cartoonist sentenced to 5 months in Israeli jail
The Palestinian cartoonist Muhammad Sabanah, who was detailed by the Israelis in February as he crossed to the West Bank, has finally been sentenced. He was charged with contacting “enemy entities” according to his attorney. He was sentenced to five months in jail and ordered him to pay a 10,000 shekel ($2,755) fine. From FARS [...]
Posted on: Apr 9, 2013, Section: Controversies, Editorial cartooning, International, Comments: 0 Comments
CBR features 8 female artists during Women’s History Month
Comic Book Resources used Women’s History Month to highlight female creators in the industry. Creators included: Becky Cloonan, Danielle Corsetto, Joyce Farmer, Marjorie Liu, Ann Nocenti, Trina Robbins, Louise Simonson, and Noelle Stevenson. It’s an interesting series wherein the artists talk about gender roles in comics, gender gaps, and abortion, anger and Underground Comix.
Posted on: Apr 3, 2013, Section: Books, Cartoons, Comic strips, Controversies, Comments: 0 Comments
AZ student cartoonist fired for derogatory LGBT cartoon
D.C. Parsons, a student cartoonist at The Daily Wildcat, has been fired and the student paper is apologizing after running a cartoon (during LGBT History Month) that depicts a father and son laughing at a derogatory joke. The cartoon depicts a father telling his son that if he ever comes out of the closet that [...]
Posted on: Oct 19, 2012, Section: College cartoonists, Comic strips, Controversies, Comments: 8 Comments
University of Montana cartoon draws fire
Callan Berry, a student at the University of Montana, is “drawing fire” according to a report by the local NBC station. The cartoon points out the irony of mandatory sexual assault prevention classes required of all students. Callen says: “I’m a satirical artist. My point was to satirize the feeling on campus towards PETSA… which [...]
Posted on: Oct 3, 2012, Section: College cartoonists, Controversies, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 4 Comments
Louisiana teacher dismissed over anti-Obama cartoon
Robert Duncan, a Jr. High teacher, was dismissed earlier this month after six months of paid administrative leave after a parent took cell phone photos of two disturbing posters. One of the posters was a cartoon depicting Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny and a caricature of Mitt Romney standing next to a poster stating “Obama Season” [...]
Posted on: Aug 28, 2012, Section: Controversies, Comments: 10 Comments
Crumb explains why he canceled trip to Australia
Robert Crumb was the headlining artist at the Australian Graphic arts festival in Sydney, but cancelled after a newspaper ran a headline that read, “Cult genius or filthy weirdo” and quoted anti-child abuse campaigner Hetty Johnsto who raised questions about the appropriateness of Crumb’s attendance. In an open letter published in the Sydney Morning Herald, [...]
Posted on: Aug 15, 2011, Section: Controversies, Comments: 3 Comments
Village Voice agrees to pay cartoonists
The hubbub over last week’s revelation that The Village Voice asked its cartoonists to provide cartoons for “exposure” and not pay all the while running a color story on “If Cartoons Are So Big, Why Don’t They Pay?” has caused the paper’s editor to issue as statement saying that they will now pay the contributing [...]
Posted on: Apr 11, 2011, Section: Controversies, Comments: 7 Comments
Rare golden age art added to new Jerry Robinson website
From the press release: Classic works by Jerry Robinson of Batman, Robin and a rogues gallery of villains, including Robinson’s creation, the Joker, can be seen on www.JerryRobinsonArt.com. In the coming days more art by Robinson and other legendary artists will be added. The new web site covers Jerry’s career of over 70 years – [...]
Posted on: Mar 7, 2011, Section: Comic Books, Controversies, Comments: 2 Comments
Bill O’Reilly e-mail bombs Mike Thompson
Last Sunday’s editorial cartoon by Mike Thompson stirred the ire of Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly. Mike’s cartoon was in response to NPR firing long-time analyst Juan Williams for comments he made on the Fox Network about fearing Muslims. The cartoon depicted several Fox News personalities in various garb – O’Reilly in a “Obama=Hitler” shirt, [...]
Posted on: Oct 26, 2010, Section: Controversies, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 36 Comments
More college cartoon controversies
And yet another college campus cartoon controversy. This time at the University of Connecticut where two cartoons have been deemed offensive to women. The two cartoons were published on September 21st – one re-writing the “Sugar and Spice” poem to read, “Forget sugar and spice and everything nice. Try crabs, scabs and everything viral. That’s [...]
Posted on: Oct 22, 2010, Section: College cartoonists, Comic strips, Controversies, Comments: 16 Comments
Teacher pleads guilty to animated porn
An Idaho middle school teacher has plead guilty to possession of animated child porn. The U.S. Attorney’s office said Steven Kutzner, 33, had downloaded more than 70 animated cartoon pornographic images on his computer. Many of them depicted child characters from The Simpsons. Kutzner was a former middle school teacher at Lake Hazel Middle School [...]
Posted on: Oct 14, 2010, Section: Animation, Controversies, Legal, Comments: 10 Comments
Why the Washington Post didn’t run Non Sequitur
Last Sunday’s Non Sequitur that didn’t feature Mohammad was replaced in several metro newspapers including the Washington Post. The Post’s Ombudsman Andrew Alexander interviewed Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller and tries to explain why his paper opted not to run the cartoon. Still, Style editor Ned Martel said he decided to yank it, after conferring [...]
Posted on: Oct 11, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Controversies, Comments: 19 Comments
Matt Davies being sued for $1 million
A failed GOP candidate is suing nine journalists for $1 million each and has named The Journal News editorial cartoonist Matt Davies as one of the nine. The suit alleges that the nine journalists “defamed his character, ruined his reputation and caused him emotional distress.” Russell, who has run for Congress five times, including his [...]
Posted on: Oct 7, 2010, Section: Controversies, Editorial cartooning, Legal, Comments: 32 Comments
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