The Daily Cartoonist

Signe Wilkinson honored with RFK Memorial Award

The Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has been awarded this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for editorial cartooning. Regarding her cartoon, judges wrote her cartoons were
instrumental in moving the issue of violence in disadvantaged neighborhoods and schools to the top of the city’s agenda. Her cartoons offer a “steady drumbeat [...]

Posted on: May 16, 2008,  Section: Awards, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments

Dave Granlund laid off from MetroWest Daily News

After 31 years of service, MetroWest Daily News editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund was laid off yesterday due to the paper’s cost-cutting measures.
He tells Jessica Heslam, of the Boston Herald:
“I was let go because of the money aspect of it,” Granlund told me. “This came out of left field. This was unexpected.”
Until today, Granlund [...]

Posted on: May 16, 2008,  Section: Editorial cartooning, Comments: 12 Comments

Cagle tells of cartooning culture divide in China

Daryl Cagle is in China as part of a US State Department cultural exchange program. Yesterday he met with university students and Chinese cartoonists. He’s posted a revealing exchange on his blog about the student’s views on censorship and the roll of cartooning.
Q: Do your cartoons hurt your personal relationships with the politicians you draw?
A: [...]

Posted on: May 15, 2008,  Section: Editorial cartooning, Interviews, Comments: 18 Comments

Anderson draws attention to Orphan Works Act

© Nick Anderson. Used by permission
Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist, has written a blog post on the personal impact of the Orphan Works Act on artists if it is passed.
And written from the artist’s perspective: “Why does this matter to me?

Creative control and ownership: No one can use or change my work without [...]

Posted on: May 14, 2008,  Section: Cartoons, Editorial cartooning, Legal, Comments: 5 Comments

AAEC convention speakers posted

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has released more information about the speaker line up and schedule of their upcoming convention in San Antonio this June. Sessions include a discussion regarding the obituary cartoon, immigration, reader feedback, how contest judges view cartoons, and LBJ’s interest of editorial cartooning. Guest speakers include David Ignatius, columnist and [...]

Posted on: May 14, 2008,  Section: AAEC, Editorial cartooning, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 1 Comment

Matt Wuerker reviews Pat Oliphant exhibit

Politico editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker has written a review of Pat Oliphant’s traveling exhibit entitled “Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture From the Bush Years.”
When you walk into the exhibit, you’re first struck by two giant charcoal caricatures, one of the late President Ronald Reagan as a cowboy and the other of former President George [...]

Posted on: May 13, 2008,  Section: Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, Comments: 0 Comments

Serge Chapleau wins 6th National Newspaper Award

Serge Chapleau, editorial cartoonist for the La Presse, has been awarded his sixth National Newspaper Award for editorial cartooning. You can see his work at his paper’s web site.

Posted on: May 13, 2008,  Section: Awards, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments

Eric Devericks posts first animation

Eric Devericks, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Times, has posted his first animated editorial cartoon. His premiere animation features Hillary Clinton as the Black Knight of Monty Python’s Holy Grail movie.

Posted on: May 9, 2008,  Section: Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments

Islamic group: MacKinnon cartoon is hate crime

A Nova Scotia Islamic group is claiming that an editorial cartoon by Chronicle Herald cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon is a hate crime. The cartoon that was published on April 18 depicts a woman in a burka holding a sign that reads, “I want millions” while saying, “I can put it towards my husband’s next training camp.” [...]

Posted on: May 9, 2008,  Section: Editorial cartooning, Comments: 2 Comments

News Briefs for May 6, 2008

» Check out Sally Forth writer Francesco Marciuliano’s video that he has written and produced under his Medium Large feature. And don’t forget to check out some of his comics over at medium-large.com
» Dan Piraro is doing another stand up comedy show in Santa Cruz.
» Mike Rhode has a photo of a statue of a [...]

Posted on: May 6, 2008,  Section: Editorial cartooning, video, Comments: 1 Comment

Thomas Nast exhibit opens in Auburn NY

An exhibit entitled “Emancipation and Denigration: Thomas Nast Pictures Black America” is now open in Auburn N.Y. according to E&P. The show explores life for many African-Americans after the Civil War as seen through the eyes of Thomas Nast, the father of modern editorial cartooning.
Pardon / Franchise, wood engravings, August, 1865, Harper’s Weekly post-Civil [...]

Posted on: May 6, 2008,  Section: Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, Comments: 0 Comments

Herblock’s Presidents exhibit available online

Those not in the D.C. area can still see “Herblock’s Presidents: “Puncturing Pomposity,” an exhibit currently showing at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery online. The exhibit displays Herblock’s editorial cartoons featuring presidents Franklin Roosevelt through Bill Clinton.
Visit the exhibit online.
Hat tip: Dirk Deppey

Posted on: May 6, 2008,  Section: Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, Comments: 0 Comments

Bruce MacKinnon wins Atlantic Journalism Award

Bruce Mackinnon, editorial cartoonist for the The Chronicle Herald in Halifax, NS, has been honored with this year’s Atlantic Journalism Award for editorial cartooning. The AJA recognizes journalistic excellence and achievement in print and electronic news media in Atlantic Canada. Finalists for the award include Michael de Adder of the The Daily News (Halifax, NS) [...]

Posted on: May 6, 2008,  Section: Awards, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 1 Comment

WSJ’s Pepper…and Salt off editorial page

For 58 years the Wall Street Journal has featured a gag cartoon under the title of Pepper…and Salt - most of the time running on the editorial page. As of April 22, the cartoon was moved to the Arts and Leisure page and reduced in size. The move might actually be a good thing. The [...]

Posted on: May 5, 2008,  Section: Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments

Joe Heller begins animated editorial cartoons

Green Bay Press-Gazette cartoonist Joe Heller has posted his first animated editorial cartoon. The animation pokes fun at Hillary Clinton singing a parody of “Stayin’ Alive.” The animation is plugged on the paper’s homepage.
Regarding the move to animation, the paper has posted an interview about his work:
Q. How does producing an animated cartoon compare with [...]

Posted on: May 5, 2008,  Section: Editorial cartooning, Comments: 1 Comment