Lee Salem, editor and executive vice president of Universal Press will speak this April 6th at a comics symposium in Kirtland, OH. Salem will be the keynote speaker at the Third Annual Lakeland Community College Comics Symposium, to be held April 6 in Kirtland, Ohio. Salem?s remarks will address the history and present of ethnic […]
FrontPage Magazine has written a story about Aaron McGruder and how the comic feature “Boondocks” was created and how it became a television show. Along the way, it delves into Aaron’s politics and social views. McGruder likes being offensive. He comes billed ? in large part by himself ? as the angriest black man in […]
I’ve mentioned this earlier, but now the news has been posted on Patrick McDonnell’s web site that he’ll be a special guyst at the NYC Comic-con. Patrick McDonnell will be a special guest at the first annual New York City Comic-con, premiering for the first time February 24-26, 2006. Patrick will be participating in a […]
The Statesman Journal (Salem, OR) has run a commentary by Daryl Cagle on the topic of the Danish cartoons. The overblown reaction in Muslim countries to the blasphemy of the cartoons is what the story has become, as streets filled with violent protestors demand that the infidels in other countries respect a Muslim taboo. Clearly […]
Nick Anderson is questioning why the Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t get upset with a cartoon that Mike Luckovich ran on the 3rd of February that also depicted a dismembered soldier. So cartoonist Nick Anderson, in an e-mail sent Tuesday to E&P, wondered why the Joint Chiefs didn’t get as angry with a Feb. 3 […]
With the growing Danish cartoons of Mohammad controversy, news media is turning to their local editorial cartoonists for their reaction. Here is a round up of several cartoonists from around the United States: AAEC, “While the motivation and judgment of the Danish artists and their publishers may be debatable, their right to free expression without […]