The final decision in the “Unfit” Idol competition has come to a close with Justin Thompson as the winner. Scott Adams posted the news on his blog. He lists six reasons why it was a good decision. I’ve posted reason number one below. The decision was Mike?s alone, but I would have made the same […]
David Sipress, a New Yorker cartoonist, will give a talk titled “Get it? The Art of Cartooning and the New Yorker.” More than 250 cartoons by Sipress have appeared in the New Yorker since 1998. His cartoons and editorial illustrations have also appeared in Playboy, Harper’s, The Funny Times, Utne Reader, The Washington Post, and […]
For those in the Wichita area, Richard Crowson, editorial cartoonist for the Wichita Eagle, will be doing a presentation at the Wichita Art Museum on April 10. The program is not free. For more information, visit the museum. Noon: Lunch; 1 pm: Program Art on a Monday ?Cartoons? by Richard Crowson, Wichita Eagle political cartoonist. […]
I’m not sure when this was published, but Scholastic magazine has a story on Ray Billingsley, the creator and cartoonist for “Curtis.” On June 26, 1986, Ray Billingsley woke up at 3:30 a.m. He grabbed his sketch pad. In the dark, he drew a cartoon character he had been thinking about. When he was finished, […]
Michael Leunig was temporarily entered into the Iranian Holocaust contest when someone submitted several of his old cartoons without his knowledge. He has since withdrawn his cartoons and participation in the controversial contest. One of Australia’s best-known cartoonists, Michael Leunig, said on Tuesday an Iranian newspaper withdrew two of his illustrations from its website after […]
German cartoonist Klaus Stuttmann has been receiving death threats after a cartoon of his ran in Germany about the German military being used for security to safeguard the World Cup. In the drawing, the soccer team with the explosives strapped to their chest is labelled “Iran.” This cartoon had nothing to do with the Mohammad […]