Ripped from the headlines: Today’s Natural Selection
I sometimes wonder about the effectiveness of cartoons that are “insider-ish.” Yesterday’s Natural Selection, by Russ Wallace, depicting a political…
February 2006
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Newseum sponsoring cartoon controversy discussion
The Newseum is sponsoring a discussion on how publications should cover the cartoon controversy. The panel includes Signe Wilkinson of…
Non Sequitur cartoon causing problems in Malaysia
The government of Malaysia may revoke The New Straits Times’ permit to print after it ran a Non-Sequitur cartoon. Wiley…
Anti-Semitic Cartoons Contest posts gallery
The Anti-Semitic cartoon contest has opened the gallery of entries. While the deadline for entry is not until March 5th,…
Walt Handelsman posts animated editorial cartoon
Walt Handelsman, editorial cartoonist for Newsday, has posted his first animated editorial cartoon. It’s unknown whether this will be a…
Bizarro and FBORW books to hit stores this spring
Two book announcements have been made. The first is a hardbound book called “I Love My Grandpa” by “For Better…
A Look at Gays and Lesbians in Comics
From E&P: An exhibit called “No Straight Lines: Queer Culture and the Comics” will be held March 18 through June…
Village Voice to stop running editorial cartoons
From Daryl Cagle’s “blog” (scroll down to 2nd story in Feb 18th posting): A knowledgeable source tells me that the…
Indiana museum honors its own cartoonists
The Scott County Heritage Center and Museum in Scottsburg Indiana is hosting an exhibit of cartoons from cartoonists, like Jim…
Chris Lamb editorializes on the power of cartoons
Chris Lamb, the author of the book Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons, has a great…
Ted Rall to be at NY Comic Con
As posted on Ted’s blog, he will be at the upcoming NY Comic Con and will be available to sign…
Comic strips keep pushing biting wit to limit
From the Atlanta Journal-Consitution comes this story how the comics have been on the front end of controversy before. Comic…
London opens cartoon museum
While this may have very little impact to readers of this site, I post it nonetheless on the grounds that…
Six cartoonists and their most controversial work
Bill Day asked six other editorial cartoonists (Rex Babin, Chip Bok, Chris Britt, J.D. Crowe, Matt Davies, Steve Sack) to…
Pat Oliphant reacts to Mohammad cartoons in editorial
Pat Oliphant, Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist, has written an editorial for the Chicago Tribune on his reaction of the…