E&P reported that Kansas City Star editorial cartoonist Lee Judge will be speaking at the National Conference of Editorial Writers on September 29th. The topic of his speech? “Making the Case for an Endangered Species: Political Cartoonists.” When I wrote last week that today’s editorial cartoonists are “infatuated by their own victim status” this is […]
Mike Lynch has posted a motivational review of Mark Tatull’s rise as a comic strip cartoonist that was first posted on The Wisenheimer. So what’s the point of all this? Well, back in ’97 I thought it was all over. I had to give up my dream out of necessity. Sales weren’t there and there […]
The Bat Segundo Show (a literary podcast) recently interviewed Opus creator Berkeley Breathed. See part 1 and part 2. I’ve not listened to these so I have no idea what the content would be, but presumably it’s about Berkeley’s new book. Thanks Mike Rhode for the heads up.
The Union of Concerned Scientists who sponsor the annual “American Science Idol” cartoon contest has announced this year’s winner. Jesse Springer of Eugene Oregon. Finalists (which will be featured in the calendar) include Matt Bors, Brian Orr, Matthew Shultz, Jen Sorensen, Tim White, Phil Witte, and Alejandro Yegros. Judges included Garry Trudeau, Tom Toles, and […]
Ventura County Star editorial cartoonist Steve Greenberg writes in to share news that his section of the paper’s web site has been updated to include a blog, better bio, space for larger images, and shorter URL. He mentions that he’s also started adding animations, sketches and commentary on the blog as well. The new URL […]
Bill Kitchen, the former Miami Herald cartoonist, has died at the age of 78 of pancreatic cancer. Bill began working for the Herald in 1960 and officially retired in 1985 but continued to freelance to the paper until 2000. The Herald reports that in the 1960s, Bill was so popular that if he took a […]
ComicDC blogger Mike Rhode writes in to alert Daily Cartoonists that Chan Lowe, editorial cartoonist for the Sun-Sentinel, has posted his first animated editorial cartoon. Chan is working with an animator who works in the Marketing Special Sections Department of the paper.