Last week Jim Borgman wrote a list of cartoonists that he admires over on his blog. It was an enjoyable read and time well spent as I chased down the names and artwork of some of the artists whose work I didn’t readily know. Beginning tomorrow I’m introducing a new feature on The Daily Cartoonist […]
The Chattanooga Times has announced that they are replacing editorial cartoonist Bruce Plante, who left for the Tulsa World position, with Pulitzer Prize winner Clay Bennett who is currently at the Christian Science Monitor. Clay officially begins his duties there on January 1 where he will do four black and white and one color cartoon […]
A couple of comic strip pick ups and drops to report this week. Stephan Pastis’ Pearls Before Swine is now in the Salinas Californian in Dilbert’s spot. Scott Adam’s Dilbert has been moved ot the back of the National/World section. Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac makes a debut in The Detroit Free Press as of […]
Editorial Cartoonist Pat Oliphant will have an exhibit entitled “Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture from the Bush Years” at Telfair Museum in Savanna GA from January 31 through April 4, 2008. The exhibit is based on his newly released book by the same title. The Telfair Museum of Art is located at 121 Barnard St. […]
Last Week Lexington Herald-Leader editorial Joel Pett spent a week in his hometown of Bloomington Indiana visiting Indiana University’s jorunalism program for a week of “Professional-In-Residence.” He spoke/lectured in four journalism classes and in one class explained that the point of an editorial cartoon is not to be funny and why the cartoonist-editor relationship can […]