Will Elder, one of the pioneering MAD Magazine cartoonists has passed away at the age of 86. Tom Richmond, a current MAD magazine cartoonist wrote a personal tribute to Will on his blog. All cartoonists get asked about who their major influences are, and among the usual suspects it sometimes surprises people when I name […]
A Dutch cartoonist was arrested and released this week for “suspicion of publishing work that is discriminatory against Muslims and people of colour.” The cartoonist, who goes by the name “Gregorius Nekschot,” is an established cartoonist whose work appears in magazines, but publishes most of his cartoons on the web because Dutch print media refused […]
The Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has been awarded this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for editorial cartooning. Regarding her cartoon, judges wrote her cartoons were instrumental in moving the issue of violence in disadvantaged neighborhoods and schools to the top of the city’s agenda. Her cartoons offer a “steady drumbeat […]
After 31 years of service, MetroWest Daily News editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund was laid off yesterday due to the paper’s cost-cutting measures. He tells Jessica Heslam, of the Boston Herald: “I was let go because of the money aspect of it,” Granlund told me. “This came out of left field. This was unexpected.” Until today, […]