A recent cartoon by Gordon Campbell is being called out of bounds due to its racially charged message depicting Revolutionary War general Benedict Arnold with a black face with the words “Benedict Powell… Race Patriot” referring to former Secretary of State Collin Powell as a traitor because of his endorsement of presidential nominee Barack Obama. […]
All month, Comic Book Resources has been posting profiles and samples of artwork from notable political cartoonists through American history. Due to a change in my work schedule, I’ve fallen behind in posting links to these artists. So here they are: ROLLIN KIRBY JAMES GILLRAY EDMUND DUFFY JAY NORWOOD â??DINGâ? DARLING GEORGE CRUIKSHANK PHILIP ZEC […]
Charles Brubaker has been using Google’s news archive to look for gems of comic history. So far he’s found short run comics such as: Kelly & Duke (or just Kelly as it was titled in its first two years); Boomers Song by Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial cartoonist David Horsey; Arnold by Kevin McCormick; Nutheads by famed […]
Rich Moyer, creator of the formerly syndicated Ick comic panel, has posts new YouTube Obama animation parody of Barack Obama winning over the most racist Americans. So far the video has been viewed nearly 12,000 times. Rich wrote and animated the parody and Mike Kaminski did the voice portion. Rich was also Drew Litton’s animation […]
The Economist editorial cartoonist Kal Kallaugher (KAL), has launched a new informational web site called “US Democrazy” the was created by students and staff at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). The site creators set out to capture the color and character of each of our 50 states. To help in this endeavor, KAL contacted […]