Former The (Raleigh) News & Observer editorial cartoonist Dwane Powell will be one of six receiving the 2010 Medal of Arts an award given by the The City of Raleigh Arts Commission. The award is given for lifetime achievement and artistic excellence. Other recipients include costume designer William Ivey Long, arts administrator Banks C. Talley […]
This week’s Daddy’s Home story line takes the strips characters to the Gulf of Mexico to volunteer cleaning up the oil spill. Daddy’s Home creators Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein are using the story line to promote organizations involved in the clean up efforts. Each strip has a “How can you help?” box pointing readers […]
The Washington Post’s America’s Next Great Cartoonist Contest has a winner. Olivia Walch, 20, of Fairfax Station, Va. is the contest winner, impressing the judges with her “Imogen Quest” cartoon and winning over readers. She emerges as America’s Next Great Cartoonist after our panelists picked 10 finalists, celebrity judges critiqued entries, then thousands of readers […]