Happy Holidays; Closing down for the year
To everyone celebrating Christmas (or the December holiday of your choosing), I wish you all a happy holiday. Stay safe…
2011
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Student illustration trumps pro’s for Cartoon of Year
University of Westminster student Ben Jennings won the 2011 Political Cartoon of the Year beating out professional UK editorial cartoonists…
King Features releases DailyInk for Android phones
King Features has expanded its mobile footprint to a larger audience with the release of an Android version of their…
Philly Mayor discusses his local cartoon
A couple of days ago I mentioned that Philadelphia Daily News editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson was taking a vacation and…
Bill Griffith featured in The Atlantic
The Atlantic profiles Zippy the Pinhead ceator Bill Griffith: How did Zippy come to be? In late 1970, Griffith was…
Wimpy Kid sues Zombie Kid
Reuters reports that Wimpy Kid, Inc. (Jeff Kinney owned entity that holds the Wimpy Kid copyrights) is suing Antarctic Press…
CCS finds new home for Schulz Library
Great news for the Center for Cartoon Studies who announced that they have acquired the old post office building in…
Profiled: Peter Bagge on be a libertarian cartoonist
KUOW talks to cartoonist Peter Bagge about libertarianism. Peter Bagge provided what some call the definitive chronicle of young Seattle…
Cartoonists want Gingrich for President
The Hill reports that editorial cartoonists want Newt Gingrich for president based on his foibles, past and caricaturability. “Since Nixon,…
Vincent Faletti, age 95, reintroduced to his own work
A cool story from The Saginaw News about the city’s historian coming upon cartoons by Vincent Faletti in the city…
Profiled: Susie Cagle and her coverage of Occupy Oakland
The SF Weekly interviews cartoonist and journalist Susie Cagle and her coverage of the Occupy Oakland movment. You mention that…
Patrick O’Connor leaves the LA Weekly
Editorial cartoonist Patrick O’Connor has announced he’s leaving the LA Weekly. He’s been on their staff since January 2009 after…
Gary Brookins to appear in Spielberg movie
Former Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial cartoonist and Pluggers and Shoe cartoonist Gary Brookins spent a week as an extra in a…
Profiled: Kevin Kallaugher, Economist cartoonist
The Economist’s editorial cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher (“KAL”) was featured in Malibu Magazine. Unlike most profile articles that ask quetions like…
Profiled: Dondi cartoonist Irwin Hasen, age 93
Interesting story out of the New York Times about Irwin Hasen, who used to draw the syndicated comic strip Dondi….