Raychelle Muhammad interviews illustrator and caricaturist Kerry G. Johnson: 1) Please describe your journey to becoming an artist. Art has always been my passion. In fact, I knew in kindergarten that I was gifted and blessed as an artist after drawing a picture of cat that won first place in a citywide contest of youth. […]
Columbia College Chicago has announced that Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Jules Feiffer is the 2012 recipient of the John Fischetti Lifetime Achievement Award. The Fischetti Lifetime Achievement Award honors an outstanding career of editorial cartooning, work skewering cultural mores, misguided public policies and self-important people. Feiffer is a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter and children’s book author […]
The Pew Research Center has issued a report that isn’t so surprising, but offers more concrete numbers to throw around the bar when complaining about the demise of the industry. The report states that on average for every $1 gained in digital advertising revenue, they lose $7 in print ad revenue. In general, the shift […]
Another Learn to Draw installment from The Doozies creator Tom Gammill. This episode was previewed at The Success in Comics seminar in Vegas two weeks ago where Tom and Momma and Miss Peach creator Mell Lazarus spoke. In this episode, Mell wins his ninth Golden Doozie Award.
Philadelphia’s local CBS station is reporting that Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Auth, the editorial cartoonist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, is leaving the paper after 40+ years. The two Philly papers (Inquirer and Daily News) and their joint website (philly.com) are currently up for sale and newsrooms are being combining. The Inquirer’s owner is also trying […]