Pulitzer Prize announcement to be made today
Just a reminder that today the Pulitzer Prize will me announced for the category of editorial cartooning. Announcement will be…
April 2012
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NYT: Co-Archie Comic CEOs causing rift in company
The New York Times has a fascinating story about a major rift in the Archie Comics leadership over the future…
California governor declares April 15 Rex Babin Day
California Gov. Jerry Brown issued a proclamation declaring today, April 15, as “Rex Babin Day” in the Golden State. Here’s…
Greg Wallace wins Cartoonist Studio contest
The Cartoonist Studio’s second annual “So Ya Wanna be a Cartoonists” has declared a winner. This year the winner goes…
Matt Richtel takes year sabbatical from Rudy Park
Rudy Park writer Matt Richtel (aka Theron Heir) tells me he’s taking a year off and turning over the writing…
Readers touched by Candorville treatment of Trayvon Martin cartoon
Michael Cavna follows up from an earlier post regarding Candorville creator Darrin Bell’s cartoon about Trayvon Martin with another post…
AAEC starts fund drive for Sebastian Babin
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is collecting money from its members for the Sebastian Babin Education Fund. The fund…
Scripps Howard discontinues Charles Schulz Award
Last month when the Scripps Howard Awards were announced, absent was the announcement for the Colleges M. Schulz Award for…
Sunday Funnies collection due out in November
Russ Cochran is set to print a new publication called The Sunday Funnies – a monthly 32 page, 22″x16″ comic…
Trial starts in alleged plot to attack Jyllands-Posten newspaper
Four Swedes will have their day in Danish court tomorrow after their December 2010 arrest for allegedly planning to attack…
Marty Two Bulls wins SPJ editorial cartooning award
In my haste to report that Matt Bors had won the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award, I…
Edge City to talk about the Holocaust
This week’s Edge City starts a three-week series dealing with the Holocaust. In the series, the family visits a local…
Hershey Foundation donates $100k to Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
Fantastic news from the Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. If you’ve not had the opportunity to…
Gary Varvel honored with National Headliners Award
Indianapolis Star editorial cartoonist Gary Varvel has been honored with this year’s National Headliners Award. You can see his award…
Interviewed: Stacy Curtis on inking Cul de Sac
Tom Racine has a great interview with cartoonist, illustrator Stacy Curtis who has taken over inking Cul de Sac for…