KAL cartoon changed public policy in Baltimore
Baltimore Sun contributing editorial cartoonist, Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) recently learned one of his cartoons from 1992 had changed a politician’s…
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Kenosha Festival of Cartooning down to wire in fundraising
The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning Kickstarter project is down to its last day and needs to raise another $3,693 –…
Senator Howard Baker honors cartoonist Charlie Daniel
Knoxville News Sentinel editorial cartoonist Charlie Daniel, was honored yesterday at a luncheon hosted the by Howard H. Baker Jr….
Stephan Pastis steps into abortion issue
Felice Belman of the Concord Monitor notes that Stephan Pastis’ Pearls Before Swine touched on the abortion issue in last…
Mike Peters commencement speech wows crowd
It was announced back in March that Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist and Mother Goose and Grimm cartoonist Mike Peters would…
Profiled: Nate Beeler returns to Ohio
Richard Ades, of The Other Paper, profiles Nate Beeler’s return to his home state of Ohio after taking an editorial…
India parliament overreacts to cartoon
K. Shankar Pillai cartoon depicting Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the head of a panel drafting the Constitution, on a snail has…
Reviewed: Blown Covers – the rejected covers of The New Yorker
Liza Donnelly writes a review of the book Blown Covers about the rejected New Yorker magazine covers: This is what…
First Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle illustration fetches $71k,
Seems like the value of original cartoon art is rising. Heritage Auctions recently sold the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…
Four Iranian cartoonists win Cartooning for Peace award
Four Iranian cartoonists were recipients of this year’s Cartooning for Peace award. The winners were Mana Neyestani, Kianoush, Firoozeh Mozaffari…
Profiled: Matt Bors as your not-so-average cartoonist
Glenn Fleishman writes about the uptick in recognition for Matt Bors who was honored this year as a Pulitzer Prize…
The Cartoonist Studio politically themed cartoon rules
I told you last week The Cartoonist Studio was sponsoring another cartoon contest – two actually – but this time…
Jake Parker to pull in estimated $80,000 in Kickstarter
Last month I mentioned that Jake Parker had launched a Kickstarter project to raise money to create a hard cover…
Comic books make great movies, comic strips not so much
Augusta Chronicle Columnist Steven Uhles looks at the recent success of comic books characters raking it in at the box…