A couple of unrelated editorial cartooning news. John Carey, editorial cartoonist for Greater Media Newspapers in Central New Jersey was laid off in January due to new budget constraints. He had been the cartoonist for 11 weekly newspapers since 2005. Over at The Times-News in Twin Falls, ID, the paper has started running cartoons by […]
USA Today profiles Nancy cartoonist Guy Gilchrist and how his new hometown of Nashville TN is energizing him. But while Gilchrist has preserved the strip’s style and tone, he’s also taken Nancy in new directions. Peanuts creator Charles Schulz once gave him a valuable bit of advice: The only way to do a comic strip […]
A Gerald Scarfe cartoon that ran in the Sunday Times is being called anti-Semitic by Jewish groups. Even Rupert Murdoch, the paper’s owner, tweeted, “Gerald Scarfe has never reflected the opinions of the Sunday Times. Nevertheless, we owe a major apology for grotesque, offensive cartoon.” The cartoon depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu building a […]