Posted on: May 30, 2013

Another great video by Tom Gammill produced for this year’s Reuben Awards.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers has donated his prize money from the Thomas Nast Award to the Cartoonist Rights Network International. From Cartoonist Rights Network International: Normally, we reserve this space for news about cartoonists who are in trouble because of their cartoons. However, we think our readers should know that recently, American cartoonist […]

The Cartoonists Rights International reports that Syrian cartoonist Akram Raslan is heading to trial. He disappeared six months ago. Despite repeated inquiries through a number of sources, Cartoonists Rights Network International has found it difficult to find any reliable or corroborated reports on Akram Raslan’s situation. > Very recently, we did receive a report from […]

Amazon has announced that one of the five pilots that will be developed into a series is Garry Trudeau’s Alpha House. Michael Cavna reports that Garry will be taking a summer sabbatical to work on the shows. The show features four big name actors such as John Goodman, Mark Consuelos, Clark Johnson and Matt Malloyand, […]

The Washington Post pulled Monday’s Barney & Clyde. I don’t think they’re issues of taste would change based on who created the strip, but I always find it interesting when the Post pulls comics it is related to. Barney & Clyde is WP humor columnist Gene Weingarten and is syndicated through the Washington Post Writers […]

I’ve noticed a trend. Attendees of the Reuben Awards are awesome at sharing photos of all the goings on, but are sharing them through Facebook – some of which aren’t publicly available. But a few are being posted on open blogs. Be sure to check out Mike Lynch’s blog with photos including the drawings on […]

For the second time in National Cartoonist Society history, two of the outstanding cartoonists of the year nominees are sharing the Reuben Award. Last night, the award was given to Brian Crane, creator of Pickles and Rick Kirkman, co-creator of Baby Blues. The only other time the award has been shared was back in 1968 […]

CNN profiles Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat, whose hands were beaten by Syrian leader al-Assad loyalists. The CNN story offers a few details I haven’t seen before. Early reports suggested that three men stopped at the side of the road to offer assistance to Ali after he was beaten close to death. But the CNN report […]

Lynn Johnston has posted several strips that never hit the newspaper – or some that did after getting reworked. Several times she notes that some strips should have run, but sometimes she was just too hard of a self-editor and othertimes, the gag was okay by today’s standards, but not so much for the early […]

Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis announces that fellow cartoonist Dick Locher is retiring after 40 years with the Tribune. Dick’s career as an editorial cartoonist began inexplicably in 1973 when he was offered the staff cartoonist position at the Chicago Tribune even though he had no experience in the job. (He had assisted on […]

Jim Romenesko has details on a lawsuit filed against Cagle Cartoons Inc. and Daryl Cagle by one of his employees Cari Dawson Bartley. The suit appears to be an issue of compensation. From Romenesko: When Plaintiff began her employment with Defendants, she was paid on an hourly basis. Over the past four (4) years, Plaintiff […]

Part of the National Cartoonists Society Reuben awards weekend is a panel entitled Women in Cartooning. Panelists will include Hilary Price (Rhymes with Orange), Cathy Guisewite (Cathy), Lynn Johnston (For Better or Worse), Terri Libenson (Pajama Diaries) and Jen Sorenson (Slowpoke). The event is presented by Carlow University and the National Cartoonists Society Foundation. From […]

Yolanda Johnson Bryant interviews editorial cartoonist Kerry G. Johnson who is also an art director, caricaturist, cartoonist and graphic designer. Listen to internet radio with ymjauthor on BlogTalkRadio

Robot 6 reports that Frank Cho was blocked from Facebook for 14 hours after someone took offense to one of his drawings. His access was finally restored 14 hours later. From Robot 6: After 14 hours of hell, my Facebook account is working again with no explanation,“ the artist wrote. ”Every time I login, my […]