As of today, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is under the leadership of Pulitzer Prize winning animation editorial cartoonist and controversy maker Mark Fiore. Outgoing President Matt Wuerker will serve on the board as the Immediate Past President which I believe means his drinks are free for a year. Or should be. The rest […]
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, American Psychiatric Association and National Alliance on Mental Illness released a joint statement expressing disapproval of a talent search contest conducted by DC Comics that involved depicting the Harley Quinn as attempting suicide. The contest also created backlash online as some suggested the script was sexualizing suicide by depicting […]
Daryl Cagle was blocked from Facebook for 12 hours after re-posting a cartoon (see above) from Iranian cartoonist Kianoush Ramezani. The cartoon which depicts nudity violates Facebook’s terms of agreement. He writes: My buddy, cartoonist Kianoush Ramezani, an Iranian cartoonist who escaped from probable imprisonment by the Iranian Regime and was given asylum in France, […]