Singapore cartoonist arrested for racial insensitivity
(Click to see larger view.) Singapore cartoonist Leslie Chew was arrested last week after complaints that the cartoon published through…
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Documentary of Herblock debuts at Tribeca Film Festival
A new documentary on the work of Herblock debuted last weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival. The Atlantic has a…
Video: Rob Roger’s Thomas Nast Award acceptance speech
The Overseas Press Club of America has posted video of the acceptance speech of this year?s Thomas Nast Award winner…
AAEC responds to Perry attack on Jack Ohman cartoon
Last week, Texas Governor Rick Perry wrote a letter to the editor of the Sacramento Bee demanding an apology from…
Texas Guv demands apology for Ohman cartoon
Texas Governor Rick Perry has demanded an apology from the Sacramento Bee after it ran a cartoon by their cartoonist…
Friday Diversion: The punchlines you wish you had written
I’m having dishwasher issues, so I’m either washing dishes, washing dishes that the dishwasher didn’t wash or just muttering unclean…
35 years of Economist covers by KAL
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher has been the editorial cartoonist for The Economist since 1978. During those 35 years, he’s created over…
Garry Trudeau writes political TV show
Michael Cavna interviews Doonesbury creator Garry Trudueau about the creation and writing of an upstart political drama TV show available…
Glenn McCoy’s “The Duplex” turns 20
I missed this one. Glenn McCoy’s comic strip The Duplex turned 20 years old last week.
Futurama has been cancelled. Again
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Matt Groening’s animated tv show Futurama has been cancelled. It ran from 1999 to 2003…
Video: Behind the scenes of the Billy Ireland Library and Museum
Great video that’s worthy of 6 minutes of your time. My first visit to the Billy Ireland Library and Museum…
Charlotte Mao wins Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) has announced that Charlotte Mao is the recipient of this years Jay Kennedy Memorial…
Rob Rogers wins Thomas Nast Award
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers has won this year’s Thomas Nast Award for Editorial cartooning. The award is presented…
When cartoonists attack cartoonists!! AKA: Jump to conclusions and ask (or don’t ask) questions later!!
There’s a bit of a kerfuffle within the editorial cartooning community over a recent Daryl Cagle cartoon. It goes something…
Amazon releases tool for cartoonists to create Kindle books
Amazon has stepped in to the fray of releasing tools to help creators create digital versions of their comics for…