Oliphant’s cartoon from September 13, 2001 (Pat Oliphant/Universal Uclick) Les Daly interviews legendary editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant in The Atlantic: Daly: Have you liked any of the presidents you have met? Oliphant: I like to stay away from politicians. The first lesson I had in that was meeting Goldwater, although it was after the election. […]
Rolling Stone Magazine profiles XKCD cartoonist Randall Monroe and his new book, “What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions” Since 2012, Munroe has also been answering weekly reader questions about science, ranging from “What would it take to stop an out-of-control freight train using only b.b. guns?” to “What would happen if you tried […]
From Newsday’s Rita Ciolli on how Matt Davies landed the Newsday gig: Here?s how he got to Newsday. The decision on replacing Handelsman was postponed until the arrival of a new publisher. Gordon McLeod started on April 1, and the next day he asked me whether the Opinion Department had all the resources it needed. […]
From the Toonseum: It is with very mixed feelings that the ToonSeum Board announces that Joe Wos, founder and executive director, will be leaving the ToonSeum to pursue new and exciting creative opportunities. Since 2007, Joe?s vision, leadership and boundless energy has propelled the ToonSeum from a tiny hallway in The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh […]