Video: Herblock – History, Cartoons, Civil Rights, McCarthyism, Nixon
From the miracle of Youtube – a 1993 interview with the great Herblock.
Posted on: April 28, 2015
National Cartoonists Society Foundation awards 2015 scholarship to Derek Desierto
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation has announced that this year’s recipient of the 2015 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship is Derek Desierto of Sheridan College in Ontario where he studies animation. Derek will receive a $5,000 scholarship and a trip to The National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award Weekend in Washington DC in May. From the NCSF: […]
Signe Wilkinson and Ann Telnaes to speak at Library of Congress
Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists Signe Wilkinson and Ann Telnaes will speak at a panel at the Library of Congress this Thursday on the topic of “Cartooning in a Charlie Hebdo World”. Wilkinson and Telnaes will address several topics that currently affect a political cartoonist?s approach to his or her work. The panel will be […]
Jihadis calls for Charlie Hebdo style attack on American and Australian cartoonists (UPDATED)
If you’ve drawn the Prophet Muhammad, you might soon be targeted by Islamic Jihadis. Or at least that’s the conclusion ForeignPolicy.com reports after two Jihadi Twitter users called for a Charlie Hebdo style attack on cartoonists in the U.S. and Australia (subscription required). One of the Jihadis targeted a specific Aussie, Larry Pickering, who is […]
Russian bookstores remove “Maus” in advance of Victory Day
From The New York Times: The government?s plan was simple enough: Rid Moscow of swastikas or any other symbol of Nazism before Victory Day, the celebration of the Soviet Union?s defeat of Germany and the most important political holiday in Russia. But in the frenzy to comply, bookstores aiming to please the censor found an […]