While All That Other Headliner Stuff Was Going On…
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Here is a roundup of some news items from the past week featuring Clay Jones, Max Gustafson, Guy Badeaux (Bado), Brigitta Blair, Mark Parisi, Dave Blazek, Wayno, Peter Bagge, Julio Salgado, and more.
We added this Clay Jones cartoon and Substack link as an update to the Lee Judge/Latrobe Bulletin item so some may have missed it. Therefore we highlight it here.
After today, there will be more pressure for newspapers and outlets to cancel us. They will demand that there be no insubordination and only praise for Emperor Trump.
With newspapers canceling cartoons before Trump even took the oath, some people are calling this obeying in advance, but it’s not new.
Several years ago, The New York Times canceled all political cartoons over one caricature of Benjamin Netanyahu, drawn by Portuguese cartoonist António Moreira Antunes.
Since the New York Times was mentioned above lets see how to get a cartoon into that paper since they don’t print traditional editorial cartoons. One way is for them to accept your multiple panel comic so they can submit it to the Pulitzer Board. Another way is to pass away. Third you can buy your way in as part of an advertising campaign as Mullvad VPN has done recently.
Congratulations to Max Gustafson for getting cartoons into The New York Times.
Michael Rhode for the N.Y. Times pages
On the other hand it ain’t hard to get the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum to recognize the art.
Being Bado
Guy Badeaux will reflect on his remarkable four decade+ award-winning career that has spanned two generations of Trudeau and a vast expanse of lampoon-able Canadian and world history in-between. Guy will also reveal that artistic talent runs deep in his family roots — iconic sculptures crafted by his great-grandfather, Louis-Phillipe Hébert, and his great-uncle, Henri Hébert, remain fixtures today, adorning Parliament Hill, the Supreme Court and Notre-Dame Basilica.
The Historical Society of Ottawa presents Being Bado. “Admission is free. All are welcome to attend.”
The journey of how my middle-grade graphic novel about grief got five literary agent offers of representation.
Getting a literary agent wasn’t easy. Although my agent querying time was brief, it took me years to improve my craft, combat health issues, and educate myself on the literary world to become the author-illustrator I am today. From being told my picture book style wasn’t marketable to getting five offers of representation for my graphic novel with help from a pitch event, I’ve had my fair share of ups and downs.
Brigitta Blair relates How I Got My Literary Agent.
Joining us on the podcast this week are three of the top syndicated single panel cartoonists, Mark Parisi (off the mark), Wayno (Bizarro) and Dave Blazek (Loose Parts). We have a great discussion with them about cartooning, the creative process, cartoon themes and what animals are funny.
New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Episode 187 – Mark Parisi, Dave Blazek & Wayno
It’s about time!
Decades after his death, the English philosopher’s ideas helped shape the American republic.
It has been several issues since Peter Bagge had a multipage comic in Reason magazine.
Comic: It’s America’s Founding Grandfather, John Locke by Peter Bagge.
The migrants targeted by Trump: From the waiter serving morning coffee to a newspaper cartoonist
Like the warning of a natural disaster, Julio Salgado has learned to live with uncertainty. “Just as we prepare for an earthquake or a fire, we have to prepare for deportations. But we must not let that fill our lives, because it can make us sick.” Salgado is a Dreamer who has lived under the threat of deportation in the United States since he was 11 years old and is now 41. Three decades of uncertainty have become his normal.
Cartoonist Julio Salgado is one of three undocumented immigrants threatened by newly enacted ICE rules featured in an EL PAÍS USA Edition article by Carla Gloria Colomé.
We are currently accepting submissions for the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book and Journalism Awards! To be eligible, submissions must have been published, aired, or broadcast in 2024. The deadline for all categories is January 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET.
A reminder that the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Awards window for submissions is closing.
feature image by Max Gustafson
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