Beware the Jabberwock
“We’ve noticed over the years that editors have become more and more timid and rejecting printing cartoons that express opinions…
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“More Content Now” Now No More
Gannett (previously Gatehouse) is shutting down their newspaper content offering More Content Now. More Content Now is closing operations on…
Wuerker: “The Cartoon is Totally Within Bounds”
Politico interviewed Matt Wuerker about the Bill Bramhall cartoon commotion. Suggesting that people are overreacting to the cartoon and…
Bill Bramhall Slammed for Racist Cartoon – update
Bill Bramhall, editorial cartoonist for the New York Daily News, is being called out for a racist cartoon about New…
Tim Campbell on Kids and Covid
Cartoonist, editorial and otherwise, Tim Campbell created a tutorial of sorts to help middle school students and their teachers and…
Everybody Gagging
The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest is certainly the most famous and popular of the current You-Write-the-Gag exercises. So popular…
The Return of the Prodigal Cartoonist
The Metter (Georgia) Advertiser welcomed back editorial cartoonist Gary Jarrell after Gary was wandering the world outside the newspaper for…
Rending of Garments and Gnashing of Teeth – Alden Global Buy of Tribune Publishing OK’d
From Poynter: May 21, 2021 Tribune Publishing said that hedge fund Alden Global Capital’s bid for the company, valued at…
2021 Davenport Cartoon Contest Call for Entries
Announcing the 2021 Davenport International Cartoon Contest! Anyone may enter the contest. Grand Prize: $750 * First: $500 * Second:…
Israel-Palestine Cartoon Sends Clay Jones to Facebook Jail
Clay Jones used his Twitter account to let his Facebook followers know that he had been suspended because the Facebook…
Drawn to Combat – Militarily and Socially
“Who is Bill Mauldin?” reads lamppost banners outside the Monroe Building, where “Drawn to Combat: Bill Mauldin & the Art…
Hey Kids! Comics! – Send Your Soldier a Book
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for May 2021 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
Cartoonist Mark Knight Quits Journalist Union
Australian editorial cartoonist Mark Knight has quit the journalists’ union there after they took an action he didn’t approve. From…
No In-Person AAEC Convention for 2021
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has decided not to gather in large crowds for the 2021 convention, opting instead…
Vive La Parodie
From Techdirt: By way of a throat clearing, there are a couple of things you need to know about Hergé,…