Rex Babin a featured panelist on ‘What’s too offensive’ discussion
Sacramento Bee’s Rex Babin will be a panelist on a discussion of the now infamous Muhammad cartoon. Other panelists include…
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Let the Pulitzer Prize back talking begin!
Every year when the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning is announced, there is a small teacup sized tempest the ensues….
Mike Luckovich knew he had the Pulitzer before the announcement
Editor and Publisher has the story that many of the winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prize were tipped off early….
Is Aaron McGruder doing good or evil in the African American community?
There’s an interesting article in the Journal Gazette, (Ft. Wayne) about the new hip-hop generation, their message, and their impact…
Should editors fact check the comics
To what extent are newspapers supposed to edit or fact check the content of comic strips? That’s the topic a…
Are today’s comics crossing the line more often?
This story out of the Columbus Dispatch interviews several editors asking if the strips in the funny pages are becoming…
Marvel and DC want to own “super-hero” word
Slightly off topic – but Marvel and DC comics are demanding that they joint-own the word “super-hero.” Marvel Comics is…
Iranian Holocaust Cartoon Contest draws 6 Americans
There have been over 700 entries into the Iranian Holocaust cartoon contest – six of the entrants are Americans (and…
Ted Rall has the pledge money to file suit against Ann Coulter
While no official lawsuit has been filed, Ted has stopped his pledge drive to raise money for this libel/slander suit…
College cartoonist unrepentant for cartoon
University of Saskatchewan’s campus cartoonist Jeff MacDonald is not sorry that he drew a cartoon depicting Jesus having sex with…
Moderate Muslims sponsor new cartoon contest
First there was the Danish Mohammad cartoons that set the Muslim communities around the world in an uproar, then the…
Ted Ralls pledge drive update
Ted Rall’s pledge drive to raise money to take Ann Coulter to court for libel and slander is slowly inching…
Malaysian paper apologizes for running Non Sequitur cartoon
In a follow up to a story I posted yesterday, The New Straits Times, in Malaysia, has apologized for running…
Ann Coulter takes a jab at Arabs, O’Reilly and ‘Garfield’
Ann Coulter, the right-wing columnist (syndicated through Universal Press), just can’t stop offending the cartoonists. Currently she’s got Ted Ralls’…
Scott Stantis writes op-ed on Mohammad controversy
Prickly City cartoonist Scott Stantis has a op-ed piece with his take on the Mohammad cartoon controversy. Newspapers with a…