The Indian Institute of Cartoonists is celebrating its 200th cartoon exhibit as well as the release of the third edition of their flagship publication “CartoonistsIndia Annual 2024.” The exhibit will feature the work of cartoonist M.S. Ramakrishna whose work was published in “Shankar’s Weekly“, “Caravan“, and “Woman’s Era“. According to Kashmir Images, “CartoonistsIndia Annual 2024” […]
The Museum of Australian Democracy has named Megan Herbert as Cartoonist of the Year for its long-running annual Behind the Lines exhibit. The exhibit “celebrates the talent of this country’s best cartoonists, presenting a unique time capsule of the year in Australian politics.” This is Megan’s first win as Cartoonist of the Year. Her work […]
Edward Gorey, Maria Scrivan, James Sturm, Jerry Fearing, Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud, Michael Maslin, Bill Watterson and Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, The Stanleys, and encouraging developing cartoonists. Rich Johnston shares news of the print run for Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud’s forthcoming book: The Cartoonists Club, a new graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier and […]
Billy Ireland & Jenny Robb, Marshall Ramsey, Ernie Bushmiller, Ward Sutton & Stan Kelly, Paul Gilligan, and Mort Walker, Bill Hoest, & Bil Keane. Chillicothe, Columbus, and the World — A boy who grew up in Chillicothe and then worked for the Columbus Dispatch to became a world-famous cartoonist was part of the focus of […]
Featuring Bianca Xunise, Chip Beck, Alan Hardman, Eli Valley, Patrick McDonnell, Herblock, Larry Todd, Matt Wuerker, Ann Telnaes, Michael Ramirez, Pedro Molina, Vladimir Kazanevsky and Rachita Taneja. Bianca Xunise is the Ignatz Award-winning author of comics including GothThrob, Imaginary Boyfriends, Keep Out, and Say Her Name. She is one of the authors of the daily […]
Cartoonists for Kamala continues receiving and auctioning cartoon art. One of the latest is from Robb Armstrong where he revises a recent Sunday JumpStart. Robb rewrote the last two panels: From Mike Lynch via Antonio Marques we are treated to a four page informative article on “How An Animated Film Is Made” written by Jerome […]
What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., closes Sunday, the 27th, giving you eight days to get there. Stockbridge is about two hours from Boston, two-and-a-half from New York City and less than an hour from Albany. I drove three hours to get there and it was […]
If you’re in or near Los Angeles and a fan of Stan Kelly‘s scathing meta-satirical “right-wing” editorial cartoons from The Onion, you can see his original artwork displayed at the American Punchline exhibit at Subliminal Projects. Cartoonist Ward Sutton claims to be only Kelly’s assistant, but I have it on good authority that he does […]
A wide range of comic and comic-adjacent items. WESTPORT — Notable work by many of the cartoonists who have called Fairfield County home over the last century are showcased in two new exhibits at the Westport Library. On display are cartoons by: Dik Browne (“Haggar the Horrible”); Mort Walker (“Beetle Bailey”); John Cullen Murphy (“Prince […]
I would certainly love to be at the September 28 opening of The Larry Todd Retrospect at The Willits Center. According to The Ukiah Daily Journal: In addition to the exhibition, Larry Todd will be present for an opening reception on Sept. 28 from 6-9 p.m., where visitors will have the chance to meet the […]
An exhibit of cartoon art called Cartoon Ey Bidroho (Rebellion in Cartoons) is on display at the Drik Gallery in Dhaka Bangladesh. The exhibit celebrates the cartoons and art that inspired and fueled the revolution that culminated last month with the toppling of the Bangladesh government. During the Sheikh Hasina administration, freedom of expression and criticism of the government […]
September 2024 will see two exhibits of illustrator Ralph Steadman‘s artwork opening. Upcoming exhibition of Ralph Steadman works spans six decades of his prolific career Washington D.C. — “Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing,” on view Sept. 7 – Dec. 8 at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, spans more than 60 years […]
Newspapers From this past weekend’s Albany Times-Union: On April 4, 1924, the Times Union told its readers it had officially became a Hearst publication, ending its years as a privately owned newspaper under the stewardship of publisher and former New York Gov. Martin H. Glynn. But the article noting the sale pledged there would be […]
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has made a career drawing images that reflect contemporary American life. Wilkinson says she is now mostly retired, but her cartoons appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News for 35 years. Now, about 30 pieces of her work are on view at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. […]
An exhibit of political cartoons in part from the last half of the 18th Century in (where else?) Philadelphia is on display until the beginning of August 2024. Peter Crimmins at PBS’ WHYY interviews David Brigham about early American political cartoons. Before the 1760s, American colonists rarely used cartoons to express political opinions. However, as […]