The Future of American Political Cartooning
With print news receding, online sources proliferating (and become more partisan), and digital tools opening new aesthetic horizons, what is…
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Pandemic Illustrated: “Totally Under Control”
200,000+ U. S. deaths attributed to Covid-19. Presidents — both Republican and Democratic — worked to ensure that if a…
Pultizer Cartoon Expanded Into Graphic Novel
The 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winner for editorial cartooning, Welcome to the New World by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan, is now…
Classic Illustrated: Constitution Illustrated
Classics Illustrated adapted famous books to the comic book format,R. Sikoryak has done the same with one of the world’s…
Darrin Bell Signs Two-Book Deal
The Associated Press is reporting that Darrin Bell and Henry Holt & Company have signed an agreement for two books…
John Backderf at 60 on Kent State at 50
In the opening pages, Derf is 10 years old on April 30, 1970, clutching a MAD magazine in the passenger…
Comic Explains Coronavirus For Kids (printable)
NPR’s Malaka Gharib explains the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in “a comic just for kids.” Gharib’s comic is based on a…
Red, White, Black and Blue: Documenting America’s Racial Illiteracy – A Keith Knight Presentation
Knight’s talk was both autobiographical and a chance to comment on society through his art. Knight, who grew up in…
The Secret Comics Section of The Washington Post
The Lily was the first U.S. newspaper by women. We’re bringing it back. For all things comics in Washington DC…
For Jerry Craft Comic Reading Was Fundamental
In sequential panels cartoonist Jerry Craft, for the New York Times Book Review, tells how comic books were a portal…
2020 Prizes/Awards Deadlines
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has published the deadlines and links to various Award and Prize opportunities for Editorial…
40 Foot Comic Scroll Explains Lead in Pipes
Dozens of New Jersey towns have found too much lead in their drinking water. More than 1.5 million are affected….
Graphic Journalism – The Census
Josh Neufeld and Journalist’s Resource have partnered to present a Graphic Guide to the 2020 US Census. The seven-page handbook…
Providence Journal Will Run Sunday Doonesbury, Here’s Why
Providence Journal Executive Editor Alan Rosenberg felt the need to explain why the newspaper will be running G. B. Trudeau‘s…
Richard Marschall and Theodore Roosevelt
The Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University was built to study and analyze the life and legacy of the…