New peace exhibit opens in Israel
A new exhibit to promote peace and reconciliation will be opening in Israel on September 12. The exhibit entitled “The…
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International cartoon exhibit held during G-20 Summit
Pittsburgh will be hosting this year’s international G-20 economic summit and the ToonSeum will feature an international exhibit entitled “Drawn…
News briefs for August 24, 2009
Editorial Cartooning » JD Crowe gets roasted by “a death panel of peers and disgruntled politicians.” » Dick Locher is…
Book about 12 Muhammad cartoons doesn’t include them
A new book entitled “The Cartoons That Shook the World” about the infamous 12 cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad will…
News Briefs for August 5, 2009
Editorial Cartooning » Another animated editorial cartoon by Ted Rall and David Essman. » Daryl Cagle is posting video from…
The Jerusalem Post has dropped “Dry Bones”
From Daryl Cagle we learn that the The Jerusalem Post has dropped Dry Bones by Yaakov Kirschen. Yaakov has drawn…
Iranian cartoonist to boycott cartoon gathering
According to Michael Cavna over on his Comics Riff blog, more than 100 Iranian cartoonist will boycott the upcoming Ninth…
Cartoonist sued by government for “abusive words”
A Korean cartoonist identified only as “Choi” has been sued by Wonju city for the sum of $100,000 for inserting…
From Iran: jailed cartoonist, twitter and offensive cartoons
Reporters Without Borders reports that some 23 reporters have been arrested since the riots began in Iran and the government…
News Briefs for May 20, 2009
Things are still quite chaotic at work. I apologize that it’s eating into the time I usually dedicate to the…
Zapiro to remove shower head from Zuma’s head
Jonathan Shapiro (AKA “Zapiro”), the South African cartoonist who has drawn the ire, as well as law suits, from the…
Belgium experiencing shortage of comic writers
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on the shortage of sequential art writers in Belgium. Kids grow up…
Shapiro wins award for Rape of Justice cartoon
South African editorial cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (“Zapiro”) won the graphical journalism category of the Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards for his…
NFB Canada running with Cordell Barker’s Runaway
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is featuring a series of short “Making of” documentaries and teasers online for…
Zapiro says the shower head will stay
Jonathan Shapiro (“Zapiro”), one of the leading cartoonist/satirists in South Africa, has been sued twice by Jacob Zuma who will…