Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Roz Chast
Roz Chast began selling cartoons to the New Yorker in 1978. She’s been a fixture in the publication ever since….
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MAD Magazine comes to Cartoon Network
The LA Times reports that Spy vs. Spy and other MAD Magazine classic cartoons are now on the Cartoon Network…
Mankoff responds to New Yorker/Kanye tweet mashup
Cartooning “tweets” has been a rage of late. I’ve reported that Paul Sabourin started pairing New Yorker cartoons with Kanye…
Kanye West Tweets paired with New Yorker Cartoons
Paul Sabourin, co-comedian in the musical comedy duo Paul and Storm, has started substituting New Yorker cartoon captions with recent…
MAD Magazine rejection letter to Tom Richmond
MAD magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond has posted a rejection letter he received from MAD Magazine back in the early 1990s….
“Being Bob” starring cartoon editor Bob Mankoff
A funny (somewhat predictable video) starring New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff on what it’s like to be him.
Mike Lynch reports on 2010 Bunny Bash
Mike Lynch attended and has posted photos of this year’s Bunny Bash hosted by Bunny Hoest co-creator of Howard Huge….
2010 National Cartoonists Society Division award winners
The National Cartoonists Society has their annual Reuben Awards weekend. Winners of the division awards are in bold. FEATURE ANIMATION…
Rina Piccolo: how to get your cartoons into the New Yorker
Rina Piccolo, creator of Tina’s Groove and the new Velia, Dear webcomic, writes on her blog her experience in meeting…
Reporting in: 9 more NCS members go on USO tour (UPDATED)
Nine more NCS members have returned from a tour through Germany and Washington D.C. with the USO. This tour sent…
Chris Ware Fortune magazine cover nixed
Can’t say that I blame Fortune Magazine for rejecting a commissioned cover by Chris Ware. The May 2010 cover depicts…
Judging 2009’s New Yorker cartoonists
The Village Voice’s Brian Parks has ranked last year’s best New Yorker cartoonists. The article doesn’t specify the judging criteria….
News briefs for December 1, 2009
Books » Todd DePastino Wins 2009 Sperber Prize for his Biography of World War II Cartoonist Bill Mauldin (available at…
Chicago Humanities Festival wrap-up
Several stories have been filed about last weekend’s Chicago Humanities Festival featuring several notable cartoonists. The Chicago Tribune writes about…
News briefs for October 9, 2009
Editorial Cartooning » Mark Fiore and Matt Bors teamed up to create an animated editorial cartoon poking fun at ACORN….