Ten more people were killed in rioting over the Danish Mohammad cartoons – this time in Lybia. This report brings the death count to 29. Ten people are reported dead in Libya, where police opened fire yesterday on a stone-throwing mob that set fire to the Italian consulate in Benghazi. At least four people have […]
Daily Illini editor Acton Gorton was relieved of his duties after printing one of the Danish Mohammad cartoons in his column. There is a good reporting of the events leading to and the aftermath of the printing on a Chicago Tribune blog. He said in discussions with students he had come to believe that there […]
The Washington Post has a good (and long) article on the anatomy and chronology of the infamous Danish Mohammad cartoons. It was Oct. 13 when Teguh Santosa, a 30-year-old editor with wire-rim glasses, slicked-back black hair and a stubbly beard, decided to make a point in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country. His idea […]
Amitai Sandy, the 29 year old creator of a controversial cartoon contest, was interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR. The cartoon contest is a response to the Iranian Holocaust cartoon contest. Audio is available on NPR’s site. A new tactic has emerged in the angry debate over cartoons depicting religious figures, as an Israeli artist […]
Editorial cartoonist and “?Suburban Cowgirls” artist Edward Colley was taken to the hospital after a serious car crash earlier this week. Newspaper cartoonist Edward Colley was hospitalized in fair condition following an accident at noon yesterday. Colley, 68, of Holmes Street, was injured when his car collided with a pickup truck on County Road at […]
Andrew McMeel Publishing is pushing to take a larger stake in the British market for cartoons and other comic licensed products. Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP) announced the formation of a division in the United Kingdom. Jack Straw will split his duties as managing director of BrownTrout Europe with the position of managing director for Andrews […]
Tribune Media Services has pointed Jay Fehnel as vice president of its entertainment products division, overseeing the company’s extensive collection of television and movie information products. “Jay has played a significant role in the growth and development of TMS in general and specifically of the entertainment products division,” said David D. Williams, TMS’ president and […]
The Greenwich Post’s editorial cartoonists Bobbi Eggers and Jane Condon have taken home the bronze in the New England Press Association Better Newspaper Contest this year in editorial cartooning. The Greenwich Post is a weekly paper serving Greenwich CT. Staff reporter Ken Borsuk took home third place for Business Reporting, staff photographer David Ames won […]
Comic strips Cathy and Dilbert will be endorsing the U.S. Postal Service in a ad compaign targeting business and residential customers. Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist of the ?Cathy? comic strip, will produce seven monthly U.S. Postal Service comics aimed at consumers. Scott Adams, who writes the ?Dilbert? strip, will produce eight monthly comics aimed at business. […]
A Pakistani cleric is offering 1.5 million rupee (US$16,700) and a car to anyone who kills a Danish cartoonist who drew the now infamous Mohammad cartoons. Mohammed Yousaf Qureshi, prayer leader at the historic Mohabat Khan mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar, announced at the mosque and the Jamia Ashrafia religious school that he […]
Off topic, but interesting. When the Americans were angered by France’s unwillingness to support the Iraq war, we renamed our beloved french fries to “Freedom Fries.” Now, in what I can only hope as a small step forward in non-volient free speech – many Iranians are renaming their Danish Pastries to “Roses of the Prophet […]
Scott Adams has invited his blog readers to ask him questions on what it’s like to be a minor celebrity. Ever wonder what it’s like to be a minor celebrity syndicated cartoonist? Leave your questions in the comments and I’ll pick a few today to answer.
Doug Marlette, Pulizter Prize editorial cartoonist, took the American media to task for not republishing the Danish Mohammad cartoons, say thing that they were being too politcally correct. When Doug Marlette drew a political cartoon in 2002 asking ?What would Mohammad Drive?? he received more than 40,000 angry e-mails. At the time, Marlette stood behind […]
Ted Rall’s quest to file a libel/slander suit against Ann Coulter is looking less and less likely. Ted’s attorney has said that there is a good chance of winning (but always a chance of losing), but the fight would take years, and Coulter has more money to hire big 1st amendment law firms. Search and […]
Yesterday was Nick Anderson’s first cartoon with the Houston Chronicle. The Chronicle wrote up a little welcome message to introduce him to their readers on the editorial page: Anderson was recognized as the best political cartoonist in the country by the 2005 Pulitzer Prize committee. The judges noted his idiosyncratic drawing style that “produced an […]