Marshall Ramsey, editorial cartoonist for the Clarion-Ledger, has written an opinion piece for his paper on the topic of the Mohammad cartoonsI’ve offended before. I’ve made my share of people mad. Satire is never pretty, clean or without victims. A good editorial cartoon cuts to the quick of the truth efficiently and, sometimes brutally. And […]
Chip Bok, editorial cartoonist for the Akron Beacon Journal has angered Muslims in the Northeastern Ohio areaThe Beacon Journal has not published the Danish cartoons. However, on Feb. 5, the Akron paper published a Bok cartoon depicting a pixilated picture of Muhammad on CNN. A couple in the cartoon said, “Well, no wonder Muslims are […]
A free drawing workshop held last Friday featured Paul Fell, a freelance editorial cartoonist, and and Bob Hall, a freelance cartoonist for DC and Marvel comics.
Kathryn LeMieux, one of the six contributors to “Six Chix,” will participate in the current “Sugar and Spice: Little Girls in the Funnies” exhibit at the Charles M. Schulz Musueum. Author Trina Robbins will discuss the history of women cartoonists Saturday at the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, Calif. Her talk coincides with […]
From Chip Bok’s blog: I will be on WCPN 90.3 in Cleveland Monday Feb 13 at 9:00 to talk about you know who.
Alan Shalleck, the creator of the Curious George books has been murdered. The story is more complicated and includes a sex club and other twisted facts. The life of a man who helped bring joy to children young and old was apparently snuffed out by two home invaders who simply wanted his jewelry and cash, […]
I’m not seeing any official announcements, but this story from the Philippine Daily Inquirer mentions the three winners of the 2005 Ranan Lurie UN Award. The top winners of the 2005 Lurie Awards were Gerald Mayer Hofer of Austria, David Pope of Australia and Osamni Simanca of Brazil, who were awarded the first, second and […]
The Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists have reposted a story and graphic from AP News outlining the impact of the Mohammad cartoons. The graphic has timelines and nation by nation reaction.
A transcript has been posted of the O’Reilly Factor in which Nick Anderson appears to discuss the Tom Tole’s cartoon. Well, I think that a cartoonist will occasionally use a very disturbing image to make a point. And I think you have to be a cartoonist has to be willing to accept the controversy if […]
Signe Wilkinson appeared on C-SPAN to discuss the Danish cartoon on the 7th. Streaming video is available.
Mark Pett‘s Lucky Cow returns to the St. Louis Post Dispatch. After a hiatus in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Lucky Cow is back. More than 100 people wrote to the Post-Dispatch and expressed their disappointment when Lucky Cow was replaced by Calvin & Hobbes reruns and, after that, Dog Eat Doug. Lucky Cow by […]
Yesterday I posted a story about Lee Salem speaking at a comic symposium. Also attending that same symposium will be Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos, creators of Baldo. Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos, creators of Baldo (the most syndicated Latino comic strip in the country–over 200 newspapers). Strong literacy advocates (they wrote/illustrated a cartoon strip […]
The new National Cartoon Museum in New York City has announced their target date to open to the public. “Early 2007.” The National Cartoon Museum, which possesses one of the largest and most important collections of cartoon art in the world, will open in its new home in New York City?s Empire State Building in […]
Lee Salem, editor and executive vice president of Universal Press will speak this April 6th at a comics symposium in Kirtland, OH. Salem will be the keynote speaker at the Third Annual Lakeland Community College Comics Symposium, to be held April 6 in Kirtland, Ohio. Salem?s remarks will address the history and present of ethnic […]
FrontPage Magazine has written a story about Aaron McGruder and how the comic feature “Boondocks” was created and how it became a television show. Along the way, it delves into Aaron’s politics and social views. McGruder likes being offensive. He comes billed ? in large part by himself ? as the angriest black man in […]