This story was old by the time I saw it, but I think it’s still an interesting read if you’re a fan of Steve Kelley. If you didn’t know that he also did stand up comedy – be looking for an opportunity to check out his act if he comes to you town. “The first […]
Joel Pett’s weekly ‘Toon-op” subject is Black Ink Monday and the current situation in the editorial cartooning industry. And so the cartoon lightbulb labeled Black Ink Monday clicked on, and cartoonists’ gloves came off. The idea was to draw attention to corporate journalism’s budget cutting, which has sliced through the skin, fat, bone, muscle and […]
Lee Judge, editorial cartoonist for the Kansas City Star, has an editorial/column explaining the plight of the editorial cartoonist. The only way I can avoid upsetting someone is by refusing to deal with hot-button topics and making lame jokes on trivial subjects (which, if push comes to shove, is Career Plan B). Not only is […]
There is a good article posted by the Star Bulletin that goes behind the scenes of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special – from the perspective of Lee Mendelson, the producer. Baseball has been very, very good to Lee Mendelson. More than four decades ago, the Bay area film producer had just wrapped a television documentary […]
Lee Nordling’s comic strip syndication seminar has been placed on hold for the immediate future. As I wrote on Toontalk.org, the frat-like location I’d planned on holding the seminar in apparently sustained some fire damage a short while ago, something I only recently discovered. He also writes that he is working to find another suitable […]
E&P is reporting that the first Comic-Con in New York will feature Patrick McDonnell, creator of ‘Mutts’. Among the Comic-Con’s “special guests” will be “Mutts” creator Patrick McDonnell of King Features Syndicate. Also, King will be among hundreds of exhibitors at the event (www.nycomiccon.com). The convention will be held Feb. 24-26 at Manhattan’s Jacob Javits […]
Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist syndicated through New York Times Syndicate, has been awarded the National Population Cartoon Contest. Telnaes “Washington Fashion Week” drawing — chosen over 155 other cartoons — shows three runway models wearing dresses with anti-condom, anti-abortion, and “stop sex ed” logos. A woman observing the dresses says: “I hear disturbing patterns are […]
Rina Piccolo, cartoonist of Tina’s Groove, has launched a new web site to showcase her strip. She also has a new book called “Tina’s Groove : A Cartoon Collection by Rina Piccolo”.
The Tulsa World has posted a ‘cartoonist wanted’ message on the AAEC bulletin board. They are replacing David Simpson who was fired for plagerism. Posted: Dec 12, 2005 02:48PM From: Laura McIntosh City: Tulsa, Ok USA Email: laura.mcintosh@tulsaworld.com Subject: TULSA WORLD HIRING A CARTOONIST Comments: Unlike many newspapers, the Tulsa World is seeking a cartoonist. […]
The AAEC is reporting that Gary Varvel was named Best Editorial Cartoonist in the Hoosier State Press Association. You can check out Varvel’s cartoons on the Indiana Star or Cagle Gary Varvel was named Best Editorial Cartoonist in the Hoosier State Press Association contest earlier this month. This was the 9th time in 10 years […]
I missed this write up about Darby Conley’s Get Fuzzy in the Des Moines Regsiter. If your a fan of his work, this is a good read. It takes an hour each time Conley draws Bucky Katt. Simply drawing one week’s worth of panels takes about 40 hours; that doesn’t include thinking up ideas and […]
JibJab is rolling another satirical animation out the door today. If I had to envision what political cartooning on the internet will look like in the future, this would be it. On Thursday, the satirically minded Spiridellis brothers plan to release a two-minute Internet video in which a cut-out image of the chief of state […]
According to this business columnist, the newspaper industry is in a great position to make the leap into the internet world. Publishers are struggling to develop a new business model to reap revenue from users of a medium who from the Internet’s earliest days have usually balked at paying for content. Yet for all that, […]
At the end of Black Ink Monday – “a non-violent protest by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists,” one must ask how successful was the organization’s stand? My guess? It wasn’t. Yes, scores of cartoonists “participated,” but a quick look at cagle.com or comics.com and I didn’t see that any of the protest ‘toons were […]
E&P is reporting that the Herb Block Foundation is waiving the $50 entry fee for the $10k Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. The waiver is a token of support to the editorial cartooning community. “It’s a small gesture, but it’s something we thought we ought to do,” HBF President Frank Swoboda told E&P Monday. “It’s […]