An editorial cartoon created by Andy Marlette, nephew to editorial cartoon Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Marlette, has caused quite a racial fire storm at the University of Florida. The cartoon, published mid-September, is still provoking national attention. Gainsville.com has a write up on the aftermath first published on Sept. 19. The young Marlette stands behind […]

National Review magazine is celebrating 50 years and in an interview Priscilla Buckley admits that one of her biggest mistakes at the magazine was not hiring Jeff MacNelly. Deciding with Bill that the great Jeff MacNelly, then the cartoonist for the Richman News-Leader was not sophisticated enough for National Review. Five years later, when we […]

I’m a day late reporting this one, but legendary editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad’s work will be featured in an exhibit called “Conrad & the Presidents.” The exhibit will feature more than four dozen cartoons on the subject of the American presidency. From the press release: Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Conrad has skewered 11 presidents – […]

David Astor, of Editor and Publisher, has a lengthy write up about the newly released “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes” that hit the shelves yesterday. You can by the three volume set for $150 at your local book store or $94.50 from Amazon.

1996 Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez, Los Angeles Times, will be speaking to the Ashbrook Center on the subject of “Journalism, Citizen Politics in a New World Order” on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at noon. There will be a webcast of the speech posted at 12:30 (Eastern Time).