Industry news for the professional cartoonist
I like Clay Jones‘ cartoon, because, yes, as discussed yesterday, the main task of the White House staff these days is to keep the Toddler-in-Chief from throwing tantrums. I stopped watching the news yesterday because they had gone to 24-hour coverage of the Virginia Beach shootings, which would be a good thing if (A) it…
Widespread condemnation of the New York Times International continues as people react to the cartoon it published earlier this week. Some of the disapproval is honest, heartfelt, and personal; some is just blatantly political using it as an opportunity to blast “the other side.” The Jerusalem Post and Townhall report on reactions, mostly avoiding…
More Social Media AI Morality Clay Jones violates Instagram’s Community Standards by exposing repressive regimes. Honors Al Goodwyn wins as Editorial Cartoonist at the 2019 South Carolina Press Association Awards. Also winning first place is Aiken Standard cartoonist, Al Goodwyn, in the Cartoon category. Among the winning entries by Goodwyn was his…
The dust-up with Mehgan McCain has raised Eli Valley‘s visibility. In an interview at Popula Eli establishes his Jewish bona fides vis-a-vis Mehgan and dicusses the politics of Israel in the U.S. First of all, I had no idea that Meghan McCain is Jewish. What’s the story behind that? It’s been fascinating just from…
The National Women’s Hall of Fame announced their 2019 inductees. Cartoonist Rose O’Neill of Kewpies fame was among the chosen. From the Hall’s O’Neill profile: Rose O’Neill: (1874-1944) As a successful artist, writer, businesswoman, and philanthropist, Rose boldly assisted with the activities of the woman suffrage movements coordinated by the National Woman’s Suffrage Association headquartered…
Cartoonist Ted Rall has petitioned the California Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling that found in favor of the L. A. Times anti-SLAPP suit against Ted. SLAPP and anti-SLAPP from Forbes: For my non-attorney readers, a strategic lawsuit against public participation — aka SLAPP — is a lawsuit that may potentially…
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced that Mo Willems-the beloved author and illustrator best known as the award-winning creator of The Pigeon series, Knuffle Bunny, and Elephant & Piggie-will serve as its first Education Artist-in-Residence. Says Mo: “Being a kid is serious work. Children are constantly told to be…
The number of newspapers dropping Non Sequitur over a lapse in judgment is approaching double digit dozens. Now fans and readers of Wiley‘s comic are expressing disappointment in the newspapers’ actions and requesting the return of one of their favorite cartoonists. Halltoons by Ed Hall I hope you will reconsider! Non Sequitur is probably…
The Society of Illustrators has announced the inductees to their class of 2019 Hall of Fame and, as has been customary for the past 60 years, cartoonists are among the chosen. Mary Petty (1899–1976) was a self-taught, prolific illustrator of books and magazines whose works appeared regularly on the covers of The New…
Chan Lowe points out what we’ve been seeing on Facebook, which is that what people were warned about six months ago or more is happening now. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed in 2017 and so this is the first year it impacts your taxes. There was always a suspicion — big surprise…
People in the military all know what a challenge coin is, but few civilians do. A challenge, or unit, coin is a medallion that represents affiliation, support or patronage to the organization minted on the coin. Almost all military units have their own coins, carried by the members of the units, and commanders often have…
Cincinnati’s Public Radio WXVU has a piece that features 25 reasons to watch “Bench” the MLB Network documentary on the Reds’ Hall-of-Fame catcher Johnny Bench. Number six in the list cites artwork from legendary Zits creator and editorial cartoonist Jim Borgman. From the piece: 6. To see Bench in his office reading scrapbooks sent to him…
Gannett, continuing its recent actions, has cut loose dozens of journalists today including editorial cartoonists Steve Benson and Charlie Daniel. From Poynter: Another brutal day for journalism. Gannett began slashing jobs all across the country Wednesday in a cost-cutting move that was anticipated even before the recent news that a hedge-fund company was planning to…
I’ve seen about half a dozen Carol Channing obituary cartoons, which sent me to IMBD to find out the last time she worked. Turns out it’s not quite as long ago as this TV Guide cover, which was in 1966. She did some voice work a quarter century ago and a couple of cameo appearances…
This is an installment of 2018 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours) 2018 – The Dearly Departed These U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists died in 2018. note: I usually only include…