Industry news for the professional cartoonist
The Syracuse Post-Standard picks various cartoons and cartoonists to look back at 2018. Cartoons were drawn by Bill Bramhall, Chan Lowe, Dan Wasserman, Dana Summers, Scott Stantis, Walt Handelsman, David Horsey, Phil Hands and Joel Pett of Tribune Content Agency; and Tim Campbell, Mike Lester, Signe Wilkinson, Lisa Benson, Nick Anderson, Clay Bennett, Jack…
Marshall Ramsey, who has garnered considerable attention this year with his double cartoon tributes of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, has left the Jackson Clarion Ledger (a Gannett newspaper). Sez Marshall: “I’m leaving by my choice.” Earlier today Marshall informed via Twitter: Bit of person news: On December 16, 1996 I sat down…
George H. W. Bush is the overwhelming topic. In the Orlando Sentinel Dana Summers recalls a 1989 White House luncheon for editorial cartoonists hosted By Bush 41. The internal White House weekly cartoon roundup called “Friday Follies.” Ronald Reagan started “Friday Follies” during his administration, and Bush had kept the…
In South Africa: The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) came under fire over the weekend for the use of an alleged right-wing cartoonist’s image as the feature image for one of their latest media releases. OUTA hired Jeremy Nell, aka ‘Jerm,’ to help in its fight against tax abuse and corruption in Cape Town….
Autumn Years, the Bergen County magazine for over sixty types, cover featured an eight page story about cartoonist Hy Eisman for its Summer 2018 issue. Detailing his life and career from Depression Era child to 91 year old Popeye cartoonist and everything in between. From Little Lulu to Little Iodine, from never-was comic strips…
Editorial and comic strip cartoonist Wayne Stayskal has passed away. WAYNE H. STAYSKAL (né Stejskal) December 11, 1931 – November 20, 2018 Columnist and friend Cal Thomas broke the news: Google “Great American Political Cartoonists” and you will undoubtedly find the late Herbert Block (aka “Herblock”) of The Washington Post, (Paul) Conrad of the Los…
…a few days ago I saw a really interesting cartoon, and I want to talk about it today. The cartoon, which is about the California wildfires, was created by Ed Hall, an established political cartoonist whose work has appeared in major newspapers and magazines for many years. The notable thing about this one is…
This is the story of five kids and a mouse. It begins with a boy—Dan O’Neill, who, at 21, became one of the youngest syndicated cartoonists… Before long, he met up with 20-year-old Bobby London and 23 year-old Ted Richards at the Berkley Tribe… 25-year-old artist named Gary Hallgren, who at that time had…
Ramsey Stiglich Breen Stahler Heller Enos Beeler Summers McKee Castillejos Peters Hall Marlette Englehart Luckovich below: November 14 additions Streeter Archer Darkow Handelsman Bell
A Halloween Cartoon List Steve Stanchfield, via Cartoon Research, presents a list of seasonal animated cartoons: Since it’s almost Halloween, I’ll continue the tradition of posting some favorite Halloween films. Here’s the ones that are on my must watch list (again) for this year. Some of these will very likely be projected for the kids…
This silly cartoon by Alistair Findlay may seem an odd kickoff to a post about the upcoming elections, particularly since he’s South African, but stick with me. First of all, it might not be all that silly. Not that I would expect NASCAR or Formula One to kick out their drivers, but a separate race…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Publisher and Editor-in-Chief John Robinson Block has announced the appointment of Steve Kelley as the Post-Gazette’s new editorial cartoonist. Said Mr. Block: “Since my grandfather acquired the Post-Gazette in 1923, cartooning has been a hallowed tradition of this newspaper. It is with great pride and pleasure that I welcome Steve Kelley. I am…
Comedian Chili Challis has passed away. “I like flying kites, the higher the better. Sometimes I like doing it sober too.” BERT (CHILI) CHALLIS DECEMBER 27, 1950 – OCTOBER 9, 2018 Comedian, gag writer Chili has written for and worked with the likes of Jay Leno, Ron White, Fred Willard, George Lopez, Steve…
JD Crowe wins Rex Babin Memorial Award for Local Cartooning “For decades, JD Crowe has been drawing fresh, original, pungent, brutal, and thought-provoking local cartoons. He is universally respected by his peers for his work.” The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists announced the awarding and profiles the “moderately disturbed dorky cartoonist” (The profile does not…
This is a single panel from Bob Eckstein’s “A Sketchbook of the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference,” in the current New Yorker, and you should go read that if you want the rest of this to make sense. (Your choice, of course.) Eckstein’s piece is about fiction writing and book publishing, but it applies to a…