Industry news for the professional cartoonist
This morning I asked jokingly if today’s new David Simpson cartoon was an original. Turns out it’s not. A Daily Cartoonist reader who wished to remain anonymous found the source of the cartoon in the Jeff MacNelly official archives (last cartoon on the page). He tells me it took him about five minutes to find…
A David Simpson editorial cartoon in the latest issue of The Urban Tulsa might look eerily familiar to fans of the late Jeff MacNelly. The original MacNelly cartoon depicts is a scene of a military junk yard with President Jimmy Carter trying to jump start an aged jet with a beat-up pickup truck. The Simpson…
Earlier this week, it was questioned whether a cartoon drawn by Columbus Dispatch editorial cartoonist Jeff Stahler was lifted from a fake headline by Andy Borowitz. According to Jim Romenesko, Jeff’s editors have investigated the cartoon in question and have concluded the timing of the two was a big coincidence. Email from Dispatch editor Ben…
The question of plagiarism in comics is always a tricky one especially in strips working in a similar space. A fan of Pooch Cafe sent Paul Gilligan a cartoon from the newly launched Dogs of C Kennel that was similar to one of his. Paul found a couple others and posted them on his blog….
Wall Street Journal stipple artist Noli Novak is strongly suggesting Spanish artist Jose Maria Cano plagiarized her hedcut of President Obama in a fine art piece that has since been seen in fine art exhibits. Her original hedcut was published May of 2008. According to Rob Tornoe, Cano produced a series of works under the…
The 2009-2010 Board of Directors for the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists have been announced. The new leadership includes: President: Rex Babin President-Elect: Steve Kelley Vice President: Mikhaela Reid Secretary-Treasurer: V. Cullum Rogers Directors: Mark Fiore, Jeff Parker, Mike Thompson Ted Rall will also serve on the 2009-2010 Board as Immediate Past President. During the…
Alternative Comics Ruben Bolling, creator of Tom the Dancing Bug, was named Association of Alternative Newsweekliesâ?? 2009 award for Best Cartoon. Books » IDW Publishing is announcing a partnership with Archie Comics to reprint some of the propertyâ??s most iconic stories in deluxe hardcover and trade paperback editions. The newspaper strip collections will be incorporated…
With the announcement of Jim Lange’s retirement and Chip Bok’s buy out this week, I’ve compiled a list of editorial cartoonists who have left the print medium in the last three years that this blog has been operating. I did not count those who left a print job for another print job. With the exception…
2007 was to be a year of great shake ups. Bill Amend announced at the end of 2006 that his strip Fox Trot was going to Sunday only and Lynn Johnston had maintained for years that she was retiring For Better For Worse when her contract was up in the fall. But instead 2007 might…
Gelf magazine is wondering if a New Yorker cartoonist is plagiarizing a Gary Larson cartoon. In this week’s latest New Yorker is a cartoon by Lee Lorenz, a former art director at the magazine, which depicts a man feeding birds in a park and appears to be attacked and eaten by the birds. A very…
Jules Feiffer and his wife have come out with a new book (he illustrated it, his wife wrote it), called The Long Chalkboard and Other Stories. The book contains three stories. Carl Hays of the American Library Association wrote this review of the book on Amazon.com: Renowned cartoonist and children’s book author Feiffer shares billing…
The story that I covered yesterday regarding the Harvard Crimson editorial cartoonist Kathleen Breeden that was fired for alleged plagiarism is getting some national attention in some big newspapers. The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and the New York Sun are just a few of the papers to report on the incident. Reaction from the cartoonists…
E&P has a great story on Clay Bennett’s year as president of the AAEC (whose term ends this tomorrow). Some of the things I know he had to deal with was the number of cartoonists that lost their jobs or took buyouts: Michael Ramirez, Kevin ‘Kal’ Kallaugher, Stacy Curtis, Tim Menees, David Simpson, and Larry Wright each walked out the door of their respective newspapers – only Michael has regained a staff cartoonist position.
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….
While I think Michael Ramirez and David Simpson are having a bad week, at least they don’t have to worry about being physically attacked. Nov 14, Colombo: Police suspect members of the JVP in the attack on well-known cartoonist Dasa Hapuwalana. Hapuwalana, a cartoonist who works for the Sinhala daily Lankadeepa, was attacked in his…