Industry news for the professional cartoonist
Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey has been awarded the Governor’s Initiative for Volunteer Excellence (GIVE) for Outstanding Service by a Media Personality. The award recognizes Mississippi residents who “raise the bar in humanitarianism and servant leadership.” The report in the Clarion-Ledger doesn’t specify what volunteering Marshall has engaged in, but anyone who follows this blog…
From Robot6 comes news that The Katzenjammer Kids cartoonist Rudolph Dirks and Archie artist Harry Lucey will be inducted into the Will Eisner Awards Hall of Fame. Aside from the two mentioned above who will get automatic induction, 14 others have been nominated which include: Bill Blackbeard, Howard Chaykin, Richard Corben, Carlos Ezquerra, Lee Falk,…
South Florida Sun Sentinel editorial cartoonist Chan Lowe and former Tulsa World cartoonist Doug Marlette will be inducted into the Oklahoma Cartoonists Hall of Fame later this month. Chan was the cartoonist for the Oklahoma City Times from 1978-1984 and Doug was a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist who had a brief tenure at the Tulsa…
WAPT reports that Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey has been dropped to part time status while another 14 newspaper staff were either laid off or also dropped to part-time. Asked if he could say more about the paper’s decision, Marshall tells me that he was notified last Thursday of the paper’s decision and that because…
Zulkiflee Anwarul Haque’s, better known as Zunar, may have the ban on his latest two books lifted. Malaysiakini.com, his publisher, has been granted permission by the High Court to challenge the ban on two of his books. The publisher maintains that the books are collections of work that has already been published. MKINI contended that…
Mike Cope, cartoonist, illustrator and author of “Last of the Funnies” is making a generous pledge to support the Schulz Challenge that is raising money for the Ohio State’s Cartoon Library & Museum. Mike is donating $2 for every copy his timely science fiction, which explores the future of the funnies in a virtually paperless…
For Better or For Worse creator Lynn Johnston will be the guest of honor at this year’s Doug Wright Awards ceremony. She’ll also be inducted into the “Giants of the North” Canadian Cartoonists’ Hall of Fame this Friday night in Toronto.
As mentioned back in January, Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Dick Locher will be inducted into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame this Thursday evening in a black tie affair in Geneva, IL. The honor was created to recognize artists affiliated with Fox Valley by birth, education, residence or service that have “achieved international or…
Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist and Dick Tracy writer and artist, Dick Locher has been inducted into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame. The honor is bestowed on nationally or internationally recognized individuals with Fox Valley connections. Dick is a Fox Valley resident.
Clay Jone’s Great Halloween Theme Editorial Cartoon Research Project is now over and he’s declared the winner to the editorial cartoonist that used the most Halloween gags in their cartoons. The winners are: But wow, 97. Hey, let’s find out who drew the most and hope it wasn’t me. (this is where you pretend I’m…
Clay Jones, editorial cartoonist for the Free Lance-Star, is putting together what he is calling the “Great Halloween Theme Editorial Cartoon Research Project.” For the last couple of weeks he’s been rounding up all the editorial cartoons over on the AAEC web site that are Halloweened themed. His list is now up to 63 cartoons….
Canadian Editorial Cartoonist Peter Whalley, whose career started before World War II when he was 16 has passed away at the age of 86. The Gazette has an excellent article about his life and accomplishments. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Smith whom he married in 1948 and his three daughters.
Dave Astor has profiled The Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey – one of the most prolific editorial cartoonist blogger – he’ll be soon posting his 3000th blog post. The blog is the second most popular blog and one of the top 15 most viewed features on the Clarion-Ledger’s web site. Some interesting tidbits from the…
Charles Schulz was posthumously inducted into the World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame this month. Gold medalist Scott Hamilton presented the medal to Charles’ wife Jean.
Beginning this last Sunday, John Marshall, the lead artist on the classic comic Blondie, has his name credited along side of Dean Young as the feature’s creators. John has been the lead artist for Blondie since 2005 and before that was the assistant artist since 2002. The article linked above has some interesting information as…