Industry news for the professional cartoonist
Kathleen Breeden, the cartoonist at the center of case of plagiarism at Harvard, has come out saying that only one of the cartoons was copied and the others are her original ideas. She even goes as far as saying she’s willing to take a lie detector test to prove it. Breeden said she takes full…
The Harvard Crimson’s editorial cartoonist, Kathleen Breeden’s editorial cartoons are coming under scrutiny for possible plagiarism. An unnamed individual informed the the newspaper Saturday and pointed out the similarities of her work with those on Cagle.com. In question are four cartoons published on September 22nd and October. 11, 18 and 25th.
Youd think after several years you’d recognize your own drawing style. David Simpson, who was dismissed Thursday, said he found an unsigned copy of the cartoon in his creative files and mistakenly believed it was his own. He said he redrew the cartoon, which then was published in June 7 in the Tulsa World.
Creative spelling, as seen in this Moderately Confused (AMS), is an editor’s nightmare, but one that fortunately has morphed out of control in tune with the technical revolution. I used to run honor role listings in the paper, and, for a while, I’d come across some ridiculous version of a common name and call the…
Radical Socialist Cartoonist William Gropper Since 1920 Cartoonist William Gropper has been busy as a beaver, trying to gnaw down the capitalist system. One day that year Manhattan’s Tribune rashly sent Gropper to caricature an I. W. W. rally. Instead,he became a convert. This week Manhattanites from Red to pink and some who just like…
About the time I file today’s posting, Donald Trump will be appearing in federal court attempting to claim immunity for soliciting fraudulent election results in Georgia. He has another appeal pending in Georgia, seeking immunity on state charges in the case. Jimmy Margulies (KFS) comments here on a separate attempt by the former president to…
Continuing with Mike’s plagiarism theme of this morning we come to MalMidjourney. During the New Year’s weekend, artists linked to a Google Sheet on the social media platforms X (formerly known as Twitter) and Bluesky, alleging that it showed how Midjourney developed a database of time periods, styles, genres, movements, mediums, techniques, and thousands of…
“(N)o plagiarist can excuse the wrong by showing how much of his work he did not pirate.” — Judge Learned Hand Mike Lester (AMS) is hardly the only conservative to be dancing on the grave of Claudine Gay’s career, now that she has been pressured into resigning as president of Harvard University. I begin today with…
Darrin Bell’s The Talk reaches bookstore shelves on Tuesday June 6 (though it is already on the shelf at my local Barnes and Noble). Darrin sat for an NPR interview today: The audio interview with transcript is here. DARRIN BELL: I’m having to grapple with whether my 6-year-old son is old enough for the talk….
Ed Wexler poses the question of whether Dianne Feinstein learned anything from the results of Ruth Bader Ginsburg lingering on the court so long that Donald Trump got to choose her successor. The answer is “Apparently not,” because Ginsburg was mentally sharp right to the end, while Feinstein has reportedly been less so, needing prompts…
Following are a few items saved for a rainy day – though here in California, except for the higher altitudes and latitudes, rainy days are pretty much gone for a couple seasons. Thomas Yeates‘ new title panel for Prince Valiant‘s new adventure appeared April 16, 2023. It was announced Ann Telnaes had won the 2023…
In these fraught times, silly humor is doubly welcome, and educational as well: Bizarro (KFS) also offers a new-to-me term for what I’ve always known as the “puppy nerve.” Nothing more to add except that, between the collection of different dogs and their differing reactions, and the textbooks and posters, this is quite an example…
Tuesday’s Hi and Lois put me in mind of Sugar and Spike. © King Features Syndicate; DC Comics © Harry Bliss; Marvel Entertainment I don’t understand why Harry Bliss doesn’t give a nod to Jack Kirby for his occasional contributions. Ink Stained Synchronicity © Bill Griffith above; Tom Richmond below…
(Grand Avenue – AMS) (Joe Heller) Start the day with a Juxtaposition, because tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, which starts the beginning of Lent, which used to matter to people a whole lot more than it seems to in the present day. You can go back into history and find all sorts of ways people marked…
There’s a bit of a pissing match breaking out on social media over purported plagiarism, which I’m not going to be too specific about because it is inconsequential and it would be nice if it died out on its own, with both parties a little embarrassed by the whole thing. Instead, the above will serve…