Industry news for the professional cartoonist
» The fallout over Jonathan Sapiro‘s (Zapiro) cartoon is still in motion. This article in Afrol News mentions the death threats he’s received including a veiled one from Party Youth League president Julius Malema. » Kurt Westergaard was a surprise speaker at this year’s Danish People’s Party’s convention. He spoke on freedom of speech and…
» Matt Davies returns home to Westport CT to speak. He calls himself, “the only redheaded, English-accented graduate from Staples High School to win a Pulitzer prize.” » The Washington Times has picked up Charlos Gary – as a new employee. Congrats to Charlos. » Bo Nanas creator John Kovaleski is now a blogger. »…
The AAEC wrapped up it’s annual convention over the weekend. Here is a list of stories about the going’s on: Dana Priest, the journalist that broke the story on the Walter Reed hospital deplorable conditions spoke to editorial cartoonists praising them for putting “the punctuation mark on the sentences we constructed.“ Nick Anderson will become…