Mike Peters, editorial cartoonist for the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) has won this year’s National Headliner Award for editorial cartooning. Second and third place went to Stuart Carlson (Universal Uclick Syndicate) and Adam Zyglis (The Buffalo News, NY) respectively. Mike won the award last year. Interviewed by Michael Cavna about the announcement, Mike said, […]
The Denver Post Editorial cartoonist Mike Keefe has been named the winner of the 2011 John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition. Keefe’s winning entry for the most recent competition pokes fun at legislation enacted by Arizona last year, the “broadest and strictest in the nation” to curb illegal immigration, according to The New York Times. The […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the nominees for their prestigious Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year. The nominees are: Glen Keane Stephan Pastis Richard Thompson From their blog, here are the bios for each of the three: Glen Keane is an animator, author, illustrator and director who?s credits include The Little Mermaid (Ariel), […]
From The Harvey Awards Committee: The Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con are proud to present the official Nomination Ballot for this year’s Harvey Awards. Named in honor of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry’s most innovative talents, the Harvey Awards recognize outstanding work in comics and sequential art. […]
The Webcomic List Awards have been announced. The top prize, Best Comic, went to Eddie Pitman for his comic Red’s Planet. Category award winners include: Best Writing Award – xkcd Best Color – Dresden Codak Best Black and White – The Abominable Charles Christopher Best Non-Traditional – Romantically Apocalyptic Best Character – Cleopatra in Space […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced this year’s nominees for the Academy Awards. Here are the cartoon/animation related category nominees: Best Animated Short Film Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton The Gruffalo A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Max Lang Let’s Pollute A […]