AAEC announces details on annual convention
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will gather in Columbus, OH this year for their annual convention. Columbus is home…
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Eisner award nominees announced
This year’s Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Looking though the list (below), I’m seeing several familiar names. Glad to…
Roz Chast awarded Heinz Award for Arts and Humanities (and $250k cash prize!)
New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast has had quiet a run lately since the release of her book “Can?t We Talk…
RC Harvey’s obit on Roy Doty
I really enjoyed RC Harvey’s obit on Roy Doty over at The Comics Journal. Doty, too, was unadulterated. But not…
National Cartoonist Society announces Division Award nominees
The National Cartoonist Society has announced the 2014 Division Awards aka Silver Reubens (or tongue in cheek the “Steckleys”). The…
U.S. drops propaganda cartoon leaflets on ISIL
The US is dropping an illustration/cartoon on the city of Raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State, to discourage…
Video: Inside The Studio Of Legendary “New Yorker” Cartoonist Roz Chast
Worth five minutes of your time.
French cartoonist arrested on Anti-Semitism: You’re a Charlie or a Terrorists
A French Jewish cartoonist was arrested on charges of Anti-Semitism for a cartoon he drew in 2011. More from Anadolu…
Interviewed: Tom Tomorrow on illustration as a cartoonist
Ward Sutton asks Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow) about the illustration work he does on occasion. WARD SUTTON: Do you actively…
Reporters without Borders: Cartooning is a dangerous profession
Reporters without Borders highlight eight individuals around the world whose profession as cartoonists is personally dangerous. The shootings on 7…
Iranian artist Atena Farghadani in precarious condition from hunger strike
From Cartoonists Rights Network International: Iranian artist-activist Atena Farghadani, who has been on a hunger strike in Gharchak Prison south…
Lars Vilks speaking event cancelled for security reasons
From Sputnik News: Sweden’s Karlstad University cancelled a lecture by Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, author of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons,…
“The cartoonist has become a fighting heathen whom it is permissible to kill.”
From the NY Times: Najmaddin Faraj Ahmad, known as Mullah Krekar, was arrested Thursday in Oslo on preliminary charges of…
Has anyone tried the Astropad? Details here
A couple of weeks ago a new company released software called Astropad that turns your iPad into a graphic tablet…
Profiled: Iranian artist Maya Neyestani jailed for children’s cartoon
The LA Times has an interesting profile on Iranian (now living in Paris) artist Mana Neyestani about his three month…