Interesting post by Daryl Cagle wherein he essentially draws the same cartoon twice – once during the Israeli blockade of Gaza (2010) and recently regarding the Israel-Gaza conflict. Only subtle changes were made in the cartoon depicting Israel, but the latter one is getting much more attention: Here’s the one drawn a few years ago: […]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers is taking some heat from Jewish groups around the US for a cartoon he drew depicting Gaza in a jail, surrounded by missiles and Israeli soldiers with one of the soldiers asking “Why do they hate us so much.” Andrew Kidd, editorial page coordinator for The Oakland Press wraps […]
The war in the Gaza strip is proving to be a sensitive issue here at home. The local Jewish community, led by Salt Lake City rabbi Ilana Schwartzman has taken issue with parallels between Israel and Hamas and local cultural issues in Utah. From the Salt Lake Tribune commentary: What we were told is that […]
Matt Bors has been named this year’s John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon competition winner given by the Columbia College Chicago. From the announcement: Bors’ winning image portrays two men sitting outside a trailer listening to a radio account reporting that for the first time in the United States, children of color will be the majority. “Second,” […]
There’s nothing better than a well crafted editorial cartoon unless the well crafted cartoon runs on the front page. Or even better than that is when it IS the front page. Last Thursday’s Philadelpia Daily News did just that for a cartoon by their editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson. Here’s the full cartoon without newspaper masthead. […]