From The Malay Mail: Controversial cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, popularly known as Zunar, has been recognised by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) for his fight to uphold freedom of expression. The international non-governmental organisation?s Asia division deputy director Phil Robertson told Malay Mail Online that Zunar will be receiving a cash prize to help him […]
I’m a bit surly this morning after reading the news that my one-time local paper The Standard Examiner hired a freelance cartoonist to do local cartoons once drawn by the genius cartoonist (and personal friend) Cal Grondahl. The Examiner laid Cal off last month a couple years shy of his retirement. Now I learn the […]
Author and editorial cartoonist Matt Bors has announced that he has taken a full time job with Medium.com to draw comics, write and manage The Nib – a collection of cartoons, comic journalism and non-fiction. From his post on Medium.com: Expect new editorial cartoons from me every week, as well as longer opinion comics, illustrated […]
Fresh off of a lay-off from the Green Bay Press-Gazette, editorial cartoonist Joe Heller is moving forward with his self-syndication. According to a post on his Facebook wall, he picked up a newspaper group representing 26 newspapers for his self-syndication cartoons. Nicely done, Joe.
Cal Grondahl, the editorial cartoonist for The Standard Examiner in Ogden Utah, recently drew a cartoon that has upset the local law enforcement community. The cartoon depicting officers walking away from a dead body stating, “Respect the badge or else”. The cartoon, like most all of Cal’s editorial cartoons, ran along side a companion house […]
Yesterday I posted cartoons from the candidate’s “hometown” editorial cartoonists. Today, Jos Valdman writing in the Herald Sun looks at a few non-American editorial cartoons about the election results. Here’s a cartoon by Mark Knight of the Herald Sun.
Daryl Cagle reports that a recent Chick-fil-A cartoon by Jimmy Margulies received quite a bit of reaction. The cartoon depicts a Chick-fil-A restaurant having two water fountains – one straight individuals and another for gay – reminiscent of segregated water fountains for African-Americans. Here’s Jimmy’s response to the reaction: I received both praise and condemnation […]
Best known for his children’s books, Theodor Seuss Geisel or Dr. Seuss, was an editorial cartoonist for two years (1941-1943) for the short-lived “PM” newspaper in New York City. The Jewish Journal has a write-up about the round-up of Jews in France 70 years ago this month and Seuss’ editorial cartooning reaction. In one important […]
The Washington Examiner has announced that they’re reworking their editorial page after the loss of Nate Beeler who took a job with the Columbus Dispatch. Their revamp includes not only NOT filling Nate’s position, but removing all cartoons and comics from the editorial page. Starting today, the Washington Examiner has a new weapon in its […]
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will be hosting a political cartoon festival in conjunction with their annual convention in September. The Festival is entitled “#!&% CARTOONS!! A Festival Celebrating the Political Cartoon” and runs Sept. 14th & 15th at George Washington University. Special guests of the festival include François Mouly, Bob Staake and Steve Brodner. […]
Last week I linked to an article on Slate.com by Farhad Manjoo who argued that the Pulitzer Prize should be opened up to other graphical commentary – such as memes, infographics, etc. mostly because he felt single panel editorial cartoons are, “an increasingly timeworn form. Even the best ones traffic in blunt, one-dimensional jokes, rarely […]
The 2011 Lurie UN Award has been announced with Chattanooga Times Free Press’ Clay Bennett taking the top honor (see his cartoon below). Taking second and third are Rick McKee (The Augusta Chronicle) and David Pope (The Canberra Times) respectively. American editorial cartoonist who were given Citations of Excellence included Jimmy Margulies, Robert Ariail, and […]
I’ve been watching the editorial cartoons dealing with the passing of Apple CEO and icon Steve Jobs. The subject is so rich with icons, imagery that I knew it was going to be heyday for cartoonists – and that several cartoonists would use the same imagery to create similar cartoons. Steve Jobs was an original, […]
Daryl Cagle has posted a sample of editorial cartoons regarding the upcoming 10 year anniversary of 9/11. It’s an understatement to say that the events of September 11 will forever be etched in the minds of millions of Americans. As we commemorate the 10th anniversary of that tragic day, I thought it would be good […]
Still can’t find any cartoons Joe Heller, the editorial cartoonist in Green Bay, however Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers was down in Dallas to cover the game. He’s posted several cartoons that he drew during the game. Seven cartoons in all. Last won captioned with this explanation: Oh, great! Here I was sitting in […]