Joann Sfar Exhibition at the Basel Cartoonmuseum

From Cartoonmuseum Basel.

Cartoonmuseum Basel presents the exceptional artist Joann Sfar in a large-scale overview exhibition with over 200 original drawings, watercolours, paintings and film clips, while focusing on his latest works.

Patrick Chappatte Wins Third Thomas Nast Award

Cartoonist Patrick Chappatte will receive for the third time the Thomas Nast Award for his drawings published on the website, social media and print editions of the New York Times in 2018.

National Newspaper Awards 2018 Nominations

The Canadian Daily Newspaper Association announced today the finalists of the 70th National Newspaper Awards.

Brian Gable, Globe and Mail.

Here are the other finalists in the editorial cartooning category:

19th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition (Theme and Regulations)

Here are the rules and regulations:

Children on climate strike replicate a Cathy Wilcox cartoon

From Cathy Wilcox's Facebook page.

The children of Wagga Wagga have replicated a cartoon by Australian cartoonist Cathy Wilcox in a photo.

Portuguese Cartoonist Augusto Cid dies at 77

From TVI 24.

Cartoonist Augusto Cid died today after a long illness.

Reprint on the iPolitics website (42)

"Cartoon of the day" on the iPolitics website last February 5.

Le Droit, Tuesday February 5, 2019

Reprint on the iPolitics website (41)

"Cartoon of the day" on the iPolitics website last January 26.

Le Droit, Thursday January 24, 2019

Mort Gerberg On the Scene: A 50-Year Cartoon Chronicle

From Fantagraphics.

Mort Gerberg broke into print with irreverent drawings in The Realist in the early ’60s, whose social-justice-minded—and bitingly funny—cartoons have since appeared in all major magazines, including The New Yorker, Playboy, and the Saturday Evening Post.

Matt Davies Wins the 2019 Herblock Prize

From Newsday.

Newsday editorial cartoonist Matt Davies has been named the 2019 Herblock Prize winner — the first two-time recipient of the prestigious honor.

The Original "American Bystander"

Jennifer Finney Boylan in The New York Times.

American Bystander, published for just one issue in the 1980s, is back. It was worth the wait.

Building a New Cartoon Museum in London’s West End

From Bleeding Cool.

If you look on Google Maps on Wells Street in London’s West End, you’ll see the Cartoon Museum listed. 

A jewel in the crown of the comic art scene, with amazing collections that often see visitors jaws drop. 

Two newspapers apologized for editorial cartoons this week.

From AAEC News.

Two newspapers apologized for cartoons that ran in their pages this week. 

In San Diego, the Union-Tribune quickly pulled and apologized for a Steve Breen cartoon about disgraced TV actor Jussie Smollett.