Monday, March 25, 2019

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.

Friday, March 22, 2019

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.

Monday, March 18, 2019

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:

Friday, March 15, 2019

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Monday, March 11, 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.

Thursday, March 7, 2019

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.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

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. 

Friday, March 1, 2019

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.