Maison du dessin de presse to open in 2027

From Sortir à Paris.

After a long period of uncertainty, Culture Minister Rachida Dati has confirmed that the Maison du dessin de presse will indeed open in Paris' 6th arrondissement in 2027.

Unveiled in 2020, during the President's wishes to the press, the project to create a Maison du Dessin de Presse seemed to have been forgotten. 

Release of Atena Farghadani

From Cartooning for Peace. 

Atena Farghadani was violently arrested on 13 April 2024 by intelligence agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) when she tried to display a drawing near the presidential palace in Tehran. 

Since then, she was held in Evin prison, infamous for its detention conditions. She has just been released after nearly 8 months in prison.

The end of Artizans

 

Edmonton Sun editorial cartoonist Malcolm Mayes informed his clients yesterday that he was pulling the plug on Artizans, the cartoon syndicate he created decades ago.

Artizans carried the works of mostly Canadian cartoonists but also counted on its' roster the late American cartoonist Ed Hall as well as Cuba's Alfredo Martirena.

Dale Cummings, Sue Dewar, Paul Fell, Jake Fuller, Graham Harrop, Marian Kamensky, Chuck Legge, Graeme Mackay, Bruce MacKinnon, Theo Moudakis, Dan Murphy, Adrian Raeside, Vance Rodewalt. Harley Schwadron and Wes Tyrell will now have to distribute their own work.

A few had already lost full-time positions in the past and relied on the syndicate for a modest income.

Cartoonists Rights Pledge Drive

From Cartoonists Rights. 

Another December is upon us, and with it Giving Tuesday and our annual Pledge Drive. We hope to count on your support us as our organization prepares to mark 25 years defending the freedom of expression of cartoonists.

"At Wit's End: Cartoonists of the New Yorker"

From Bookshop. 

An exclusive sneak peek inside the creative minds of more than 50 New Yorker cartoonists, celebrating legends and newcomers alike with stunning photography and engaging profiles.

Nonprofit organizations under threat in US

Bill H.R. 9495  will hand the President powers to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to revoke the 501(c)(3) nonprofit status of any organization found to "support terrorism", absent of any substantive investigation or evidence, and without oversight. 

Despite a narrow defeat last week, the bill will return before the House of Representatives this week, with a vote expected on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Congresspeople need to hear from voters in their districts today, telling them to reject the bill. 

This cartoon sums it up.

Cartoon by Morten Morland

The CBC Inteviews Michael de Adder

From The Daily Cartoonist.

Editorial cartoons are being seen by more people than ever, but the income that supports them is drying up. 

Fresh after being let go from his 30-year newspaper job, renowned editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder talks to The National’s Ian Hanomansing about the perils of his profession in the age of social media.

Darkness at News

Mike Peterson in The Daily Cartoonist.

There have been a number of cartoons responding to Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos having spiked an endorsement for Kamala Harris, many of them playing on the Post’s motto “Democracy Dies in the Dark.”

Ann Telnaes gets the top spot in part because she works there and her cartoon joins with 16 Washington Post columnists who signed an outraged statement protesting the move, which is reason enough, but also because while she is perennially one of the most inventive political cartoonists, she knows when it’s time to be plainspoken.

And her fans recognize her outrage, as the comments on her page indicate.

The fact that the Post has published protests over the topic — from both staff and readers — is encouraging, because it indicates a chasm between the people who make the paper and the man who owns it, and that there is a difference between doing what you’ve been ordered to do and behaving like a lickspittle.

Riber Hansson 1939-2024

From Marco de Angelis' Facebook page.

Swedish cartoonist Riber Hansson has passed away. 

Born in 1939, he lived and worked in Stockholm and was cartoonist and illustrator at the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet from 1990 to 2000.

Russia Fakes Charlie Hebdo Cover To Smear Ukrainian Peace Plan

From The Daily Cartoonist. 

Pro-Kremlin media outlets are circulating a fake cover of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in an effort to smear Ukrainian President Zelenskyy peace plan.

The story was posted last week on Pravda depicting a October 11 edition of Charlie Hebdo. 

There is no October 11 edition for sale on the Charlie Hebdo website.

Melki Melgarejo makes his debut at "L’Eau vive"

  

Paraguayan-born cartoonist Melki Melgarejo is making his debut this week as a contributor to L’Eau vive in Regina.

L’Eau vive, a bi-monthly francophone newspaper in Saskatchewan founded in 1971, is the only francophone newspaper in the province.

It is a member of Réseau Presse, a network of newspapers serving the francophone minority population since 1976.

Lectrr wins European Cartoon Award

Fom The Daily Cartoonist. 

This year’s European Cartoon Award goes to Steven Lectrr Degryse (LECTRR) for his cartoon of Russian opposition leader and political prisoner Alexei Navalny. 

The award was presented yesterday during the European Cartoon Day ceremony presented by the European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht.

The European Cartoon Award, started in 2019, is dedicated to supporting and promoting political cartoons in Europe.

Saudi Arabia sentences Mohammed al-Ghamdi to 23 years

From the Associated Press.

Saudi cartoonist Mohammed al-Ghamdi, who drew under the pen name Al-Hazza, has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, according to the Sanad Human Rights Organization.

The sentence for Mohammed al-Ghamdi marks the latest in a widening judicial crackdown on any perceived dissent in Saudi Arabia since the rise of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, now seen as the kingdom’s day-to-day ruler in place of his 88-year-old father King Salman.

Saudi officials did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday from The Associated Press. 

Michael de Adder fired from the Halifax Chronicle Herald

From Reddit.

We have just learned that cartoonist Michael de Adder has been let go from the Halifax Chronicle Herald after working there for almost 30 years.

There will only be two editorial cartoons per week in the Chronicle Herald from now on.

In related news, SaltWire had just been sold to Postmedia, Canada’s largest newspaper publisher majority owned by the U.S. hedge fund Chatham Asset Management. 

Chatham is also the majority owner of US-based McClatchy newspapers which last year fired their three staff editorial cartoonists and has given up on political cartoons on their papers’ opinion pages.

Also:

Michael de Adder Let Go by Postmedia – Update in The Daily Cartoonist,

2024 Editorial Cartoonist Convention in Montreal

 

Canadian and American editorial cartoonists, as well as a few European guests, are meeting this weekend in Montreal for a conference on the digital future of the profession organized by the McCord Museum.

More details here.

Marilena Nardi at the ECC European Cartoon Center

From the ECC.

Silence, Winner, World Press Cartoon 2018

The European Cartoon Centre is presenting, from 29 September till 22 December 2024, an exhibition of the work of Italian cartoonist Marilena Nardi.

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2024

From Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

CXC 2024 poster art by Evan Salazar

Each year, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is proud to partner with institutions across Columbus to bring this free festival.

Join us on Friday, September 27 from 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. for our annual CXC Opening Reception.

Explore the museum, enjoy refreshments, and cheer on your cartoonist colleagues as we give out our annual awards at 6pm in the lobby. 

Visitors can peruse an open-house display of materials in the reading room, and view our current exhibit in the galleries: The Nancy Show: Ernie Bushmiller and Beyond.

The full slate of programming is available at cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

September 26 - 29, 2024

Drawn & Quarterly at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2024

From Drawn & Quarterly

Drawn & Quarterly will be exhibiting September 28-29, alongside some special guests including Kate Beaton (Ducks), Edward Steed (Forces of Nature), Chris Oliveros (Are You Willing to Die for the Cause?), and Ryan Holmberg (translator of Yoshiharu Tsuge, Fujiwara Maki, Yamada Murasaki, and more).

CML Main Library

96 S Grant Ave
Columbus, OH 43215

"Ink & Insight: 20 Years of Adam Zyglis Cartoons" Exhibition

From the Buffalo History Museum

For the past two decades, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis has created more than 4,000 pieces of visual commentary for The Buffalo News, keeping his pen on the pulse of local, national, and international news. 

Zyglis has carried on this important tradition of free expression, after his Pulitzer-winning predecessors Tom Toles and Bruce Shanks, with a focus on comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable. 

Day in and day out, Zyglis has employed wit, biting satire, and caricature to direct our attention to hard truths and injustice, with the ultimate goal of pushing society forward.

This 20-year retrospective collection of dozens of his cartoons, spans four presidents and five governors.

Ink & Insight: 20 Years of Adam Zyglis Cartoons

October18, 2024 - July, 2025

The Buffalo History Museum

1 Museum Court

Buffalo, NY 14216

(716) 873-9644

Henry Payne charged with drawing “racist” cartoon

From The Detroit Metro Times. 

Henry Payne, a Detroit News auto industry reporter who moonlights as a political cartoonist is being criticized for appearing to imply that U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib is a member of Hezbollah, which critics have labeled as “racist,” “xenophobic,” “vile,” and “disgusting.”

The illustration depicts Tlaib at her desk next to the charred remains of an electronic device with a thought balloon reading, “Odd, my pager just exploded.” 

The cartoon is a reference to a recent attack against the Lebanese organization Hezbollah that is believed to have been orchestrated by Israel, in which beepers and walkie-talkies were modified to act as remote-controlled explosives. 

The NFB at the Ottawa International Animation Festival

From the NFB website. 

From September 25 to 29, the Festival will present 17 NFB productions or co-productions, including 6 films in official competition:

• Maybe Elephants by Torill Kove
• Society of Clothes by Dahee Jeong
• In the Shallows by Arash Akhgari, Samaa d'Ehsan Gharib (world premiere)
• Hairy Legs by Andrea Dorfman and
• Unblending by Michelle Ku (available on line).

"Ralph Steadman: Inkling" Exhibition

From The Historic Dockyard Chatham.

The Historic Dockyard Chatham is thrilled to present Ralph Steadman: Inkling from September 21st to November 24th 2024. 

This exciting new exhibition will give both dedicated Steadman fans, as well as the uninitiated, the chance to see four varied and distinctive sides of his remarkable work and career.

"Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing" Exhibition

From ArtNet.

In a career that’s spanned more than six decades, the British artist Ralph Steadman's work has spanned political cartoons and illustrations for children’s books. 

He has traced the life of Sigmund Freud as he has the adventures of Hunter S. Thompson, effectively wedding a look to the journalist’s brand of gonzo storytelling. 

Lately, he’s painted a series of extinct animals.

Book Banning Series in Crankshaft Comic Strip

From The Daily Cartoonist. 

Tom Batiuk, creator of the tremendously popular Crankshaft and Funky Winkerbean comic strips, has created a compelling storyline that illuminates the challenges librarians and store owners currently face around book banning. 

 The series began August 26 [2024] in the Crankshaft comic strip and continues through October. 

Ruben Bolling Profile in The New Yorker

From The New Yorker. 

“Tom the Dancing Bug,” which Ruben Bolling began publishing widely in 1990, has always been free-form and vaudevillian from week to week—original characters, recurring parodies and satires, one-offs, a terrific long-running meta-funny-pages gag.

His illustration style tends toward a tidy clean-line aesthetic, à la “Tintin,” but it morphs to suit whatever he’s up to: hatched and shaded portrait-style depictions of celebrities and politicians; imitations of other artists; fake ads, posters, and informational broadsides. 

Early on, Bolling had “Saturday Night Live,” Mad magazine, and “Mr. Show” in mind as inspirations. 

The strip has become more political over time, especially in recent years, though the past few weeks of U.S. election news—an assassination attempt in one party, the passing of the candidacy torch in the other—has been atypical in its intensity. 

Like all satirists of our era, Bolling has learned to adapt.

Layoffs at SaltWire and Chronicle Herald

From The Globe and Mail.

Layoffs at Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain are necessary because the properties were facing bankruptcy, according to the CEO of Postmedia Network Inc., who says his company’s purchase of the troubled assets prevented a “terrible tragedy and travesty” for the region.

In an interview Friday, days after the Toronto-based media company finalized its $1-million purchase of insolvent SaltWire Network Inc. and the Halifax Herald Ltd., Andrew MacLeod said he didn’t have specifics on how many people have so far lost their job. The situation is a “fluid process,” he said.

A day earlier, media union CWA Canada said more than 60 SaltWire staff had been laid off, while nearly 300 remained employed until their future is decided by Postmedia.

Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist

From The Washington Post.

Since 1946, cameras have been generally forbidden in federal courts, which means that TV viewers and newspaper readers often must use their imaginations when learning about a trial. 

The law has been relaxed since 1981, but artists are still in high demand to illustrate the drama behind courtroom doors.

Jane Rosenberg talks about her new book, “Drawn Testimony,” and shares the highs and lows of more than 40 years drawing dramatic courtroom moments.

Michael de Adder, 2023 NCS Editorial Cartoon Award Winner

From NCS.

At the 78th Annual NCS Reuben Awards ceremony, held in San Diego last night, Michael de Adder won the 2023 NCS Editorial Cartoon Award for his work at the Washington Post.

He was nominated along with Michael Ramirez and Reuben Bolling.

Cathy Wilcox wins Les Kennedy Award

From The Daily Cartoonist.

The Australian Kennedy Foundation has announced this year’s winners of the Kennedy Awards for Outstanding Journalism. 

In the category of Outstanding Cartoon, the prize goes to Cathy Wilcox of the Nine Network & The Sydney Morning Herald, for her cartoon Solid Ground.

The Onion to release print edition

From The Globe and Mail.

The Onion will hand out its new print edition this week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Cyber Security Cartoon Award

From Cyber Security Cartoon Award.

A new cartoon contest, focused on the very important theme of our time, Cyber security, invites cartoonists from around the world to submit their original works. 

Tom Engelhardt 1930-2024

From The Daily Cartoonist. 

Long time St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial cartoonist Tom Engelhardt has passed away.

Born in St. Louis on December 29, 1930, Tom attended the University of Denver, the Ruskin School of Art at Oxford University as well as the New York School of Visual Arts. 

He freelanced in New York City from 1957 to 1960 before landing a job as an editorial cartoonist at Newspaper Enterprise Association in Cleveland, Ohio, before joining the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1962 where he worked until his retirement on Dec. 31, 1997.

2024 Eisner Award winners

From Comics Beat. 

The 2024 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were presented at San Diego Comic-Con International on Friday, July 26 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. 

Hosted by Phil LaMarr and Thomas Lennon, the ceremony awarded trophies to winners across 32 categories. 

The general theme of the night seemed to be “paying it forward,” and multiple presenters and winners used stage time to compliment their peers and reflect on community.

Son O’ God Comics

From Flashback.

IN 1972, National Lampoon magazine introduced the super hero Son O’ God, created by Michel Choquette, Sean Kelly and Neal Adams, 

Son ‘O God who turned from nebbishy Jewish New Yorker Benny David – 30-years-old; living with controlling parents; no aptitude for any sport – who turns into a WASP wonderman on a mission to tackle Catholicism, the Antichrist Pope and “the scourge of Islam”.

Clay Jones A Casualty of CNN Downsizing

From The Daily Cartoonist. 

Clay Jones informed fans and supporters last night that his CNN engagement has come to an end:

… One of the assistant editors, Jane, informed me last Friday (July 12) that after five years, I no longer had a freelance gig with CNN. The editor of the opinion section, Rich, gave me a courtesy call this morning to express his appreciation and to wish me well. 

I’m going to miss working with the Opinion team at CNN, but I never allowed myself to believe this would last forever…

Winners of the 9th World Humor Awards

From World Humor Awards.

The Comics Journal #310

From Fantagraphics. 

Multimedia artist and satirist Gerald Scarfe, best known globally for his Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Disney’s Hercules iconography, talks to Gary Groth about his scabrous film, TV, and comics career, spanning 60+ years.

Zach Rabiroff does a journalistic deep dive into Bill Jemas’s tenure as Vice President of Marvel from 2000–2004, the creation of the Marvel Ultimates Universe, and much more. 

Also: visual artists Aidan Koch (Earth Comics, The Blonde Woman) and Lale Westvind (Grip) in conversation; a Jess Johnson sketchbook; a Fair Warning interview with TCJ Best of 2022 cartoonist Juliette Collet; a look at Chris Companik’s HIV-awareness comics, original work by Allee Errico, and much more.

The Comics Journal #310

On sale August 27, 2024

$24.99

2024 Sigma Delta Chi Award Winners

From the Society of Professional Journalists.

Congrats to this year's recipients of the Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists.

Rob Rogers won in the category of Editorial Cartooning (circulation 40,000+), 

Canada's heat wave

From Vetustideces.

Canada's heat wave has sparked a humorous wave of softened architecture. 

The warped CN Tower in Toronto stands out in the urban panorama of David Parkins in The Globe and Mail, Bado turned those of the tower of the Federal Parliament of Canada located in Ottawa into soft Dalinian clocks. 

Jules Feiffer on the Artists and Works from His Collection

From Swann Auction Galleries.

David Levine, Jules Feiffer with Cigar, 1983, unpublished.

Jules Feiffer’s career spans decades, producing a remarkable range of projects and generating numerous awards and honors. 

His contributions to the field of comics since his start in the late 1940s have been recognized with his induction into the Comic Book Hall of Fame and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Writers Guild of America. 

His satirical strip, Feiffer, which explored contemporary politics and social issues, ran for 42 years and earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1986. 

Iranian Cartoonist Sentenced to Six Years

From The Daily Cartoonist. 

From Iran International:

The Revolutionary Court of Tehran has handed down a six-year prison sentence to Atena Farghadani, a cartoonist targeted for her critique of the government.

According to her attorney, Mohammad Moqimi, Farghadani has been behind bars since her arrest on April 13, charged with “insulting sacred values and propagating against the ruling system”. 

Farghadani received five years for the former and an additional year for the latter. Moqimi blasted the proceedings as a “sham trial” in a post on the X, denouncing the judiciary’s manipulation of charges to secure the harshest possible sentence.

"What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine" Exhibition

From the Norman Rockwell Museum.

Illustration by Richard Williams

The Norman Rockwell Museum will explore the art and satire of MAD magazine in the exhibit, What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine. 

Over 150 pieces of original art will be displayed, including paintings, drawings, cartoons, ephemera, artifacts, and other media. 

One gallery will be focused solely on the work of Mort Drucker, who spent more than five decades drawing caricatures and illustrations for MAD.

Rainer Hachfeld 1939-2024

German political cartoonist and playwright Rainer Hachfeld died of a stroke in Berlin on May 27.

Born on March 9, 1939 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Hachfeld studied animation and stage design from 1956 to 1960 at the Master School for Arts and Crafts in Berlin

Reuben Nominees for 2023 Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year

From the National Cartoonists Society.

The National Cartoonists Society has revealed the nominees for the Reuben Award (Cartoonist of the Year). Due to a tie there are six finalist rather than the usual five.

• Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Darrin Bell and the creator of Candorville. 
• Daniel Clowes – comic book creator of last year’s highly acclaimed graphic novel Monica.
• Cartoonist Will Henry, creator of the Wallace the Brave comic strip. 
• Hilary B. Price – cartoonist, storyteller, speaker (Hillary’s 12th year being nominated). 
• Phoebe and Her Unicorn comic strip and best-selling books cartoonist Dana Simpson. 
• Lio’s cartoonist and graphic novel author Mark Tatulli (Mark’s 11th nomination for The Reuben).

The winner of the Reuben will be announced on August 23, 2024 at the Reuben Awards Banquet, part of the annual NCS Conference held this year in San Diego.

Chinese agents hatched plot to kidnap RFA cartoonist

From Radio Free Asia.

Chinese security forces once sought to kidnap Radio Free Asia cartoonist Rebel Pepper, a defector has claimed to the Australian Broadcast Corporation, or ABC.

A Chinese national who used the pseudonym Eric revealed on the ABC program “Four Corners” that he once worked as an agent in the Ministry of Public Security, or MPS, where he was tasked with luring overseas dissidents back to China for the police.

Pictures at an exhibition

From the Facebook pages of Benoit Peeters and Jenny Robb.

The “Comics 1964-2024” exhibition opened yesterday at the Centre Pompidou.

750 original documents linking European, American and Japanese creations in a relevant and often magical way, undoubtedly makes it the most beautiful to date.

You can discover admirable originals by George Herriman, Geo McManus, Hergé, Calvo as well as creations by Lorenzo Mattotti, Chris Ware, Blutch, David B, Emmanuel Guibert, Catherine Meurisse and many others.

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum also lent artworks by Winsor McCay, Will Eisner, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Jay Lynch and Bill Watterson.

Turhan Selçuk Competition revokes winning cartoon

 

The first prize of the 14th Turhan Selçuk International Cartoon Competition has been revoked after allegations of plagiarism were levelled at the author. 

An investigation determined that Mehmet Akif Özdal had previously participated in various competitions by copying other artists’ cartoons.

Two Quebec journalists receive the Michener-Baxter Award

From the Michener Awards. 

The Michener Awards Foundation (MAF) announced it is awarding Chantal Hébert and Terry Mosher its prestigious Michener-Baxter Award for exceptional service to Canadian public service journalism.

The Michener-Baxter Award was established in 1983 and is presented at the discretion of the foundation’s board of directors. 

The award is named for Clive Baxter, who received the first Michener Award in 1971 from then-Governor General Roland Michener.

Ed Hall 1962-2024

Talented artist, editorial cartoonist, designer and teacher Ed Hall lost his battle to cancer last Sunday. 

He bravely battled the disease over the last 8 years, never letting it slow his creativity.