Friday, April 26, 2024
Bruce MacKinnon wins National Newspaper Award 2023
Monday, April 22, 2024
Gerhard Gepp 1940-2024
Gepp was born in 1940 on the western edge of Vienna in Pressbaum where he lived and worked until his death.
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Iran Alert – Atena Farghadani
From Cartooning for Peace.
Friday, April 19, 2024
World Press Photo 2024 (Global Winners)
From World Press Photo 2024.
A Palestinian Woman Embraces the Body of Her Niece, Mohammed Salem, Reuters |
Inas Abu Maamar cradles the body of her 5 year old niece Saly who was killed, along with her mother
and sister, when an Israeli missile struck their home, in Khan Younis, Gaza.
The photographer was at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on October 17 when he saw Inas Abu Maamar, 36, in tears, holding the little girl's body wrapped in a white cloth in his arms at the morgue.
The photo was taken 10 days after the start of the conflict, sparked by an unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
The Zehra Ömeroğlu trial is postponed
Friday, April 12, 2024
Steve Brodner Wins Herblock Prize
From The Herblock Foundation.
Steve Brodner, Under Trump’s Comb-Over (2015). |
Steve Brodner has been named the winner of the 2024 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning.
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Trina Robbins 1938-2024
From Bleeding Cool.
Trina Robbins at WonderCon 2023, photo by Gage Skidmore |
Known for works like Vampirella & Wonder Woman, and a feminist comics historian, Robbins had a versatile career from clothing design to creating pro-choice comics.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Nominees of the 20th Doug Wright Awards
From Doug Wright Awards.
Here is the list of nominees for the 20th annual Doug Wright Awards which will be presented at the Arts & Letters Club in Toronto on Saturday May 11, 2924.Monday, April 8, 2024
World Press Photo 2024 (Regional Winners)
From World Press Photo.
Saving the Monarchs, Jaime Tojo, 2024 Photo Contest, North and Central America, Stories |
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Graeme Mackay meets pushback for an editorial cartoon
From Graeme Mackay's website.
I was met with push back after my March 20 editorial cartoon depicting Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin engaged in military offensives against innocent civilians juxtaposed with Justin Trudeau announcing Canada’s decision to halting arms sales to Israel.
My mission as an editorial cartoonist includes observing Canada’s place in global affairs, and the vote by Parliament to suspend arms shipments to the Netanyahu government was significant and warranted reaction.
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Don Wright 1934-2024
From Wikipedia.
Don Conway Wright was born on January 23, 1934 in Los Angeles, California and was the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, having received one in 1966 and a second in 1980.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Cartoonist Jimmy Spire Ssentongo threatened
From Cartooning for Peace.
Saturday, March 23, 2024
2024 Kesterton Lecture with Michael de Adder
Friday, March 22, 2024
The Association of Canadian Cartoonists defends Serge Chapleau
Nosfenyahou on his way to Rafah |
In the last 24 hours that our colleague at La Presse in Montreal, Serge Chapleau, has been accused of antisemitism due to his latest cartoon of Benjamin Netanyahu.The following is an excerpt from the CBC:
The 2024 Herblock Prize
From the Herblock Foundation.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Dust-up among Canadian cartoonists
Mike Peterson from The Daily Cartoonist.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
National Newspaper Awards 2023 Nominations
Friday, March 15, 2024
Cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu risks imprisonment over pandemic cartoon
From Cartoonists Rights.
Sex and the pandemic… “At least I didn’t lose my taste and smell…” |
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Saltwire files for bankruptcy protection
From The Daily Cartoonist.
The SaltWire Network‘s major daily newspapers are The Chronicle Herald (Halifax), the Cape Breton Post, The Telegram (St. Johns) and The Guardian (Charlottetown).
Bruce MacKinnon and freelancer Michael de Adder are the main editorial cartoonists who could be affected by the newspaper group’s troubles.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
A review of Angouleme '24
Dean Simons in Comics Beat.
Monday, March 11, 2024
Basil Wolverton Collection donated to The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
From The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.
Thursday, March 7, 2024
The "phony" in Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s ad
From The Guardian.
A ‘poorly considered’ use of AI has resulted in a perplexing number of fingers – and a large amount of mockery.
The couple’s tangled fingers are both too large and too many; there’s a strange sheen making them look more like wax dolls; and then there’s the clothes: she in a tulle gown encrusted with jewels, he in a tuxedo – and, simultaneously, a tulle gown encrusted with jewels.
It was apparently created by someone who has never seen an orchestra play, and imagines it as rows of violinists seated in the audience, many playing with three hands or one hand or no hands at all.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Mr. Fish accused of antisemitism
Monday, February 26, 2024
24th World Press Freedom Canada International Editorial Cartoon Competition
Artificial Intelligence: yes or no?
Some believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will solve all our problems while it inspires apocalyptic talk in others.
AI can help journalists gather information, but “deep fakes” and voice simulators capable of generating believable audio segments, can sow doubt about the authenticity of content and put democracy at risk.
On the other hand, some politicians brandish the term “fake news” to denounce opposing opinions or deny reality.
Finally, using AI to generate illustrations on demand robs artists of their work and infringes on their copyright.
Fortunately, AI hasn’t yet figured the number of fingers on one hand.
Friday, February 23, 2024
Harvard Faculty & Staff reposts antisemitic cartoon
From The Washington Post.
Harvard University is again embroiled in a controversy over antisemitism on campus, after student groups and a faculty group shared an antisemitic cartoon.
In a statement late Tuesday, Harvard interim president Alan M. Garber condemned the cartoon, calling it “flagrantly antisemitic,” after it was shared on social media by two student groups — the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee and the African American Resistance Organization — and reposted by Harvard Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Jack Higgins 1954-2024
From The Chicago Sun-Times.
Monday, February 19, 2024
"Cartoons do ano 2023" in Xira
From Víctor Vélez Chubasco's Facebook page.
Monday, February 12, 2024
de Adder Toast at the Post
From The Daily Cartoonist.
Three years ago Michael, after freelancing for the paper, was signed as a contract cartoonist to The Washington Post and charged with supplying three cartoons a week.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Peru: cartoonist Carlín intimidated by police
From Cartooning for Peace.
"Learn to tell them apart (Don’t get confused)" From left to right: "Delinquent in a policeman’s suit", "Delinquent policeman ", "Policeman doing his duty". |
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Posy Simmonds wins the Grand Prix in Angouleme
From Heidi MacDonald at Comics Beat.
British cartoonist Posy Simmonds has won Angouleme’s Grand Prix, considered one of the highest honors in comics worldwide.
Simmonds won over the other finalists Daniel Clowes and Catherine Meurisse, and the award, presented for a lifetime body of work, is certainly richly deserved.
Monday, January 22, 2024
"Quentin Blake: Book Covers" Exhibition
From the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Drawn & Quarterly in Angoulême
Fom Drawn & Quarterly.
Attending will be Executive Editor Tom Devlin and Editorial Assistant Francine Yulo.
Monday, January 15, 2024
"Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde" Exhibition
From The Poster House.
Paul Colin (1892-1985), Collection of William W. Crouse |
New York, NY 10011
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Meurisse, Simmonds & Clowes shortlisted for Angoulême Grand Prix
Friday, January 12, 2024
Arizona Editorial Cartoonist Steve Benson Retires
From The Daily Cartoonist.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Buffalo News Apologizes for Zyglis Cartoon
Monday, January 8, 2024
Brian McConnachie 1942-2024
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Mickey Mouse and the Public Domain
From Dave Alvarez Studios.
First of all, let me assure you that Disney has the Mouse very well protected and that their lawyers are sitting there, quietly waiting for someone to get out of line.A gray line situation perhaps.