Clay Jones Fundraiser

From The Daily Cartoonist.

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has organized a GoFundMe page to help Clay Jones recover from his stroke with medical and rehab expenses.

US Cartooning Tradition in Peril

From The Daily Cartoonist. 

In January, the Washington Post spiked a cartoon by Pulitzer Prize–winning Ann Telnaes that criticized the supplicant attitude displayed by the paper’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, towards Donald Trump … 

She promptly resigned after the incident, the first time one of her pieces had been rejected over its subject.

For 31 years, KAL contributed his award-winning cartoons to the Baltimore Sun. 

"Bohemian Trumpsody" - Marsh Family adaptation of "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Newsday Apologizes for Printing Chip Bok Cartoon

From The Daily Cartoonist.

On Sunday afternoon, Newsday issued a written apology, calling the cartoon “insensitive and offensive.”

“We deeply regret this mistake and sincerely apologize to the family of Charlie Kirk and to all. 

We made an error in judgment. The cartoon has been removed from our digital platforms,” the statement said.

AAEC annual convention

From The Daily Cartoonist.

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) is holding its annual convention this weekend. We are relying on the cartoonists’ social media platforms to inform us of what is happening.

When MAGA censorship hits home

From Felipe Galindo's Facebook page.

The White House published the article: "President Trump Is Right About The Smithsonian", to my surprise, an artwork of mine, displayed at the Smithsonian American History Museum is on a “list” of objectionable artworks (selected by The Federalist, a conservative publication,) stating that the image is "promoting open borders by depicting migrants watching fireworks through an opening in the US-Mexico border wall."

AI is Killing Illustration Art

From The Daily Cartoonist.

There she was: a woman in a pose that suggested she was either about to sell me shoes or ask me to subscribe to her OnlyFans. Her legs spread in a way that made me wonder if Skechers had pivoted from athletic footwear to gynaecological equipment. The shoes—ostensibly the point of the advertisement—were an afterthought.

But this wasn’t just bad advertising. This was the death of commercial illustration happening in real time, one algorithmically-generated subway poster at a time. It isn’t new. I’ve written about it before— but this time it’s getting even more ubiquitous. More companies are doing it, and it’s getting gross.

Jason Chatfield discusses the passing of an art form: Death of Illustration by a Thousand Prompts.