Friday, March 31, 2017
Turkish Artist Zehra Doğan Imprisoned for Painting Kurdish Town Attack
From Humorgrafe.
Turkish-Kurdish painter and journalist Zehra Doğan has been sentenced to 2 years, 9 months, and 22 days in prison for creating a painting which depicted the destruction caused by Turkish security forces in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province, a Kurdish region in Turkey.
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Jack Ziegler 1942-2017
From The New York Times.
Jack Ziegler, whose satirical, silly and observational style enlivened more than 1,600 cartoons at The New Yorker since February 1974, died on Wednesday in a hospital in Kansas City, Kan. He was 74.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Winners of the 19th PortoCartoon Festival 2017
Here are the winners of the 19th Festival PortoCartoon 2017, chosen among the 1 500 works submitted by more than 400 artists from 62 countries.
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Bob Robertson dead at 71
From CBC News British Columbia.
Veteran Canadian comedian Bob Robertson has passed away in Nanaimo, B.C., last Sunday.
Robertson and business partner, Linda Cullen, had been called the funniest married couple in Canada after spending decades in the entertainment business together.
Robertson and business partner, Linda Cullen, had been called the funniest married couple in Canada after spending decades in the entertainment business together.
Friday, March 24, 2017
24th Alcalá International Exhibition of Arts of Humor
From Muestra Internacional de las Artes del Humor.
The General Foundation of the University of Alcalá, through the Instituto Quevedo del humor announces the 24th International Exhibition of Arts of Humor with “Donald Trump” as its' theme.
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Claude Monet, caricaturist
French painter Claude Monet is known as the founder and the central figure of the Impressionist movement. The term “Impressionism” itself was derived from the title of his 1872 painting “Impression, Sunrise”.
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Milton Glaser's Dylan Poster Turns 50
From Gothamist.
Arguably the most famous image of Bob Dylan is not a photograph or painting, but a drawing: a suggestion of the man rather than a precise, dead-ringer likeness. And that's fitting. After all, what better way to celebrate Dylan's kaleidoscopic sensibility than with a fanciful, yet recognizable, portrait?
Arguably the most famous image of Bob Dylan is not a photograph or painting, but a drawing: a suggestion of the man rather than a precise, dead-ringer likeness. And that's fitting. After all, what better way to celebrate Dylan's kaleidoscopic sensibility than with a fanciful, yet recognizable, portrait?
Friday, March 17, 2017
Xavier Bonilla Winner of the 56th Knokke-Heist Festival
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
World Press Cartoon 2017 (Rules and Regulations)
Monday, March 13, 2017
Vancouver Sun Cartoonist Graham Harrop
From The North Shore News.
While working as a cab driver many years ago, Graham Harrop once picked up a passenger while wearing a gorilla suit.
But he had a good reason. It was his brother’s birthday, after all.
But he had a good reason. It was his brother’s birthday, after all.
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Friday, March 10, 2017
Kickstarter Campaign for "Design Canada"
From Fast Code Design.
Greg Durrell was working as part of the design team for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics when he first noticed a dearth of Canadian graphic design history.
Greg Durrell was working as part of the design team for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics when he first noticed a dearth of Canadian graphic design history.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Cartoonist's illustration used without permission on P.K. Subban's shirt
Sarah Lawrynuik on CBC News.
Southern Alberta hockey fan and cartoonist Robert de Gruchy was shocked to see a drawing he said he created emblazoned on his NHL idol's workout gear — without anyone asking his permission.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Bulgaria's "Charlie Hebdo" Blocked From News Stands
Monday, March 6, 2017
Jay Lynch 1945-2017
Photo by Caitlin McGurk |
Sunday, March 5, 2017
TCAF 2017 Poster from Sana Takeda
From TCAF.
Sana Takeda is a Japanese artist who has worked on several American comics for Aspen, Image and Marvel. She is currently collaborating with Marjorie Liu on the fantasy series Monstress from Image Comics.
For more info about our Featured Guests at TCAF 2017 here.
Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2017
Saturday, May 13th, and Sunday, May 14th, 2017
Toronto Reference Library, The Marriott Bloor Yorkville, The Masonic Temple, and The Pilot Tavern.
Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2017
Saturday, May 13th, and Sunday, May 14th, 2017
Toronto Reference Library, The Marriott Bloor Yorkville, The Masonic Temple, and The Pilot Tavern.
Saturday, March 4, 2017
2016 NCS Reuben Award Nominees Announced!
From NCS.
The National Cartoonists Society just released the names of the nominees for the 2016 award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year”, also know as “The Reuben”.
The nominees are: Lynda Barry, Stephan Pastis, Hilary B. Price, Mark Tatulli and Ann Telnaes.
Friday, March 3, 2017
New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff to Step Down
From WWD.
Bob Mankoff is leaving the post of cartoon editor at The New Yorker after more than two decades, and will be replaced by editorial staffer Emma Allen.
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