The Royal Mail Releases a Peanuts Stamp Set

From the Royal Mail.

This colourful collection of Peanuts Special Stamps features iconic illustrations of anxious Charlie Brown, his beloved beagle Snoopy and their chums, to mark the comic strip’s 75th anniversary.

New stamp series celebrates Canada's iconic graphic novelists (2)

From Canada Post.

Canada Post announces the issuance of a series of six stamps – the second of a diptych (the first was issued in 2024) – paying tribute to Canadian graphic novel authors: Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, in self-portraits reading one of their most famous books.

United States Postal Service’s 250 Anniversary stamps

From The Daily Cartoonist.

In celebration of two and a half centuries of continuous service, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled last week two stamp releases at its headquarters building. 

The two stamp designs capture the essence of USPS, one features the first U. S. Postmaster General Ben Franklin.

The other highlights its ubiquitous presence in everyday life with a Chris Ware-designed 20 stamp pane.

New stamp series celebrates Canada's iconic graphic novelists

From Cision. 

Canada Post unveiled yesterday a stamp issue celebrating Canada's graphic novelists. 

The set of four stamps features the works of Chester Brown, Michel Rabagliati, Seth, and cousins Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki – all of whom have made significant contributions to the genre and continue a long line of Canadian storytellers honoured by Canada Post.

Toronto Cartoon Art Festival 2024

From the TCAF website.

Illustration by Nina Bunjevac

The Toronto Reference Library will be hosting the Toronto Cartoon Art Festival next weekend.

This Saturday at TCAF Joe Ollmann will be interviewing Seth, Chris Oliveros and Brad Mackay about their new book “The Collected Doug Wright: Canada’s Master Cartoonist (1963-1980)” live and in-person at the Hinton Room of the Toronto Reference Library at 12 p.m. 

Globe and Mail cartoonist Brian Gable retires

 

After a long career as editorial cartoonist at The Globe and Mail, Brian Gable announced this morning his retirement to its' readers.

Here is a selection of some of his recent cartoons:

The US Postal Service is celebrating the creator of "Peanuts"

From WTHR.

The United States Postal Service will commemorate the 100th birthday of Charles Schulz with Forever stamps of his famous characters.

Ten different designs on each sheet of 20 stamps will feature the "Peanuts" gang, including Charlie Brown, Lucy, Franklin, Sally, Pigpen, Linus, Snoopy (with Woodstock), Schroeder, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie.

Canadian editorial cartoonists make the series

 

Graham Harrop drew a cartoon in the Vancouver Sun about Canada Post's tribute to five Canadian editorial cartoonists.

Canada Post Honours Editorial Cartoonists - Bruce MacKinnon

Canada Post has issued a new set of stamps that highlight the works of five of Canada’s most renowned editorial cartoonists.

The five cartoonists are Serge Chapleau, Brian Gable, Terry (Aislin) Mosher, Duncan Macpherson and Bruce MacKinnon.

Canada Post Honours Editorial Cartoonists - Duncan Macpherson

Canada Post has issued a new set of stamps that highlight the works of five of Canada’s most renowned editorial cartoonists.

The five cartoonists are Serge Chapleau, Brian Gable, Terry (Aislin) Mosher, Duncan Macpherson and Bruce MacKinnon.

Canada Post Honours Editorial Cartoonists - Aislin

Canada Post has issued a new set of stamps that highlight the works of five of Canada’s most renowned editorial cartoonists.

The five cartoonists are Serge Chapleau, Brian Gable, Terry (Aislin) Mosher, Duncan Macpherson and Bruce MacKinnon.

Canada Post Honours Editorial Cartoonists - Brian Gable

Canada Post has issued a new set of stamps that highlight the works of five of Canada’s most renowned editorial cartoonists.

The five cartoonists are Serge Chapleau, Brian Gable, Terry (Aislin) Mosher, Duncan Macpherson and Bruce MacKinnon.

Canada Post Honours Editorial Cartoonists - Serge Chapleau

Canada Post has issued a new set of stamps that highlight the works of five of Canada’s most renowned editorial cartoonists.

The five cartoonists are Serge Chapleau, Brian Gable, Terry (Aislin) Mosher, Duncan Macpherson and Bruce MacKinnon.

Canada Post to pay tribute to five legendary editorial cartoonists

Canada Post will pay tribute to five legendary editorial cartoonists this week through a special stamp issue.

Over the next week, Canada Post will unveil five stamps that celebrate five of Canada'sgreatest editorial cartoonists, whose thought-provoking and seminal work has helped shape our national fabric over the last half-century. 

Videos and stories will be shared with each unveiling, with a special online roundtable discussion with the artists planned for Friday, October 8. 

U.S. Postal Service must pay millions for Statue of Liberty mistake

From The Washington Post.

A federal judge ordered the Postal Service to pay $3.5 million to Robert S. Davidson, after admitting it had confused an image of his plaster sculpture replica in Las Vegas for the 19th-century stone-and-copper behemoth off the New York shore.

Canada Post Honours Illustrators

From Canada Post.

Canada Post unveiled on April 5 a souvenir sheet featuring five great Canadian illustrators  from the past 50 years. The featured artists are Will Davies, Blair Drawson, Gérard DuBois, James Hill and Anita Kunz.

Carol Highsmith Sues Getty Images for $1 Billion

Carey Dunne in Hyperallergic.

Photo from "This is America!"

In December, documentary photographer Carol Highsmith received a letter from Getty Images accusing her of copyright infringement for featuring one of her own photographs on her own website.

It demanded payment of $120.