MetaMaus by Art Spiegelman

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It’s been 25 years since Art Spiegelman first introduced “MAUS: A Survivor’s Tale,” the landmark 13-year project that is both a Holocaust story and the memoir of the cartoonist’s own relationship with his survivor father. To mark the anniversary, the 1992 Pulitzer Prize winner is being celebrated with the new “Metamaus” book/DVD package, due out next month. If you’re a fan, the video should intrigue further.

[ART SPIEGELMAN: The Interview]

[GRAND PRIZE: Spiegelman wins big at Angoulême]

Interview with cartoonist Dave Brown of "The Independent"

From The Independent.

Newspaper cartoonists: Quick on the draw

Forget sharp-tongued gossip columnists – when it comes to taking on the great and the not-so-good, the newspaper cartoonist is king, says Gillian Orr

My favourite cartoons (15): Schot

Published in 2006 in Ad Algemeen Dagblad, Netherlands.

I wish I'd drawn...(12)

...this cartoon by Pat Bagley

and for that matter:

Cartoons Against Bloodshed in Mexico

From PRI's The World

by Shannon Young

When a mass movement emerged in Mexico this spring calling for a change of strategy in the drug war, a single image consistently appeared in the protests; the word “no” with a plus sign and a blood stain. It reads No Mas Sangre or No More Blood.

The emblem comes from a graphic campaign launched in January by a group of Mexican political cartoonists.

25 of the Most Influential News Images of All Time

The Great Depression

This image of Florence Thompson from the 1930s came to be associated with the great depression, for years to come. Thompson was a poor migrant mother at the time, like so many others. The expressions of worry and anguish on her face, literally speak of the mood of thousands of others during the same time. The image has been reprinted in various magazines, newspapers and journals over the years. It has become a symbol of sorts, of the great depression.

Troy Davis 1975-2011

From Steve Brodner's blog

Tonight, as I write this Troy Davis is being killed by the State of Georgia and a combined posse of vengeance, ignorance and indifference. May Davis and all the Davises past and future be as a eternal spur to the conscience of this country until the death penalty is permanently erased.

The Symbol of Justice is being redesigned today and here's the updated version.