50 Glorious Shows at the Cartoon Museum

From the Cartoon Museum.

In February 2018, the Cartoon Museum celebrated twelve years at 35 Little Russell Street, during which time it has put on 50 exhibitions of cartoons, comics, caricature, graphic novels and animation.

50 Glorious Shows! is the museums 51st exhibition at Little Russell Street, and features highlights from all the site’s previous exhibitions. 

It also showcases many of the wonderful artworks which the museum has acquired for the collection during that period.

I wish I'd drawn... (47)

I had the same idea but ended up drawing something else. I'm now glad I did.

Steve Sack, The Star Tribune, Minneapolis.

Clay Bennett receives the 2018 Thomas Nast Award

From the Times Free Press.

Pacifier

The Chattanooga Times Free Press editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett was honored in March with the 2018 Thomas Nast Award for the best cartoons on international affairs. The award is presented by the The Overseas Press Club of America.

Two Halifax editorial cartoonists see their work ripped-off

From CBC News.

For the second time in a week, a Nova Scotia editorial cartoonist has had his work stolen to profit off a national tragedy.

Michael de Adder's drawing of two hockey players in Toronto and Humboldt jerseys with their arms around each other went online on Tuesday.

14 Cumhuriyet staff emprisoned on terrorism charges

From Reuters.

Turkish cartoonist Musa Kart, along with 13 others, was sentenced to jail today, the culmination of a long sham trial resulting from a crackdown on political opponents by Turkish dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan in response to a failed coup attempt in November of 2016.

Clay Bennett receives the Sigma Delta Chi Award

From the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Clay Bennett, editorial cartoonist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, received yesterday the Sigma Delta Chi award for editorial cartooning (in a newspaper with a circulation above 100 000 copies).

The Sigma Delta Chi awards are awarded by the Society of Professional Journalism and recognize exceptional professional journalism produced in 2017.

Walt Handelsman receives the Sigma Delta Chi award

From The Advocate.

Walt Handelsman, editorial cartoonist for the New Orleans Advocate, received yesterday the Sigma Delta Chi award for editorial cartooning (in a newspaper with a circulation below 100 000 copies).

The Sigma Delta Chi awards are awarded by the Society of Professional Journalism and recognize exceptional professional journalism produced in 2017.