Twitter Briefly Suspends Counterpoint's Account

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has asked their Twitter followers not to post Counterpoint's co-founder Nik Anderson's cartoon to Trump, his campaign as well as to the White House.

Counterpoint, which published the original cartoon, has had their Twitter account suspended.

Redbubble Restores Nick Anderson Cartoon

From the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

Thanks to CBLDF and our coalition partners, the online marketplace Redbubble has reinstated a cartoon by Pulitzer Prize–winning editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson that was previously removed because of a meritless complaint by the Trump re-election campaign.

CBLDF applauds Redbubble for reinstating the cartoon, and urges them to reject any other attempts by political campaigns to suppress protected speech.

Sandy Huffaker (1943-2020)

Bill Ramsey in the Chattanooga Pulse.

Bert Lance by Huffaker, TIME, September 19, 1977

Calvin Sanford Huffaker Sr., known as Sandy, a highly-acclaimed political satirist and painter, passed away peacefully at his home in Raphine, Va.

The Steve Brodner Challenge

The New York Times, Sunday, May 24, 2020.

Steve Brodner challenged fellow cartoonists to draw Trump golfing on yesterday's New York Times front page memorializing COVID dead.

Jean-Loïc Belhomme (Belom) Exhibition

From the European Cartoon Center.

The European Cartoon Center, in Kruishoutem, Belgium, will exhibit the work of French cartoonist Jean-Loïc Belhomme (Belom) from May 31 until September 20.

"Fish Wrapped: True Confessions from Newsrooms Past"

From Guernica Editions.

Cover illustration by Aislin

A collection of stories by Canadian newspaper reporters and editors who worked during the heyday of the newspaper business and before social media.

"Here are their eulogies to lives dedicated to the fish-wrap business, many of whom, to stretch a metaphor, ended up as obsolete and tossed aside as the fish wrap they churned out."

Fish Wrapped: True Confessions from Newsrooms Past

Guernica Editions
228 pages
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781771834971
ISBN10: 1771834978
$25.00 Canada / US

Gado's concern has shifted to the coronavirus

From The New York Times.

In a quiet office on the third floor of a building in Nairobi’s central business district, the cartoonist known by his pen name, Gado, was sketching a satire about the coronavirus.