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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...
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"Comics on Every Floor" at the Centre Pompidou
From Paul Gravett's Facebook page.Illustration by David B, "L’ascension du Haut Mal", 2002© David B, courtesy L’Association & galerie anne barraultThis summer, the Centre Pompidou in Paris is...
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"What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine" Exhibition
From the Norman Rockwell Museum.Illustration by Richard WilliamsThe Norman Rockwell Museum will explore the art and satire of MAD magazine in the exhibit, What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD...
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Ed Hall 1962-2024
Talented artist, editorial cartoonist, designer and teacher Ed Hall lost his battle to cancer last Sunday. He bravely battled the disease over the last 8 years, never letting it slow his creativity....
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Two Quebec journalists receive the Michener-Baxter Award
From the Michener Awards. The Michener Awards Foundation (MAF) announced it is awarding Chantal Hébert and Terry Mosher its prestigious Michener-Baxter Award for exceptional service to Canadian public...
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Turhan Selçuk Competition revokes winning cartoon
The first prize of the 14th Turhan Selçuk International Cartoon Competition has been revoked after allegations of plagiarism were levelled at the author. An investigation determined that Mehmet Akif...
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Pictures at an exhibition
From the Facebook pages of Benoit Peeters and Jenny Robb.The “Comics 1964-2024” exhibition opened yesterday at the Centre Pompidou. 750 original documents linking European, American and Japanese...
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Chinese agents hatched plot to kidnap RFA cartoonist
From Radio Free Asia.Chinese security forces once sought to kidnap Radio Free Asia cartoonist Rebel Pepper, a defector has claimed to the Australian Broadcast Corporation, or ABC.A Chinese national who...
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Reuben Nominees for 2023 Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year
From the National Cartoonists Society.The National Cartoonists Society has revealed the nominees for the Reuben Award (Cartoonist of the Year). Due to a tie there are six finalist rather than the usual...
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Rainer Hachfeld 1939-2024
German political cartoonist and playwright Rainer Hachfeld died of a stroke in Berlin on May 27.Born on March 9, 1939 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Hachfeld studied animation and stage design from 1956 to...
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Iranian Cartoonist Sentenced to Six Years
From The Daily Cartoonist. From Iran International:The Revolutionary Court of Tehran has handed down a six-year prison sentence to Atena Farghadani, a cartoonist targeted for her critique of the...
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Cartoonist Symposium in Montreal
Canadian and American editorial cartoonists, as well as a few European guests, will meet this fall in conjunction with a conference on the digital future of the profession organized by the Université...
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Jules Feiffer on the Artists and Works from His Collection
From Swann Auction Galleries.David Levine, Jules Feiffer with Cigar, 1983, unpublished.Jules Feiffer’s career spans decades, producing a remarkable range of projects and generating numerous awards and...
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Canada's heat wave
From Vetustideces.Canada's heat wave has sparked a humorous wave of softened architecture. The warped CN Tower in Toronto stands out in the urban panorama of David Parkins in The Globe and Mail, Bado...
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2024 Sigma Delta Chi Award Winners
From the Society of Professional Journalists.Congrats to this year's recipients of the Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists.Rob Rogers won in the category of Editorial...
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The Comics Journal #310
From Fantagraphics. Multimedia artist and satirist Gerald Scarfe, best known globally for his Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Disney’s Hercules iconography, talks to Gary Groth about his scabrous film, TV,...
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Winners of the 9th World Humor Awards
From World Humor Awards.Golden trophyAlejandro Becares (Becs) - Argentina - El Equilibrista!Silver trophyCristina Bernazzani - Nuvolanevicata - Italy - Curiosity can never get enoughBronze trophyMauro...
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Clay Jones A Casualty of CNN Downsizing
From The Daily Cartoonist. Clay Jonesinformed fans and supporters last night that his CNN engagement has come to an end: … One of the assistant editors, Jane, informed me last Friday (July 12) that...
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Son O’ God Comics
From Flashback.IN 1972, National Lampoon magazine introduced the super hero Son O’ God, created by Michel Choquette, Sean Kelly and Neal Adams, Son ‘O God who turned from nebbishy Jewish New Yorker...
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2024 Eisner Award winners
From Comics Beat. The 2024 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were presented at San Diego Comic-Con International on Friday, July 26 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. Hosted by Phil LaMarr and...
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