LA Times cartoonist David Horsey named finalist for 2014 Pulitzer Prize
From the Tribune Content Agency.Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist David Horsey is a political commentator for the Los Angeles Times. His Top of the Ticket blog is the...
View ArticleScarfe's Bar
From The Spectator.Cartoonists and alcohol are often linked, and now one of the UK’s best known political cartoonists, Gerald Scarfe, has a bar named after him at the Rosewood Hotel in Holborn, London....
View ArticleAnita Kunz denounces copyright infringement
From Anita Kunz Facebook page.This image has over 500 infringements throughout the web. I'm not credited anywhere and people are using it to brand their companies. DO NOT STEAL MY ART!!! This image is...
View ArticleDoug Wright Awards Kickstarter
From Sequential.The Doug Wright Awards have started a campaign to crowdsource specific costs for their 2014 event, taking place during TCAF on May 10 at the Ballroom of the Toronto Marriott Bloor...
View ArticleHopper paintings brought to life
From If it's hip.Director Gustav Deutsch brings 13 Hopper paintings to life in his film, Shirley - Visions of Reality, the story of a woman whose thoughts, emotions and contemplations lets us observe...
View ArticleKal Wins Thomas Nast Award
Kevin Kallaugher (Kal) been named the winner of The 2014 Thomas Nast Award.The award is presented by the Overseas Press Club of America every year for excellence in cartoons on international affairs....
View ArticleWorld Press Cartoon Board of Directors postpones the 2014 Salon
By its nature and scope, World Press Cartoon is an event whose viability depends on the combination of multiple supports and sponsorship. The natural main sponsor is the city that welcomes and...
View ArticleJen Sorensen Wins 2014 Herblock Award
Jen Sorensen, cartoonist for the Austin Chronicle and other US papers, has become the first woman to win the coveted Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning.The annual award was created to recognise...
View ArticleReprint on the iPolitics website (18)
Tuesday's cartoon in Le Droit was reprinted on the iPolitics website.
View ArticleReprint on the "National Newswatch" website (5)
My cartoon in today's edition of Le Droit was reprinted on the National Newswatch website.
View ArticleRichard Thompson Annotates "The Complete Cul de Sac"
Alex Dueben in Comic Book Resources.Richard Thompson was considered one of the great living cartoonists when he announced that he was ending his strip "Cul de Sac" in 2012 because of complications with...
View Article14th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition-Results
The jury (Jennifer Ditchburn, Roderick Macdonell and Guy Badeaux) met April 8, 2014 to select the winners of the 14th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition.Grand Prize: Bruce...
View ArticleSave World Press Cartoon Sintra
Rafaella Spinazzi has posted on her blog a letter protesting the cancellation of the World Press Cartoon competition and exhibition, created by famed Portuguese cartoonist Antonio Antunes and held in...
View ArticleDrawing For Peace
From Euronews.Habbas / Cartooning for peace © Habbas HabbasThe Swiss foundation “Cartooning for Peace” has honoured Syria-Palestinian Hani Abbas and Egyptian Doaa Eladl for their work. Former UN...
View ArticleToronto Comic Arts Festival 2014
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2014 @ Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St., May 10-11
View ArticleAn interview with Tom Gauld
From du9, l'autre bande dessinée.The past two years have seen the publication of his first full-fledged graphic novel Goliath and a collection of his Guardian cartoons You're All Just Jealous of My...
View ArticleOur Editorial Cartoonists in Havana
Andrew Dreschel in The Hamilton Spectator.Some 28 cartoonists from across Canada are flying today to Havana, Cuba, for a five- day meeting of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists (ACEC),...
View ArticleNew York Post drops their comics page
From Jim Romonesko's blog.“Is it true that the @nypost dropped the comics page?” tweeted @Tomversation. “I mean it was only about 7 comics and not a full page, all small and in b&w, but still.”Yes,...
View ArticleA review of "The Complete Cul de Sac"
Alan gardner in The Daily Cartoonist.Looking at this box set, I can’t help but feel a bit cheated that there are only two volumes. It’s not that anyone cut corners or exaggerated the word “complete”....
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