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"The Art of Richard Thompson"
From Amazon.Known for being the creator of the comic strip Cul de Sac, Richard Thompson's art prowess extends to many other levels. Richard Thompson is renowned among cartoonists as an "artist's"...
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Andy Donato named to Italian Walk of Fame
Shawn Jeffords in The Toronto Sun.Toronto Sun Editor-in-Chief Wendy Metcalfe, editorial cartoonist Andy Donato and Publisher Mike Power at the Italian Walk of Fame induction Wednesday, May 28, 2014....
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Canadian Editorial Cartoonists meet in Cuba
From Graeme Mackay's blog.An excerpt:The housing crisis, the occupy movement, and the Obamacare mess have provided Cubans a front row seat to view the parade of pitfalls of capitalism and the widening...
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2014 National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award Winners
From Mike Lynch Cartoons.Drawing by Ed SteckleyHere is the list of winners from the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Awards ceremony held May 24, 2014 in San Diego, CA.A full list of the Reuben...
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Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue
From Andrews McMeel Publishing.Exploring Calvin and Hobbes is the catalogue for an exhibit by the same name at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum at Ohio State University, which opened in March 2014. The...
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Droodles
One of Price's original Droodles serves as the cover art for Frank Zappa's 1982 album.Droodles was a syndicated cartoon feature created by Roger Price and collected in his 1953 book Droodles. The...
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Reprint on the iPolitics website (19)
Thursday's cartoon in Le Droit was reprinted on the iPolitics website.
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Lego Versions of Famous Artworks
David Griner in Adweek.Late last year, Italian designer Marco Sodano received global praise for his creative pixelation of famous paintings remade with Legos. At the time, he said he wanted to convey...
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Bruce MacKinnon wins 2013 National Newspaper Award
The National Newspaper Awards were announced at an awards ceremony Friday night in Charlottetown, P.E.I.Top prize in the Editorial Cartoon category went to Bruce MacKinnon for this cartoon of Toronto...
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Another Catch for Bruce MacKinnon
After the World Press Freedom and the NNA , Halifax Chronicle Herald’s Bruce MacKinnon has won second prize in the 2014 Niels Bugge Cartoon Award, based in Viborg, Denmark.The theme of the competition...
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Icons of Animation
From A Sketchy Past.Opening this week at the Society of Illustrators of New York, will be a four-man show called Icons of Animation which will feature the work of the indefatigable Bill Plympton, the...
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My Diffee Doodle
From Matthew Diffee's website.Doodle # 0023If you dig what I do, get on my mailing list. Everyone who does gets a free drawing until I come to my senses.DetailsI received in the mail this Monday the...
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Quebec presence at the 2014 Joe Shuster Awards
From the Joe Shuster Awards website.A number of Quebec creators have been nominated for the Joe Shuster Awards:WriterMaryse Dubuc with Marc Delafontaine - Les Nombrils, tome 6 : Un été trop mortel...
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"Never Again! World War I in Cartoon and Comic Art" at the Cartoon Museum
From The Cartoon Museum website.Never Again! World War I in Cartoon and Comic Art11 June - 19 October 2014Cartoon Museum35 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HHTel: 0207 580 8155Some of the most...
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Toronto Sun Cartoon Sparks Controversy
Andy Radia in Yahoo Canada.There's a saying in the political cartoon business that goes something like this: "If you're not spurring controversy, you're not doing your job very well."Andy Donato of the...
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‘Calvin and Hobbes’ creator Bill Watterson returns to the comics page
Michael Cavna in The Washington Post.On Monday night, after he and I did a public Q&A for nearly 500 people at The Washington Post building, Stephan Pastis— acclaimed author of “Pearls Before...
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'Comics Unmasked' at the British Library
Amelia Phillips in Dazed.Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK , at the British Library until August 19, shows us how powerful comic books can be at challenging authority, as a source for people...
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Spanish Cartoonists Resign
From The Spain Report.14 cartoonists have left satirical magazine El Jueves over the past 24 hours and leading Spanish daily El Mundo has suspended two correspondents over censorship accusations on...
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The Sketches of Richard Thompson
David Apatoff in Illustration Art.Regular readers know that I am a big fan of the brilliant Richard Thompson. I recently had the pleasure of working with five other fans to compile a book on the Art of...
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