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"You Might Still Be From Nova Scotia If…"
From Nimbus Publishing.Seven years and multiple national and regional newspaper awards later, Michael de Adder is back home where he belongs.If you thought you laughed and sighed with recognition in...
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American/Canadian cartoonist convention postponed
From the AAEC website.Big surprise, but the 2020 AAEC+ACC gathering in Ottawa is postponed until further notice.The joint convention was planned for mid-May, but after watching international flights...
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2020 DWA Ceremony Will Be A Virtual Reality
From the Doug Wright Awards' blog.It surely will come as a surprise to no one at this point that the 16th annual Doug Wright Awards, scheduled for Saturday, May 9th, in Toronto, will not be taking...
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Counterpoint Moving to a Paid Subcription
Sign up now for 30% off the subscription price!Last year was a tough one for political cartoonists. One of Counterpoint’s own award-winning artists lost his job after a cartoon criticizing the U.S....
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I wish I'd drawn... (57)
... this wonderful cartoon by Michael de Adder.Trump was looking to put troops along the Canadian border.
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"Department of Mind-Blowing Theories" by Tom Gauld
From Publisher's Weekly.Tom Gauld turns out this fizzy collection of one-panel cartoons, originally drawn for New Scientist magazine, showcasing his charmingly simplified art and brainy, gently...
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The story behind "Not The New York Times"
From The New York Times.In 1978, a mischievous band of writers that included George Plimpton and Nora Ephron teamed up to create a spoof of The New York Times. Turns out, Times journalists were among...
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The 2020 Doug Wright Awards nominees
From the Doug Wright Awards' blog.16th Annual Doug Wright Awards poster by Hartley Lin.Here are the nominees:The Doug Wright Award for best bookThis Place: 150 Years Retold, HighWater PressThe Cursed...
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Mort Drucker 1929-2020
From the New York Post.Mort Drucker, the renowned caricature artist behind many movie posters and the satiric illustrations of cult comedy staple Mad magazine, has died. He was 91.Drucker is survived...
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Canadian Cartoonists Against Covid-19
From the ACC website.The Association of Canadian Cartoonists has set up a gallery on its' website to entertain (and remind) our fellow Canucks (and friends around the world) of the important part...
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Cartoonists for the Cause — Covid relief fundraisers
From the AAEC website and from Amazon.Cartoonists from both side of the border are offering signed art in fundraisers and auctions to help out local institutions.Philadelphia’s Signe Wilkinson is...
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I wish I'd drawn... (59)
... this wonderful cartoon by Signe Wilkinson.In the same vein, this cartoon by Bill Bramhall of The New York Daily News...... and this one by Sue Dewar of Postmedia:
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The cartoon life of Matt Wuerker
From Politico."I have very little adult supervision" says Matt Wuerker, Politico's Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, who enjoys a colorful career sketching Trump, Pelosi, and other...
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Cartoonist survives Covid; responds by drawing a cartoon about it
From Jason Chatfield's website.Cartoonist Jason Chatfield reveals what it’s like to get the coronavirus. (Spoiler alert: it’s horrible). So what’s a cartoonist to do after surviving Covid19? Do a...
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NCS Cartoonist of the Year nominees
From the Daily Cartoonist.The National Cartoonists Society has announced their Cartoonist of the Year nominees:Lynda BarryTerri LibensonHilary B. PriceMark TatulliRaina Telgemeier
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CalArts students create editorial cartoons about the COVID-19 crisis
From Animation Magazine.California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) students are creating editorial cartoons to comment on the COVID-19 crisis. The project is spearheaded by Ann Telnaes, Pulitzer...
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20th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition (Results)
Grand Prize:Arash Ekramifar, IranThe jury, composed of four members of the Canadian Committee of World Press Freedom, met last March 31st to select the winners of the 20th World Press Freedom...
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Serge Chapleau wins 8th National Newspaper Award
From the NNA website.Serge Chapleau of La Presse tied the record for lifetime wins when the 2019 National Newspaper Awards were announced yesterday. Chapleau won for the eighth time in the Editorial...
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World Press Freedom Day
World Press Freedom Day is observed every year on May 3rd to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom, to assess the state of press freedom throughout the world, to defend the media from...
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