"What's So Funny?: A Cartoonist's Memoir" by David Sipress
From David Sipress' web page. David Sipress, a dreamer and obsessive drawer living with his Upper West Side family in the age of JFK and Sputnik, goes hazy when it comes to the ceaselessly imparted...
View ArticleJulie Doucet awarded Angoulême Festival’s Grand Prix
From Comics Beat.Julie Doucet, 2022 Angoulême Grand Prix and her prédécessor, Chris Ware.Photo: Didier Pasamonik (L’Agence DBThe 49th edition of the Angoulême International Comic Art Festival honoured...
View ArticleNational Newspaper Awards 2021 Nominations
The Canadian Daily Newspaper Association announced today the finalists of the 73th National Newspaper Awards.Michael de Adder (Halifax Chronicle Herald / Toronto Star / Washington Post), Graeme MacKay...
View ArticleMichael Ramirez Wins Overseas Press Club of America Cartoon Award
From The Las Vegas Review-Journal.Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez has won a top national honor again, this time the Best Cartoon Award from the Overseas Press Club of...
View ArticleCartoon Crossroads Columbus 2022
From Cartoon Crossroads Columbus.After two years of virtual meetings, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will be gathering in person this year for their annual convention.Cartoon...
View Article25th Gabrovo Biennial of Humor & Satire in Art - Exhibition Cartoons
From the Museum of Humor & Satire in Art.80 cartoons were selected in the 25th Gabrovo Biennial of Humor & Satire in Art, by a jury chaired by Niels Bo Bojesen and composed of Alla Georgieva,...
View Article"Streamink" by Boligán
From Amazon.The 127 illustrations composing Streamink: Drawings about ourselves delve into the most diverse situations of everyday life and portrait the effects the digital world has had in our...
View ArticleGreat minds
Danish cartoonist Niels Bo Bojesen posted the above cartoon on Twitter yesterday morning.It so happens that I had a somewhat similar idea a few weeks ago:... and it turns out that American cartoonist...
View Article2022 World Press Photo Contest
From World Press Photo.The jury of the 2022 Photo Contest selected Amber Bracken’s photograph Kamloops Residential School as the World Press Photo of the Year, and Saving Forests with Fire by Matthew...
View Article2021 Joe Shuster Awards
From the Beat Comics Culture.Over the weekend the 2021 Joe Shuster Awards finally announced its winners after significant delays. The nominees for the Canadian comics awards – which recognised work...
View ArticlePolitical Cartoonist Sergei Elkin Flees Russia
From The Moscow Times.Russia’s most prominent political cartoonist Sergei Elkin announced Wednesday that he had left Russia amid a wartime crackdown on journalism. He is now in Bulgaria. Over the...
View ArticleEd Hall in "Le Monde" (take 3)
Ed Hall's cartoon of Vladimir Putin, contemplating the sinking of the Moskva, was published in today's Le Monde.Previous cartoons by the Florida cartoonist were also published there in August and...
View ArticleNease cartoon stirs controversy
From CBC News.First Nations leaders in southern Ontario say the media has to do better at reconciliation after a newspaper ran an offensive cartoon depicting Indigenous people asking the Pope for...
View Article"Still...Racism in America: A Retrospective in Cartoons"
From The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.Pioneering father/daughter cartoonists Brumsic Brandon, Jr. (1927– 2014) and Barbara Brandon-Croft (1958– ) chronicled the nation’s cultural...
View ArticleGuy Lafleur in caricature
On the Facebook page of Christian Vachon.Guy Lafleur as seen by Aislin, Bado, McKinnon, Côté, Jean Isabelle, Chapleau, Pascal and Ygreck.
View ArticleSteve Sack Retires
From The Star Tribune. It's with extremely mixed feelings that after 42 years, and some 10,000 cartoons,I have decided to retire from the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune.I wish I was able to offer a...
View ArticleClive Collins 1942-2022
I just heard the sad news that friend and fellow cartoonist Clive Collins has passed away. Born Clive Hugh Austin Collins in Weston-super-Mare on February 6, 1942, he had a long and successful career...
View ArticleMarshall Arisman 1938-2022
From Wikipedia.Photo by Dan WagnerBorn in Jamestown, New York, on October 14, 1938, illustrator, painter, storyteller, and educator Marshall Arisman passed away on April 22.He studied advertising art...
View ArticleThe Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award
From Cartoonists Rights Network International. Freedom Cartoonists Foundation & Cartoonists Rights Network International announce their new international cartoon award partnership: “The Kofi Annan...
View ArticleACC Honorary Member
The 2022 Gable Award by our president Wes Tyrell.The ACC is very pleased to welcome the great comedian John Cleese as an honorary member.He performed in Toronto on April 26 and was delighted to be...
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