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AAEC News Blog
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Cartoonist fired after refusing to apologize
Apparently American newspaper editors aren't the only ones who fold under criticism after initially approving an editorial cartoon. The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung apologized for a cartoon criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that appeared in its pages last week. The image, which Dieter Hanitzsch drew in the wake of the Gaza massacre, was seen by some as anti-Semitic. http://www.newsweek.com/benjamin-netanyahu-cartoon-german-newspaper-anti-semitic-suddeutsche-zeitung-931718?yptr=yahoo After the artist refused to apologize for his cartoon, he was dropped by his long-time paper. His editor-in-chief tried to get out of the controversy by abdicating all responsibility for the decision-making process, and intimated the artist had "sneaked" the... read more
Published: Wed, May 23, 2018 01:15 PM | Author: AAEC -
Joel Pett on Joel Pett
A sit-down drive-by interview with Kentucky cartoonist Joel Pett, as he looks back at his eclectic career. http://www.triplicate.com/opinion/6250166-151/angels-and-desperados-interview-with-an-editorial-cartoonist read more
Published: Wed, May 23, 2018 12:38 PM | Author: AAEC -
Freedom of Speech: Call for submissions reminder
Calling all cartoonists, calling all cartoonists... Making Faces: Editorial Cartoonists and the First Amendment [working title] Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, April 20 — October 27, 2019 Lucy Caswell and Ann Telnaes are co-curating a major exhibition on cartoonists and the First Amendment. It will run for 6 months 2019 in the lead-up to the AAEC Convention at CXC and Ohio State. In addition to drawing on the copious archives of the Billy Ireland, members of the AAEC are invited to submit contemporary cartoons on the significance of the First Amendment protections for speech and press. If you've done... read more
Published: Tue, May 22, 2018 01:01 PM | Author: AAEC -
Ann Telnaes launches new feature
Cartoonist Ann Telnaes — and bane of @realDonaldTrump's vanity — has launched a weekly strip! Mo debuts this week with, what else, a cartoon about Trump. Congrats Ann! https://www.gocomics.com/mo/2018/05/21?ct=v&cti=7941&comments=visible#comments read more
Published: Tue, May 22, 2018 12:38 PM | Author: AAEC -
Jake Thrasher wins SPJ Mark of Excellence
A big congrats to Jake Thrasher for winning the 2018 Mark of Excellence from Society of Professional Journalism! The SPJ award honors the best in student journalism. Thrasher was a finalist for last year's Courage in Cartooning Award from the CRNI after receiving death threats for an anti-KKK cartoon in his university newspaper. And in a "welcome to the real world" coda, the cartoonist noted — in the same email announcement about the SPJ award — his position at the local Mississippi newspaper, the Oxford Eagle, was eliminated after the publisher left and the budget cut. So — welcome to... read more
Published: Tue, May 22, 2018 11:08 AM | Author: AAEC
Cartoon News, Courtesy Daily Cartoonist
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David Horsey Returns to Seattle
Late in 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist David Horsey disappeared from the Los Angeles Times. Now, five months later, he has returned to Seattle – with the Times there. “Horsey and his wife, Nole Ann, recently relocated back to Seattle from LA.” David is doing both national and local editorial cartoons for the Seattle Times. […] read more
Published: Fri, May 25, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg -
Updated: Ruben Bolling to Receive RFK Journalism Award Tonight
Subscription-list and nom de plume-trailblazer Ruben Bolling is to receive the 2018 RFK Journalism Award for his award-winning work on his award-winning “Tom the Dancing Bug” comic. The event is being held tonight at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. @RubenBolling @Newseum Update: Ruben Bolling’s RFK Journalism Award Photo © Bruce Guthrie and Ruben Bolling receiving his award […] read more
Published: Wed, May 23, 2018 | Author: Daily Cartoonist Staff -
What They’ve Done to Glenn McCoy is Despicable
As mentioned here last week Glenn McCoy announced on his Facebook page 10 days ago that the Belleville News-Democrat had let him go. Among the messages of well-wshes Glenn let it be known that, while it was the newspaper that made the decision, he wasn’t terribly upset. “I think I’m going to focus on my […] read more
Published: Tue, May 22, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg -
“Mo” by Ann Telnaes
A tweet by Wiley Miller: New weekly feature by the great Ann Telnaes! Go there NOW!!’ Which led me to “Mo” by Ann Telnaes. Now you know as much as I do. read more
Published: Mon, May 21, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg -
More Weekend Quick Hits
Joel Pett interviewed The Lexington Herald-Leader’s editorial cartoonist interviewed. Shutting Down the Opposition – 100 Years Ago In 1918 Paul Berge finds the First Amendment under fire… from the press. German Newspaper Fires Editorial Cartoonist Dieter Hanitzsch fired after cartoon that passed editorial muster is printed. Santa Rosa cartoonist’s Black Panther cartoon […] read more
Published: Mon, May 21, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg
