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Cartoon News, Courtesy Daily Cartoonist

• Steve Kelley is New Post-Gazette Ed-Op Cartoonist

  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Publisher and Editor-in-Chief John Robinson Block has announced the appointment of Steve Kelley as the Post-Gazette’s new editorial cartoonist. Said Mr. Block: “Since my grandfather acquired the Post-Gazette in 1923, cartooning has been a hallowed tradition of this newspaper. It is with great pride and pleasure that I welcome Steve Kelley. I am […]  read more
  Published: Sun, Oct 21, 2018   |  Author: D. D. Degg

• Stan Mack’s Comic Strip Letter to the Editor

  Cartoonist Stan Mack responded to a New York Times piece with an illustrated letter of comment or, as the N. Y. Times is calling it, a “comic strip to the editor.”    read more
  Published: Sat, Oct 20, 2018   |  Author: D. D. Degg

• Shaming the Shameless

  For the month leading into the US midterm elections the School of Visual Arts is hosting “Art as Witness: Political Graphics 2016 – 18,” an exhibition of over 200 satirical and politically charged illustrations, cartoons and animations from 53 artists. Ann Quito, for Quartz, reviews the exhibit. As the illustrator Victor Juhasz writes in the exhibition catalogue: […]  read more
  Published: Sat, Oct 20, 2018   |  Author: D. D. Degg

• Cartoon Yahtzee – Why Does One Go Viral?

  The past month has seen a number of editorial cartoons showing Lady Justice being assaulted by The Ruling Party.               But one from Canada “went viral.” Bruce MacKinnon’s cartoon shows a blindfolded Lady Justice being held down on a bed by Republican hands with her mouth covered.   The […]  read more
  Published: Fri, Oct 12, 2018   |  Author: D. D. Degg

• MAD’s ABCs of a School Shooting

  A New York Times article features the latest MAD magazine. Mad Magazine, the 66-year-old humor publication, has been in free fall for years — in terms of both circulation and cultural relevance. This month, however, people as varied as the comedians John Hodgman and Patton Oswalt, as well as Lee Unkrich, a co-director of “Coco,” […]  read more
  Published: Tue, Oct 9, 2018   |  Author: D. D. Degg