ICYMI — Two interviews with local editorial cartoonists dropped over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. First up, in Pennsylvania, the Times-Tribune podcast interviewed John Cole, one of the last of the staff cartoonists at a daily paper. (He was also President
The Washington Post’s Ann Telnaes is this year’s winner of the EWK Prize. Named after political cartoonist Ewert Karlsson, and presented each year by the EWK Society in Sweden, the award celebrates satirists and cartoonists around the globe. The selection
Also today in TV news [since newspapers don’t seem to be covering newspaper cartoonists anymore], Buffalo’s WIVB 4 interviews Adam Zyglis on his new book and what the future holds for The Buffalo News’ award-winning political cartoonist. www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/open-to-the-journey-pulitzer-prize-winning-buffalo-news-cartoonist-discusses-new-book-whats-next-for-career/ Zyglis will
Asheville’s three (!) editorial cartoonists are profiled in a recent news piece from WLOS. ABC 13 News interviewed David Cohen of the Asheville Citizen Times, and Mountain Xpress‘ Randy Molton and Brent Brown. The TV news site noted, “Asheville is
Ruben Bolling is this year’s winner of The Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons, the annual award presented by National Press Foundation. The judges cited “Bolling’s mordant wit, superior artwork and inventive delivery,” in his weekly
Editor & Publisher recently handed out this year’s Eppy awards for media (and media-related) websites, and Mike Smith of The Las Vegas Sun won for editorial cartoons on a site with more than 1 million visitors, while WRAL’s Dennis Draughon
Newsday’s Matt Davies is the 2021 recipient of the “Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning.” The panel of judges also named Robert Ariail, David Horsey, and Marc Murphy as finalists. The award was announced online on Friday,
Canada Post has announced they will pay tribute to five Canadian political cartoonists with a week-long celebration. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/canada-post-to-pay-tribute-to-five-legendary-editorial-cartoonists-next-week-through-a-special-stamp-issue-883688909.html Stamps by Bruce MacKinnon, Terry “Aislin” Mosher, Serge Chapleau, Brian Gable, and Duncan Macpherson will be issued, with one stamp unveiled each day this
The final line up has been announced for this year’s AAEC virtual convention on Oct. 8-9, 2021. https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-zoomfest21/ In addition to the Pulitzer No-Prize panel and a chat with Keith Knight about season 2 of Woke, we’ve added an important discussion
The first of three weekends in row of virtual and live cartoon conventions, the 2021 Cartoon Crossroads Columbus will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 3 online and on the campus of the Ohio State University. The hybrid event is an experiment,
ICYMI — Two interviews with local editorial cartoonists dropped over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. First up, in Pennsylvania, the Times-Tribune podcast interviewed John Cole, one of the last of the staff cartoonists at a daily paper. (He was also President
The Washington Post’s Ann Telnaes is this year’s winner of the EWK Prize. Named after political cartoonist Ewert Karlsson, and presented each year by the EWK Society in Sweden, the award celebrates satirists and cartoonists around the globe. The selection
Also today in TV news [since newspapers don’t seem to be covering newspaper cartoonists anymore], Buffalo’s WIVB 4 interviews Adam Zyglis on his new book and what the future holds for The Buffalo News’ award-winning political cartoonist. www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/open-to-the-journey-pulitzer-prize-winning-buffalo-news-cartoonist-discusses-new-book-whats-next-for-career/ Zyglis will
Asheville’s three (!) editorial cartoonists are profiled in a recent news piece from WLOS. ABC 13 News interviewed David Cohen of the Asheville Citizen Times, and Mountain Xpress‘ Randy Molton and Brent Brown. The TV news site noted, “Asheville is
Ruben Bolling is this year’s winner of The Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons, the annual award presented by National Press Foundation. The judges cited “Bolling’s mordant wit, superior artwork and inventive delivery,” in his weekly
Editor & Publisher recently handed out this year’s Eppy awards for media (and media-related) websites, and Mike Smith of The Las Vegas Sun won for editorial cartoons on a site with more than 1 million visitors, while WRAL’s Dennis Draughon
Newsday’s Matt Davies is the 2021 recipient of the “Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning.” The panel of judges also named Robert Ariail, David Horsey, and Marc Murphy as finalists. The award was announced online on Friday,
Canada Post has announced they will pay tribute to five Canadian political cartoonists with a week-long celebration. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/canada-post-to-pay-tribute-to-five-legendary-editorial-cartoonists-next-week-through-a-special-stamp-issue-883688909.html Stamps by Bruce MacKinnon, Terry “Aislin” Mosher, Serge Chapleau, Brian Gable, and Duncan Macpherson will be issued, with one stamp unveiled each day this
The final line up has been announced for this year’s AAEC virtual convention on Oct. 8-9, 2021. https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-zoomfest21/ In addition to the Pulitzer No-Prize panel and a chat with Keith Knight about season 2 of Woke, we’ve added an important discussion
The first of three weekends in row of virtual and live cartoon conventions, the 2021 Cartoon Crossroads Columbus will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 3 online and on the campus of the Ohio State University. The hybrid event is an experiment,
