updated Wed. October 2, 2024
-
The Beijinger (blog)
March 17, 2018
China's grand tradition of ink and paper have received a modern updated version: A Beijing cartoonist on a mission to fix cultural misconceptions between China and the West is finding an appreciative and growing audience for her work. Under the alias "tinyeyes" (Instagram here), cartoonist Siyu hasÃâà...
Fairfaxtimes.com
March 17, 2018
“Jim Henson liked to surround himself with people that have a lot of energy and love to give,” said Gilchrist, and continued recalling how Jim Henson hired him, “For two years, the people who were doing his Muppets Comic Strip looked for different people that were the most famous professional cartoonistsÃâà...
Comics Beat
March 16, 2018
A tax bill scheduled for a vote on Friday is causing anxiety among crafters and cartoonists. The new legislation – which is supported by many states – would call for sales tax to be charged on all online sales based on the purchasers home state. This move has long been favored by individual states, but inÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 15, 2018
The legislature and governor are much more like a chicken bi-product like is fouling the Illinois Rive, thanks to Devon's AG Pruitt. Pruitt may be up for taking over the US DOJ. That is, if Trump wants the embarrassment of Pruitt explaining the costs of 1st Class flying on personal trips and the 'cone of silence'Ãâà...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
March 14, 2018
Dick Adair, an editorial cartoonist who amused and sometimes outraged Hawaii newspaper readers for more than three decades, died at his Hawaii Kai home Monday from cancer. He was 82. Adair was best known to Hawaii residents as the longtime cartoonist for The Honolulu Advertiser, which hired himÃâà...
Psuvanguard.com
March 12, 2018
Cartoonist Joe Sacco discusses journalism and Palestine at PSU ... Sacco is a cartoonist and journalist, two things that don't always go hand in hand. ... After getting over this anxiety and telling people about his process, readers began relating to his work through popular cartoonists such as Naji al-Ali, a Palestinian artist.
Joplin Globe
March 12, 2018
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Lela Lee, actress and cartoonist of “Angry Little Girls,” will speak at 7:30 p.m. today in the Governors Room of the Overman Student Center at Pittsburg State University. The program, part of PSU's annual Women's Studies Lecture Series, is free and open to the public. It is sponsored byÃâà...
Albany Times Union
March 6, 2018
Bechdel, the cartoonist behind the formerly long-running comic strip, "Dykes to Watch Out For," came to widespread prominence following her 2006 best-selling memoir Fun Home, which was adapted for Broadway and became an award-winning musical. She won a MacArthur Genius Grant in 2014.
Stuff.co.nz
February 28, 2018
Young Wellington cartoonist Walt Hamer has given his take on the National Party's change of leadership. His latest cartoon portrays the 'bar-be-coup' Bill English was served at National's caucus retreat in Tauranga last month, despite the party putting its full weight behind English at the time. Walt, 12, mustÃâà...
Detroit Free Press
February 28, 2018
As a political cartoonist, President Donald Trump is more of a curse than a blessing. There's no shortage of news coming from the White House these days, which you'd think would be a goldmine for a guy whose job is to lampoon the folks in charge. But like any megalomaniac, Trump has a way of makingÃâà...
africanews
February 28, 2018
Equatorial Guinea's public prosecutor has demanded the release of a cartoonist, held for more than five months, because of a “lack of evidence”. ADVERTISING. inRead invented by Teads. At the start of the trial on Monday, the prosecutor Rafael Ondo Nguema told the court that due to a lack of evidence heÃâà...
Virden Empire Advance
February 27, 2018
Jon Baker, son of George and Joanne Baker, is living in Vancouver and working as a cartoonist in the profession he dreamed of as a kid growing up in Virden. Baker is employed with Atomic Cartoons, which is recognized internationally as one of the leading animation studios in North America. His creativityÃâà...
Mashable
February 27, 2018
... Domino's Pizza of plagiarism after one of their official Facebook pages posted a cartoon that closely resembled the artist's own work. SEE ALSO: These illustrations perfectly sum up the reality of living with anxiety and depression. Weinye Chen is a 30-year-old cartoonist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Vermont Public Radio
February 27, 2018
It's long been rumored that if you shake a tree in Vermont, a writer will fall from its branches. Well, they might be accompanied by a cartoonist as they come crashing to the ground. Vermont has a plethora of talented cartoonists. And the Center for Cartoon Studies is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
africanews
February 27, 2018
The Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning is an annual gong given to 'the cartoonist or cartoonists who have exhibited great courage and self-sacrifice in the pursuit of their craft and in the exercise of free speech.' Thousands have signed an online petition started by activists, friends and familyÃâà...
Omaha World-Herald
December 31, 1999
I knew in my heart that I wanted to become a full-time editorial cartoonist. And I wanted to draw those cartoons for my hometown newspaper. I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and studied art and journalism. But because majoring in editorial cartooning wasn't possible an option at anyÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
December 31, 1999
Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist Steve Breen is using his drawings to highlight the growing problem of homelessness and the housing crisis in Southern ... For a newspaper cartoonist like Steve Breen these days, there's one big subject. ... Cartoonists are drawn to big egos, drawn to know-it-alls.
Telegraph.co.uk
December 31, 1999
The Duke of Edinburgh has paid tribute to the “genius” of the Telegraph's Matt, as Britain's leading public figures celebrate the cartoonist's 30th anniversary at this newspaper. The Duke, a ... “Successful cartoonists do not only need to be able to draw, they have to think of subjects to illustrate,” he said.
Poynter (blog)
December 31, 1999
I am sure cartoonists thought the same thing during the civil rights era or the Vietnam War. How many times can I draw about this? When will the madness or injustice end? At least as a cartoonist I have an outlet for my frustration and anger. But it is difficult to draw about tragedy, especially for someone whoÃâà...
The New Yorker
December 31, 1999
I had a lot of irrational fear about this year's Winter Olympics, in Pyeongchang. None of it would ever directly affect me, the sentient potato watching the Games from her couch, but, as a Korean-American, I still felt somewhat connected to the success of the Games. They were happening in my home country,Ãâà...
|
news and opinion
|