I like Mike Luckovich’s obit cartoon for Barbara Bush, because it suggests an edge to her that I could certainly see and that others reported from time to time.And which you sure wouldn’t pick up on from the mawkish, sentimental glurge so many other cartoonists provided.I would normally despise a tear in a cartoon, particularly […]
Start here: All three finalists for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning did excellent work.And for those who come here often, there’s no need for me to disclose my general contempt for awards: I’ve frequently written how much I dislike them and how little stock I place in them.But, since I’m about to disrespect […]
I’ve just finished making reservations to be at this symposium at the University of Minnesota next month, and I’ll cover it here but, if you’re anywhere within range, you’d do well to be there yourself.The occasion, the 30th anniversary of the landmark Hustler v Falwell decision that brought the 1st Amendment into focus for editorial cartoonists, […]
The last event of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention was a dinner and awards ceremony for which I put on a tie for the first time in a couple of years, but that symbolizes much of what I liked so much about this convention: You were expected to wash behind your ears for […]
Just as I was discussing the inability of editors to either judge cartoons or find someone on their staff who can, a stunning example comes to the fore.The editorial page editor of the Jacksonville Florida Times-Union has begun putting pretty pictures on his Sunday editorial page in place of editorial cartoons.He explained the decision Sept […]
Some very good news from Cartoon Movement, a major resource for those who want an international view of things: The site has been awarded funding from the Google Digital News Initiative and, while Tjeerd Royaards doesn’t specify the details of the grant itself, he outlines some solid improvements to the site that it will permit.I […]
As if to inflame a simmering controversey in the comments of a few days back, Paul Gilligan offers Poncho a choice of super powers and he picks one that would of course place him in the Alternate Comestible Universe, a series that Marvel will be launching next month.It consists of 12 variant editions released every week […]
Retail this week brings back a funny-now-that-its-over memory. Marla was delighted to lose her annoying assistant manager but is now going through the old resumes that people had sent in before corporate forced her to sign him.I was on the end of a “remember when you applied here?” phone call when I was still trying, and […]