Congratulations to cartoonist Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher, the 2020 winner of the Award-formerly-known-as-the-Thomas-Nast from the Overseas Press Club of America. This is Kal’s fifth time to win the OPCA prize. Michael Ramirez was cited as the runner-up. https://opcofamerica.org/2020-opc-award-winners/ America’s oldest association dedicated
“I’m Quitting Political Cartooning,” the alt-weekly cartoonist and Nib publisher recently announced. “After 18 years and more than 1,600 political cartoons, I’ve decided to retire my weekly comic,” wrote the cartoonist on Medium, a site Bors has had a love/hate
If people still commuted, we’d recommend this Mr. Fish interview for when you were stuck in rush hour traffic. Instead we’ll just tell you to listen to it at home. https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/scheer-intelligence/cartoon-is-dead-long-live-cartoonist
When Tom Toles retired in November 2020, the Washington Post promised they would fill the position — and now they have. Sort of. Today the Post announced that Michael de Adder would be joining the paper as a contributor, providing
While some editorial cartoonist contests have fallen by the wayside as newspaper readership continues to drop, one journalist association has stepped up to expand their annual award to include cartoonists. The National Society for Newspaper Columnists (NSNC) has just added
Some newspaper wrote about Facebook‘s failure to understand irony, and how that is threatening the livelihood of editorial cartoonists. While the most of the article is about Matt Bors and The Nib, cartoonists Adam Zyglis, Ed Hall are interviewed as well. Here’s the article: For Political Cartoonists,
A huge congrats to Rob Rogers and Darrin Bell, this year’s winner and finalist for the 2021 Herblock Prize! The Herblock is the premier award for politically cartoonists, presented (well, most years) at the Library of Congress. Here’s the announcement:
It is said the best sci-fi is really about today. If so, cartoonist Tom Tomorrow (aka Dan Perkins) has been using science fiction to write about the present for a long, long time. The Nation has an interview with the alt-weekly
The AAEC has been asked by Counterpoint to spread the word about Be An Arts Hero, a push by the arts & cultures sector for direct government support of creatives during the time of coronavirus. (Think a WPA for COVID-19).
Cartoonist and raconteur Ted Rall has written a new graphic novel that asks: what if a journalist decided it was more profitable to use his contacts to start wars instead of covering them? “The Stringer,” out next month from NBM, is
For over 60 years, the AAEC — the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists — has been the professional association concerned with promoting the interests of staff, freelance and student editorial cartoonists in North America. This includes political illustrators and the growing field of comics journalists.
The Ink Bottle Award is presented annually by the AAEC "in recognition of dedicated service to the Association and distinguished efforts to promote the art of editorial cartooning."
The AAEC/John Locher Memorial Award is given each year to a promising cartoonist under the age of 25 who produces editorial cartoons, web comics with a political bent, or comics journalism.
The AAEC/Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning is given each year to an editorial cartoonist who focuses on state and local issues, and whose work has had an effect on their community.
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