Cartoonists Gary Huck and Mike Konopacki go out on a high note, with a lifetime achievement award from The Labor Heritage Foundation. After 30+ years of doing editorial cartoons for labor publications, the pair announced they were ending their syndicated

Political cartoonists around the world often risk their freedom (and sometimes their lives) just by doing their job. Cartoonists Rights Network International honors these artists each year with the Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award. Know of someone? Nominations are now

Some professional journalism organizations still value editorial cartoonists and honor the hard work they do day in and day out. So congratulations to Matt Davies and Nancy Ohanian—this year’s winners of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award! Matt

Counterpoint has released a statement about the failure of the Pulitzer Board to award a Prize to editorial cartoonists in 2021. Counterpoint, founded by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nick Anderson, is a daily email newsletter that includes original content from 16 editorial

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists strongly disagrees with the decision by the Pulitzer Board to award no Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning in 2021. We are mystified by the pointed rejection of talented Finalists as well as the many

In a stunning and unexpected rejection, the Pulitzer Prize committee decided not to give the award for editorial cartooning this year, in spite of three exceptional finalists being named. Lalo Alcaraz of Andrews McMeel Syndicate for cartoons drawn from an

Are you a young cartoonist who draws commentary on social topics? Do you know a young cartoonist who’s doing work with a political tinge? The window is now open to enter the 2021 AAEC/John Locher Memorial Award for editorial cartoons

Here are a couple of live discussions about cartoon controversies from this week: First up, Matt Wuerker talks with POLITICO on the history of problematic political cartoons and race — and when a cartoon crosses a line. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2021/05/25/the-shocking-yang-cartoon-in-context-492987   Then,

Cartoonist Tim Campbell has launched a new project: a series of interviews in long-form cartooning to “help readers understand how COVID-19 has affected middle school students by animating their reflections.” The panels can be seen at his local paper the

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has joined other cartoon festivals in dropping their plans for an in-person convention in 2021. The AAEC had been in talks with the Association of Canadian Cartoonists to meet in Ottawa later this year. “We