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Kal the winner of the 2020 OPC Award | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/kal-the-winner-of-the-2020-opc-award/April 7, 2021- 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 to international news will honor the journalists at an Oct....
Some paper writes about the travails of cartoonists on Facebook | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/some-paper-writes-about-the-travails-of-cartoonists-on-facebook/March 19, 2021- 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, the Irony Was That Facebook Didn’t Recognize Irony As Facebook...
Tom of Tomorrow | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/tom-of-tomorrow/March 9, 2021- 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 stalwart.  https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/cartoons-tom-tomorrow-perkins/...
Call for cartoons! Short deadline alert! | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/call-for-cartoons-short-deadline-alert/March 8, 2021- 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). Details are below. If you’re interested, get moving: DEADLINE IS...
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https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/ted-ralls-new-graphic-novel-out-in-april/March 5, 2021- 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 a sprawling, dark fantasy that reads like Syriana met Confessions of...
The role of political satire in the age of social media | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/the-role-of-political-satire-in-the-age-of-social-media/January 19, 2021- Cartoonists Kevin Kallaugher and Terry Anderson discuss challenges faced by cartoonists around the world and the role of political satire in the age of social media. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2280134/the-untold-story-of-editorial-cartoonists...
Cagle on Big Tech and Section 230 | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/209972-2/January 19, 2021- In the wake of Trump’s permanent Twitter ban, Daryl Cagle has a few thoughts on Big Tech, free speech and censorship: Â https://www.gbtribune.com/opinion/big-tech-right-wing-media-and-cartoonist-logic/...
Last minute 2020 award news | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/last-minute-2020-award-news/December 31, 2020- Cartoonist (and incoming AAEC Vice-President) Ed Hall did good at this year’s Florida Press Awards. The illustrator and editorial cartoonist won three awards for his work in both The Press and Jacksonville’sFolio Weekly in the Florida Press Club’s annual journalism competition. The contest winners were announced virtually (of course), and Hall won...
Signe steps down — sort of | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/signe-steps-down-sort-of/December 28, 2020- Over the Christmas weekend, the Philly Inquirer announced its star cartoonist was retiring. Kind of. “Signe Wilkinson, the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, and the cartoonist for The Inquirer and Daily News since 1985, is putting down her pencil at the end of 2020 for...
Sack wins Berryman Award | Post
https://www.editorialcartoonists.com/sack-wins-berryman-award/November 17, 2020- A big congratulations to Steve Sack on winning the 2020 Berryman Award. Well deserved! Sack, the longtime editorial cartoonist for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, was named the recipient of the prize named after Clifford K and James T. Berryman, the only Pulitzer Prize-winning father and son cartoonists. The annual award, presented by the...