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AAEC News Blog
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Remembering Wayne Stayskal
Just before Thanksgiving, word came that cartoonist Wayne Stayskal had died. A prolific scribbler, Stayskal was an editorial cartoonist with the Chicago Tribune from 1972 to 1984, and then moved south to Tampa Tribune from 1984 to 2004. He worked on several strips and continued to be syndicated worldwide until he retired in 2010. Conservative commentator Cal Thomas wrote about his long-time friend in his syndicated column, and cartoonist Daryl Cagle recalled Stayskal's contributions in the early days of Cagle.com: "He was a great guy, and a rare, funny conservative, with a simple, sketchy, charming style." A strong conservative, devout... read more
Published: Mon, Nov 26, 2018 02:27 PM | Author: AAEC -
Forget the pundits — watch the damn cartoonists!
Forget the exit polls and screw the pundits. If you want original bespoke commentary on the mid-term elections, check out the following political cartoonists. They will be drawing live, posting throughout the evening as the returns come in, or going on the air to give you their hot take. (We will be adding to this list as more links become available.) Cartoonist Ed Hall will be live-blogging from the crazy state of Florida throughout election day. http://halltoons.com/wordpress1/2018/11/06/live-blogging-today/ Jack Ohman will be appearing on a live stream at sacbee.com from 8-10 PDT. https://www.sacbee.com/ Nightowl Clay Jones will be posting all evening... read more
Published: Tue, Nov 6, 2018 01:55 PM | Author: AAEC -
Keith Knight series goes to pilot
A big congrats to prolific cartoonist Keith Knight — after years of trying to break into Hollywood, one of his strips was recently optioned for a TV series. Based on Knights long-running strip "The K Chronicles," the pilot for "Woke" begins filming shortly. The one-camera sitcom will include both live action and animation. The Hollywood Reporter has the details: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lamorne-morris-will-play-cartoonist-keith-knight-woke-comedy-hulu-1157193 read more
Published: Mon, Nov 5, 2018 11:44 AM | Author: AAEC -
Rob Rogers immigrant shirt returns — to benefit the victims of the Pittsburgh terrorist attack
Ro Rogers has reissued his immigrant shirt with all proceeds to benefit the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. https://cottonbureau.com/products/separator-in-chief read more
Published: Fri, Nov 2, 2018 04:54 PM | Author: AAEC -
A bevy of interviews with cartoonists for your weekend reading
Editorial cartoonists have been in the news lately in more ways than one. Here are a half-dozen interviews with cartoonists from the past week or so: First up, Florida cartoonists Andy Marlette and Dana Summers talk shop on WMFE, in an interview that aired in the run up to a public appearance by the two: https://www.wmfe.org/intersection-the-art-of-the-political-cartoon/92747 Next up, ââ¬ÂªPoynter talks to AAEC member A.F. Branco about how he went from being a conservative to being a Trump supporter. https://www.poynter.org/news/conservative-cartoonist-didnt-trump-now-he-does Steve Breen kept drawing to meet his deadline as he met with students at Point Loma Nazarene University. Here are highlights... read more
Published: Fri, Nov 2, 2018 04:25 PM | Author: AAEC
Cartoon News, Courtesy Daily Cartoonist
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Still More 2018 Editorial Cartoons in Review
The fourth and final collection of The Best Editorial Cartoons of 2018. The previous first, second, and third collections, if you missed them. At Legal Insurrection you can vote for your favorite A. F. Branco cartoon. Walt Handelsman of the New Orleans Advocate goes on WWL-TV to discuss his […] read more
Published: Wed, Jan 2, 2019 | Author: D. D. Degg -
Even More 2018 Editorial Cartoons in Review
The Syracuse Post-Standard picks various cartoons and cartoonists to look back at 2018. Cartoons were drawn by Bill Bramhall, Chan Lowe, Dan Wasserman, Dana Summers, Scott Stantis, Walt Handelsman, David Horsey, Phil Hands and Joel Pett of Tribune Content Agency; and Tim Campbell, Mike Lester, Signe Wilkinson, Lisa Benson, Nick Anderson, Clay Bennett, Jack […] read more
Published: Mon, Dec 31, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg -
More 2018 Editorial Cartoons in Review
Part Two of the Best of the 2018 Editorial Cartoons. Part One is here. Kevin Siers of The Charlotte Observer An introduction by Taylor Batten, Kevin’s editor. John Cole’s North Carolina Policy Watch cartoons John Cole’s political cartoons on North Carolina topics appear weekly for NC Policy Watch. He is […] read more
Published: Sun, Dec 30, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg -
Year End Gleanings – Ed-Op Cartoon Division
Taking the Cartoon Literally A reader is upset that an editorial cartoon took liberties with the pre-Nativity narrative. …the cartoonist completely twisted the biblical event of Joseph and Mary looking for a room in Bethlehem where Jesus would be born… He made them out to be unwelcome immigrants who should have been stopped by […] read more
Published: Sun, Dec 30, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg -
2018 Editorial Cartoons in Review
Editorial Cartoonists get love from newspapers at the end of the year with the annual wrap up of events that made the cartoons during the past 12 months. Here’s a look back at 2018 events as seen by political cartoonists. As usual, the [Cincinnati] Business Courier asked editorial cartoonist Joe Hoffecker to comb through […] read more
Published: Thu, Dec 27, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg
