January 11th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: In light of the events this week with the Charlie Hebdo massacre, have you ever done any work where you were worried you might offend some crazy extremists and get death threats? A: Yes. Every time I have to draw Justin Bieber, I’m afraid a belieber will jump me in the streets and force me to listen to some of his music. Seriously, not really. I don’t do the kind of work that pushes people’s buttons or calls into question their beliefs on something as volatile as religion. I’ve done some politically charged stuff but I can only remember one time I did something… READ MORE
January 9th, 2015 | Posted in General
Now showing for the foreseeable future… READ MORE
January 8th, 2015 | Posted in News
Yesterday’s horrific events at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo threw the world’s cartooning community into simultaneous disbelief, mourning, and anger. As president of the National Cartoonists Society, I spent the day fielding phone calls, emails, posting responses and comments on behalf of the NCS, and doing radio interviews for ABC in Australia and a station in Seattle. For a while I was scheduled to do a live TV interview on “FOX and Friends” this morning but they ended up booking an editorial cartoonist instead (not sure who but I bet they had one of those overrated Pulitzer prizes). Too bad, I was going to… READ MORE
January 7th, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Quick warm up sketch of POTUS today… bet this guy is thinking about cartoonists right now after the events in Paris at the offices of Charlie Hebdo. The National Cartoonists Society posted a condemnation of the attacks this morning. READ MORE
January 6th, 2015 | Posted in News
The National Cartoonists Society posted its call for submissions for the 2014 Divisional Reuben Awards. There are lots of changes in the awards process this year: Electronic (PDF) submissions are not just accepted this year for most divisions, but encouraged All NCS members will be able to nominate creators for consideration via an online nomination process for certain divisions All NCS members will be able to vote for the winners for most divisions via an online voting program where they can compare the nominated artists work and vote. As always, the work being considered must have been published (either in print or for some divisions… READ MORE
January 5th, 2015 | Posted in Monday MADness
How about something a little different this week? The piece above is of longtime editor of MAD Magazine Nick Meglin. When Nick retired from MAD several years ago, they put together a “MAD Book” for him. This is something they used to do for Bill Gaines after each of the famous MAD trips. All the artists and writers who went on the trip would do a piece of art or prose inspired by their adventure, often times very “blue”, off color ,or outrageous, and these pieces would be assembled into a book presented to Bill as a thank you. At some point they started doing… READ MORE
January 4th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Sebastian Kruger was the guest speaker at the International Society of Caricature Artists’ annual convention and competition. Does the National Cartoonist Society conventions have special speakers? If so, who does the NCS turn to for inspiration, seeing that each member is (in my book) already an inspiration? A: Just some background for readers: The International Society of Caricature Artists (formerly the National Caricaturists Network) is an organization of professional caricature artists from around the world. Each year the ISCA has a convention and competition where anywhere from 150 to 250 caricaturists gather at some hotel somewhere and draw each other for four days. Then… READ MORE
January 1st, 2015 | Posted in General
Here’s hoping your 2015 kicks 2014’s ass. It’s not looking good, I am already tired of “Back to the Future” references. READ MORE
