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College student, president apologize for offensive cartoon
A St. Patrick’s Day cartoon in the Leigh University student newspaper has prompted an apology from the cartoonist, the editorial board, and the university’s president after protests from students. The cartoon (see here) is entitled “Map for a Successful St. Patrick’s Day” and uses references to drunkeness, brawling, a “french fry famine” and a leprechaun […]
Posted on: Apr 3, 2008, Section: College cartoonists, Controversies, Comments: 1 Comment
David Horsey apologizes for misinterpretation of his cartoon
Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial cartoonist David Horsey found himself in an uncomfortable situation when one of his cartoons unintentionally offended many of the Jewish faith. The cartoon which ran last Thursday depicts two prodigal sons. The first, representing investment firms returning to a receptive father willing to bail him out and a second an individual […]
Posted on: Mar 31, 2008, Section: Controversies, Editorial Cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments
Daily Universe explains why it pulled Dilbert’s Hay-Soos
The Daily Universe, the campus newspaper of Brigham Young University, pulled Scott Adam’s Hay-Soos series and offers this explanation:
Some recent letters to the editor have decried The Daily Universe’s decision to not print recent Dilbert cartoons because of inappropriate references to Jesus Christ. To be upfront about the issue, we make no apologies for swapping […]
Posted on: Mar 20, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Controversies, Comments: 12 Comments
Candorville pulled from papers, again
Darrin Bell’s Candorville was pulled from the Washington Post two weeks ago as well as the Detroit Free Press. The week long story-line involved character Lemont Brown interviewing the Secret Service why security for Barack Obama appeared to be lacking. According to one RACs reader who asked the Free Press Special Features and Syndicates Editor […]
Posted on: Mar 19, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Controversies, Comments: 0 Comments
Two Boondock episodes yanked from U.S. to run in Canada
Two upcoming episodes of Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks will not be viewed in the U.S. because the Cartoon network pulled them because “they savage another cable network, BET.”
BET CEO Debra Lee is depicted in Sunday’s episode as Debra Lee-vil, a Dr. Evil clone who kills underlings and rants about creating a network “that would […]
Posted on: Mar 18, 2008, Section: Animation, Controversies, Television, Comments: 0 Comments
Dilbert strip offends those “not especially religious”
Last week’s Dilbert created a stir among those “not especially religious” for a story-line mocking Jesus in the weeks leading up to Easter according to Dilbert creator Scott Adams on his blog. See beginning of story-arc.
This week’s series in Dilbert caused quite a stir. It featured a new guy in the office whose name is […]
Posted on: Mar 18, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Controversies, Comments: 74 Comments
Andrew Feinstein takes on coach of Denver Nuggets
Andrew Feinstein, co-creator of Girls and Sports, has created a web site devoted to inspire the Denver Nuggets to fire their head coach George Karl. He is not doing it anonymously, nor as he states as a personal attack on the Nugget’s head coach.
As Andy explains in an early post,
As a lifelong Denver […]
Posted on: Mar 11, 2008, Section: Controversies, Comments: 1 Comment
Westergaard wants to auction off Muhammad cartoon; nobody wants to do it
Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist behind the now iconic Danish Muhammad cartoon would like to be rid of the cartoon, preferably through an auction, but no auction house will touch it. The proposal to sell the drawing also creates another issue - how much is it worth?
“I would like to think that it has some value,” […]
Posted on: Feb 29, 2008, Section: Cartoons, Controversies, International, Comments: 1 Comment
Who is the Bad Cartoonist and does he matter?
The editorial cartooning community has been going through a season of discontent for many years and it seems that the pitch is only getting louder. If it’s not discussion of the gloom and doom of the newspaper industry, it’s the complaints about the book collections, who’s copying who and who’s pulling down the profession with […]
Posted on: Feb 28, 2008, Section: Blogs, Controversies, Editorial Cartooning, Comments: 149 Comments
Dave Horsey slams Tribune Co. owner Sam Zell
Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial cartoonist Dave Horsey leveled his ink and blog at the new Tribune Co. owner Sam Zell calling him “the most vulgar embodiment of a pervasive bean counter mentality that is threatening the best of American journalism.” From his column on his blog Dave warned that under a Zell leadership the Tribune Co. […]
Posted on: Feb 28, 2008, Section: Controversies, Editorial Cartooning, Newspaper industry, Comments: 1 Comment
Another Mohammad cartoonist murder plot discovered
Last September I reported that Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks had a $100,000 reward on his head after one of his cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammad’s head on the body of a dog was published. It’s now being reported that the Sweden’s Economic Crimes Bureau conducted a raid of a home back in November and found […]
Posted on: Feb 13, 2008, Section: Cartoons, Controversies, International, Comments: 1 Comment
Plot to kill “Mohammed cartoonist” foiled
Several readers sent me links to the news that Danish police arrested three Muslims who had “concrete murder plans” to kill Kurt Westergaard, one of the 12 cartoonists who drew the Prophet Mohammad back in the fall of 2005. According to MSNBC, the three suspects (two from Tunisia, and one from Moracco) will most likely […]
Posted on: Feb 12, 2008, Section: Cartoons, Controversies, International, Comments: 37 Comments
Cartoonists of Color Sit-in appears today
The much talked about “Cartoonists of Color Sit In” is underway today. All participating cartoonists are using the same script, originally written by Watch Your Head creator Cory Thomas. You can see their own take on the joke through the links below.
Candorville
Watch Your Head
Herb and Jamaal
Cafe Con Leche
Momma’s Boyz
House Broken
Tim Jackson
Keith Knight
Karisue Wyson, manager of […]
Posted on: Feb 10, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Controversies, Comments: 68 Comments
Hawaii official demands censoring cartoon
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Haunani Apoliona is taking issue with a recent cartoon published in The Hawaii Reporter poking fun at their Kau Inoa campaign to find Hawaiians willing to participate in a tribal government. The cartoon, which can be seen here, pokes fun at the campaign calling it “Cow Inoa.” Apoliona calls it […]
Posted on: Jan 30, 2008, Section: Controversies, Editorial Cartooning, Comments: 15 Comments
Where to put Mallard Fillmore
The Public Editor for the News and Observer has written a column on their reader’s bemusing of Bruce Tinsley’s Mallard Fillmore placement on the funny pages while Garry Trudeau’s comic Doonesbury is squirreled alway on the op-ed pages.
One reason for the inconsistent treatment of the politically flavored comics is the newspaper’s internal setup. The […]
Posted on: Jan 28, 2008, Section: Comic strips, Controversies, Comments: 34 Comments
