http://blog.cagle.com/daryl Daryl Cagle's Cartoon Web Log Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:19:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of my favorite cartoonists is Gary Brookins, the conservative cartoonist who also draws the comics Shoe and Pluggers.  Gary had been the editorial cartoonist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and was laid off recently in the national, newspaper bloodletting.  (In fact, it wasn't long ago that the Times-Dispatch had two ... http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/19/gary-brookins-gone-missing/ Sometimes I like to vary the dimensions of my cartoons. Most editorial cartoons are the same 1 1/2 wide by 1 tall, which fits the cartoon hole that newspapers keep open for the cartoon. Sometimes an odd sized cartoon will jar an editor into running something different. I did ... http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/18/old-small-obama/ Here's another installment from my daughter, Susie, from her cartoon journal of our trip last month to Israel. See more of Susie's cartoons here on her blog.  I was disappointed to miss the Dome of the Rock - it was closed the whole time we were there because of unrest; ... http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/17/more-daryl-and-susie-in-israel-comics/ Congratulations to my buddy, Peter Broelman, the brilliant Australian cartoonist who just swept both the best editorial cartoonist and cartoonist of the year prizes at the Stanley Awards!  See more of Peter's cartoons here. Before I left on my trip last month I did an interview for BBC World, which they ... http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/16/broelman-bbc-and-palin/ This just in: Daryl, I just thought I'd write to let you know I heard from Bobble Rep creator Ray Griggs just now that Apple reconsidered their rejection of our app and "Bobble Rep" is now approved and available in the App Store. I'm glad Apple came to their senses and realized that ... http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/14/apple-approves-bobble-rep/ tweetmeme_source = 'dcagle'; tweetmeme_url = 'http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/12/daryl-and-susie-in-israel-comics/'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; My daughter, Susie, joined me in Israel for the last week of my trip last month.  She has been posting her daily cartoon account of the trip on her blog at http://thisiswhatconcernsme.com and she's posting a new day of the trip every day now as ... http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/12/daryl-and-susie-in-israel-comics/ I’m holding my breath. I’m now into my third month of waiting for Apple to approve my iPhone app. Yesterday I heard from Apple that they need more time to think about it. tweetmeme_source = 'dcagle'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; tweetmeme_url = 'http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/10/mix-apple-with-politics-not-a-good-recipe/'; My app is pretty cool; it is called “MSNBC.com Cartoons” and it ... http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/10/mix-apple-with-politics-not-a-good-recipe/ tweetmeme_source = 'dcagle'; tweetmeme_url = 'http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/07/my-muslims-condemning-violence-cartoon/'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; Here's my new cartoon about the press interviewing Muslims about the Fort Hood shootings.  I'm sure it will make some readers angry, as all the other cartoons are still grief cartoons.  I'm just making the point that the press often act like jerks in ... http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/07/my-muslims-condemning-violence-cartoon/ I'm pleased to announce that we have added a new cartoonist to our site, Luojie of the English language China Daily newspaper in Beijing.  I met Luojie when I traveled to China last year and his work is great.  We have also added Luojie to our Cagle Cartoons newspaper syndication ... http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/07/new-cartoonist-from-china-luojie/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="403" caption="Cartoon by Milt Priggee."][/caption] I run a syndicate, Caglecartoons.com, that distributes political cartoons to newspapers, and every year at this time we hear from editors complaining that there are few or no Veterans Day cartoons. tweetmeme_source = 'dcagle'; tweetmeme_url = 'http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/05/veterans-day-cartoons-to-give-a-patriotic-glow-to-even-the-dimmest-editor/'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; Some editors think of editorial cartoons as ... http://blog.cagle.com/daryl/2009/11/05/veterans-day-cartoons-to-give-a-patriotic-glow-to-even-the-dimmest-editor/