Here is another interview from this year’s Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) Convention. This time, I sit down with Mikhaela Reid and Jen Sorenson, two successful female alternative cartoonists featured on our site, and discuss the state of the industry and the uphill battle female cartoonists face.
In fact, the conversation was so good, we [...]

At the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) convention in Seattle, I had the pleasure to speak with Tim Eagan, the wonderful cartoonist behind the weekly comic Deep Cover (which you can read here):

My good friend, Ottawa Citizen cartoonist Cam Cardow. Cam recently won Canada’s highest award in journalism, the National Newspaper Award (NNA), which is their equivalent to our Pulitzer Prize.
Here are his winning cartoons (view more of Cam’s fantastic cartoons here), along with a video Cam made about receiving the award:

Check back for more videos [...]

Walking around the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) annual convention here in Seattle, and I came across my buddy Steve Kelley, the staff cartoonist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and one of the funniest cartoonists working today.
Here’s our conversation:

And here are some of his recent cartoons (View more of Steve’s cartoons here):

I’m still here in Seattle at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) annual convention, and in this video, I speak with syndicated cartoonist Matt Bors.

Matt is in a tough position in the market, as he is a left-wing multiple-panel cartoonists in an environment where editors like to buy single-panel conservative cartoons.
Matt and I talk [...]

Here’s part two of my lunch interview with Jeff Parker of Florida Today, Mike Peters of Mother Goose & Grimm and the Dayton Daily News, Monte Wolverton, brilliant weekly editorial cartoonist and Mad Magazine alumni and the Ottawa Citizen’s Cam Cardow. We’re all here in Seattle at the annual Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention talking shop [...]

Hello everyone. I’m in Seattle right now attending the annual Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) convention. We have a lot to do, including lots of seminars aimed at helping cartoonists navigate the industry’s rough waters. But for me, the best part of these conventions is sitting around a bar and catching up with old [...]

This week I’ll be traveling to Seattle for the annual Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) convention. In recent years, the convention has had the flavor of a wake, as cartoonists mourn the loss of full-time newspaper positions. Ironically, the loss of jobs hasn’t resulted in fewer political cartoons or fewer political cartoonists, [...]

The Huffington Post, which famously pays nothing to its writers, has a ridiculous piece by Jason Notte about “Ten Features That Are Dying with your Newspaper;” included on the list are editorial cartoons and one comic, The Family Circus. Notte writes:

9. Editorial Cartoons: You know those witty, insightful, stinging illustrated summaries of current events that [...]

I was asked to speak about the future of syndication on panels at the National Cartoonists Society convention this week and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention in July. The subject is a burning issue for cartoonists – burning a hole in the wallets of many cartoonists, as newspapers seem to be fading away [...]