It’s nice to see the current economy having an effect on companies. In Scrabble’s case, it caused them to create a series of bizarre and memorable commercials animated by Wizz.
Since the point of an advertisement is to stick in your mind, I think these commercials can be considered successful, as I can’t get the [...]

FOX News, led by pundit Bill O’Reilly, has been relentlessly attacking the New York Times for an illustration it ran alongside Frank Rich’s column in last Sunday’s newspaper.

The column, titled ‘The Banality of Bush White House Evil‘, discussed the Bush administration’s premeditated policy of torture and featured a Barry Blitt illustration that showed the Statue [...]

WVIA-TV’s will feature political cartoonist John Cole of the Scranton Times on Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m as the sole guest on State of Pennsylvania, hosted by WVIA president Bill Kelly.
To be part of the live studio audience in the region’s only High Definition Theater Studio, call (570) 602-1144 or visit wvia.org. Viewers may [...]

Steve Breen, the staff cartoonist for the San Diego Union-Tribune, has won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. This is Breen’s second award, winning the first time for his cartoons in the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey in 1998.
The judges cited Breen’s agile use of a classic style to produce wide ranging [...]

The Oklahoman is reporting that Jim Lange, their long-time staff cartoonist, died late Thursday at the age of 82.
Jim retired “early” back in October after drawing cartoons for the paper for 58 years. His departure from The Oklahoman was alongside 150 employees who either took buyouts, retired early or were laid off, according to [...]

Jack Ohman, the staff cartoonist for The Oregonian, has won this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Outstanding Editorial Cartoons.
They said of Ohman’s cartoons:
Ohman’s cartoons tackle a range of difficult topics including poverty and unemployment in Oregon, the practice of shuffling Oregon teachers suspected of molesting children to other schools, rising college tuition [...]

He may be The Boss, but according to a New Jersey man’s divorce papers, Bruce Springsteen is also a home wrecker.
Businessman Arthur J. Kelly named the Jersey rock ‘n’ roller as the reason for the breakup of his 17-year marriage to Ann C. Kelly, according to the Star-Ledger.
“Patti and I have been together for [...]

[H/T - Mike Lynch]

The AP is reporting that Pieter-Dirk Uys, South Africa’s top satirist, has accused African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma – expected to be elected president in two weeks – of intimidating critics and threatening press freedom.

Zuma is suing prominent South African political cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro for $712,300 (£464,200) for damage to his reputation and damage [...]

Today’s Courier-Journal, a Gannett daily newspaper out of Louisville, KY, is a work of art - literally.
The front page of today’s edition sports a hand-drawn cover produced by Turkish conceptual artist Serkan Ozkaya, a replica of the real front page (which appears on A3).
“We are in the business of communication,” said Publisher Arnold [...]