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Polygamist Barbie

Polygamist Barbie © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,children, FLDS, mormon, religion, doll, toy, Barbie, Mattel, Texas, Polygamy, child abuse

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Carter and Hamas

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Top College Cartoonist Wins the Top Scholarship from the Top Cartoonists Organization

The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) announced the winner of the first annual Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, Juana Medina, a sophomore at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She was chosen by a jury of ten of the nation’s top cartoonists, including Michael Ramirez, this year’s Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, Rick Kirkman who draws “Baby Blues,” Mad Magazine’s Tom Richmond, greeting card artist Sandra Boynton and other ‘toon luminaries. I’m the president of the NCSF, and I have to say that is fun giving out scholarships.

Juana Medina was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. She completed high school in 1998 then moved to the U.S.A. where she has lived ever since. For two years, she studied at the Corcoran College of Art & Design in Washington, D.C.; she is now majoring in Graphic Design at RISD. She is a regular contributor to the College Hill Independent, a weekly magazine produced by students at Brown University and RISD. Her work has appeared in publications in South America and has been part of collective exhibitions in Colombia and Mexico.

In her application for the award, Medina wrote:

” I grew up in a country where war has been a constant since long before I was born. Our voices have been quieted by terrorist acts and constant threats from both governmental and clandestine groups, up to a point where the smell of gunpowder and the countless bomb threats became a part of our daily life … I found situations where there is little I can do to change reality but I have found in cartooning a voice that strongly reflects my feelings and intentions. I have found a way to raise consciousness without scolding, fuming or losing my stomach to an ulcer.”

Medina will receive her award, and a $5,000 scholarship, and will meet the professional cartoonists who selected her at the National Cartoonists Society’s Annual Reuben Awards banquet in New Orleans on May 24th. The Scholarship was created to honor Jay Kennedy, a beloved comics editor at King Features Syndicate, which endowed the scholarship. This is the first year for the scholarship and we got more than 200 submissions ­ which amounted to a huge stack of stuff. I expect it will be an even bigger stack next year. Two samples of Juana’s work are below.

 

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Dominating Gas Prices

Dominating Gas Prices © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,Uncle Sam, Dominatrix, domination, gas pump, gasoline, whip, sex, business

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Top College Cartoonist Wins the Top Scholarship from the Top Cartoonists Organization

The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) announced the winner of the first annual Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, Juana Medina, a sophomore at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She was chosen by a jury of ten of the nation’s top cartoonists, including Michael Ramirez, this year’s Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, Rick Kirkman who draws “Baby Blues,” Mad Magazine’s Tom Richmond, greeting card artist Sandra Boynton and other ‘toon luminaries. I’m the president of the NCSF, and I have to say that is fun giving out scholarships.

Juana Medina was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. She completed high school in 1998 then moved to the U.S.A. where she has lived ever since. For two years, she studied at the Corcoran College of Art & Design in Washington, D.C.; she is now majoring in Graphic Design at RISD. She is a regular contributor to the College Hill Independent, a weekly magazine produced by students at Brown University and RISD. Her work has appeared in publications in South America and has been part of collective exhibitions in Colombia and Mexico.

In her application for the award, Medina wrote: “… I grew up in a country where war has been a constant since long before I was born. Our voices have been quieted by terrorist acts and constant threats from both governmental and clandestine groups, up to a point where the smell of gunpowder and the countless bomb threats became a part of our daily life … I found situations where there is little I can do to change reality … but I have found in cartooning a voice that strongly reflects my feelings and intentions. I have found a way to raise consciousness without scolding, fuming or losing my stomach to an ulcer.”

Medina will receive her award, and a $5,000 scholarship, and will meet the professional cartoonists who selected her at the National Cartoonists Society’s Annual Reuben Awards banquet in New Orleans on May 24th. The Scholarship was created to honor Jay Kennedy, a beloved comics editor at King Features Syndicate, which endowed the scholarship. This is the first year for the scholarship and we got more than 200 submissions – which amounted to a huge stack of stuff. I expect it will be an even bigger stack next year.

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Daryl Cagle is a political cartoonist and blogger for MSNBC.com; his cartoons are syndicated to more than 800 newspapers, including the paper you are reading. He runs the most popular cartoon site on the Web at www.cagle.msnbc.com. His books “The BIG Book of Bush Cartoons” and “The Best Political Cartoons of the Year, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Editions,” are available in bookstores now.

For more information on the NCSF and the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, contact John Kovaleski, NCSF Education Committee Chairman at (717) 334-5926. High-resolution images of Juana Medina’s artwork and her photograph are available to download at: http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/blog/medina.asp

The images below are © Juana Medina

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Delta Northwest Merger

Delta Northwest Merger © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines, business, merger

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Tax Cloud

Tax Cloud © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,income tax,april 15,tax day,cloud,rain

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Tax Crush

Tax Crush © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,income tax, IRS, Internal Revenue Service, April 15, 17, Federal, crush, 1040, money

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Hu Dalai Lama and Olympic Torch

Hu, Dalai Lama and Olympic Torch Color © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,China, Olympics, torch, tibet, dalai lama, fire, smoke, president Hu Jintao

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Column Repost

This column is posted courtesy of my buddy, Dave Astor, at Editor & Publisher.

PULITZER WINNER: Ramirez Hopes His Award Illustrates the Need for ‘Substantive’ Cartoons

By Dave Astor

Published: April 07, 2008 5:05 PM ET

NEW YORK Last year, the buzzword in the Pulitzer Prize editorial cartooning category was “animation.” This year, winner Michael Ramirez hopes the buzzword is “substantive.”

“My approach is to have a powerful image along with a significant statement,” said the Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) cartoonist, when reached by phone this afternoon. “It’s great to be funny, too, but the most important element is the message — to have an impact and make people think.”

Ramirez added: “Editorial cartooning is an extension of journalism, not just entertainment.”

Some editorial cartoonists — whether on their own volition or because of pressure from controversy-averse papers — rely a lot on gags these days.

Ramirez, who now has two Pulitzers, said cartoonists trying to make substantive statements “have to do their homework.” He’s helped in this respect by being part of the team running the IBD editorial page — a level of responsibility few other staff cartoonists have at their newspapers.

“It gives me a better perspective on the news,” he explained.

Ramirez, 46, joined IBD in early 2006 — soon after being forced out of the Los Angeles Times. When asked if winning the Pulitzer was especially satisfying after that experience, he took the high road.

“I’m very grateful for the time I spent at the Times,” Ramirez said. “There were some wonderful people there. They gave me a great deal of creative freedom, and were very supportive until the last one-and-a-half years. I’m sad I wasn’t able to win a Pulitzer for them.”

But Ramirez said he’s thrilled to win for his current paper. “It’s fantastic to bring one home for IBD,” he said.

Ramirez previously won the Pulitzer in 1994 for The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, for which he worked from 1990 until joining the Times in 1997.

Cartoons in Ramirez’s Pulitzer portfolio this year included ones that commented on the vagueness of some of Barack Obama’s stands, on the troubled U.S. economy, on the use of corn to make ethanol rather than as food, and on other topics. Ramirez is considered a conservative cartoonist, but said he tries to approach every issue with an open mind. Sometimes, he noted, conservatives criticize his work.

Last year, all three cartoon finalists did some animation in addition to print work, and observers wondered if this was the shape of things to come for the Pulitzer. But Ramirez doesn’t do animation.

The California resident did say he likes some of the animation out there, and may try it himself at some point. But Ramirez reiterated that the most important thing about a cartoon is the message — whether it’s conveyed in a black-and-white print cartoon, in a color print cartoon, or in an animation.

Ramirez’s work is syndicated by Copley News Service.

When reached by E&P, Copley Vice President/Editor Glenda Winders said: “We are thrilled and so proud of Michael. He is the master of integrating art and idea, and he richly deserves this second Pulitzer. It’s a happy day here at CNS!”

Dave Astor ([email protected]) is a senior editor at E&P.

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Cagle’s New Newsletter Top Ten

Visit our newsletter sign-up page and subscribe to your favorite cartoonists and columnists. We’ve had free e-mail newsletters for a few months now, we’re seeing some new trends in subscriptions and I thought I would post a new “Top Ten” list now that we have a much bigger list of subscribers. My own name in the top spot is an aberration, because this is my own site and I’m probably the most recognizable name on the list.

1. Daryl Cagle

2. Eric Allie

3. Pat Bagley

4. Brian Fairrington

5. Monte Wolverton

6. Andy Singer

7. Matt Bors

8. Shannon Wheeler

9. Chuck Asay

10. Kirk Anderson

The most interesting change is Kirk Anderson’s climb to number 10 on the list – since Kirk hasn’t submitted a new cartoon for four months! Maybe this just shows that Kirk has fans who are frustrated by his hiatus. I e-mailed Kirk and asked him what’s happening with his ‘toon drought”, and he tells me he will be drawing more and wants to keep his stale slot on the site, so I share the frustration of our readers. That Kirk can gather hundreds of new subscribers while he draws no new cartoons is truly amazing.

The other newcomer to the newsletter top ten is Christian-conservative cartoonist Chuck Asay, who draws in a multi-panel format. I remain impressed with the popularity of altie cartoonists Matt Bors, Shannon Wheeler and Andy Singer. Jen Sorensen was on our top ten list last November, and she dropped to number 11. Lloyd Dangle is number 13. These are alternative cartoonists who don’t get a lot of ink in mainstream, daily newspapers and it is instructive to me to see their popularity on our site over many of the stars of traditional editorial cartooning.

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Fine-tooning the Planet

My buddy, Steve Greenberg has a new book out. called Fine-Tooning the Problem, available here from his web site. I asked Steve to send me a cartoon that caused him some trouble, and that’s his trouble making cartoon below, along with Steve’s comments. See Steve’s online archive here. E-mail Steve.

I definitely get grief when I do cartoons sympathetic to Israel, like the recent one about the endless rocket attacks on the town of Sderot, near the Gaza border. I got snarling diatribes about “U.S. sponsored terrorism” and massacres of civilians and even a brutal Arab cartoon of an Israeli soldier mowing down bottle-fed tots who were merely throwing paper airplanes. But those aren’t paper airplanes being hurled at Israel, they are rockets, and although crude, have killed and injured many people, destroyed buildings, and left civilian populations living in fear at all moments.

Hamas supporters are shooting 50 to 100 or more rockets at Israeli civilians, aiming indiscriminately, and doing so every day. The Israeli response has been to try to take out the attackers, which is a far cry from Hamas specifically targeting civilians, but the rocket launchers are deliberately mixed among civilian structures in Gaza. For Hamas, a non-response from Israel is a win, but a response that kills bystanders and generates sympathy is a win too.

I’ve done cartoons critical of Israel, which sometimes draws mild rebukes from Jewish readers. But do a cartoon sympathetic to Israel nowadays, and screaming vitiol and sometimes blatantly anti-Semitic remarks start coming in. The only comparable responses are from cartoons relating to abortion. –Steve Greenberg