Editorial cartoonists' firings point to steady decline of newspaper opinion pages

Editorial cartoonists' firings point to steady decline of newspaper opinion pages

The McClatchy newspaper chain fired three of its cartoonists in one fell swoop on Tuesday. The company, referring to the "continuing evolution" of its retrenchment strategy, has decided that daily cartoons will no longer be published in its newspapers. It is not the first medium to do so, citing economic or other reasons(1)(2). ... Leer más

Horacio Altuna apologises for a joke

Horacio Altuna

Altuna's strip from the weekly series "Es lo que hay (Reality)". Clarín of 8 June 2023. Tremendous fuss, as they would say over there, was made over this strip by the Argentinian Horacio Altuna (1941) in the newspaper Clarín. Altuna, although he has lived in Sitges (Spain) since 1982, continues to work in ... Leer más

Bill Blackbeard, the man who saved comics

Bill Blackbeard

This is a frequent reference to Bill Blackbeard and, as you will see, this is no exaggeration. An exhibition, curated by Ann Lennon and Caitlin McGurk and opening in November 2022, on view until 7 May this year at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Columbus, Ohio, bears the same name: ... Leer más

Two cartoonists who "come out" of their mediums

Two cartoonists who "come out" of their mediums

"Farewell... You can't decide which way the wind will blow" The week that has gone by has left the always sad news of the departure of two veteran cartoonists who have had to leave the media for which they have been working for a good many years. Friday 31 March. Andrés Faro Lalanne ... Leer más