Musa Kart Returns to Prison After Appeal Fails

Above image from the Cartoonists Rights Network International. 

 

Turkish cartoonist Musa Kart, a frequent critic of president of Turkey Recep Erdoğan, must serve a prison term of one year and sixteen days in addition to the nine months he had been incarcerated awaiting trial. 

From the Globe Post Turkey:

A Turkish appeals court on Tuesday upheld jail sentences against opposition journalists in a long-running case targeting the Cumhuriyet newspaper — one of the few remaining dailies to oppose President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Last year, 14 former Cumhuriyet staff including journalists and executives were given multiple sentences for “aiding and abetting terror groups without being a member” but they remained free pending trial.

An appeals court in Istanbul said it unanimously approved the sentences, and the Cumhuriyet reported that six former staff including cartoonist Musa Kart would have to go back to prison.

Turkey has the highest number of imprisoned journalists in the world. 

Reuters:

The staff of Cumhuriyet were charged with supporting the network of Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim cleric Ankara holds responsible for the failed 2016 coup attempt. They have denied the charges.

Since the failed coup, more than 77,000 people have been jailed pending trial, while about 150,000 civil servants and military personnel have been sacked or suspended from their jobs. Widespread operations and arrests are still routine.

From the Dick Buchanan Files: Snow Cartoons 1938 - 1962

My friend Dick Buchanan showcases a small part of his gigantic collection of vintage magazine cartoons for your enjoyment. Look, you can't do anything about the snow and ice and freezing rain and school closings, so you might as well laugh about it. Thank you, Dick, for sharing.

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LET IT SNOW!
(1938 – 1962)

No doubt about it, snow is funny. That’s why we have reached deep into the Cartoon Clip File and retrieved some gag cartoons about snow and ice. One thing’s for sure, snow is funnier when viewed from afar so stay inside and enjoy these cartoons from the past.


1.  JOHN BLUTO.  The Saturday Evening Post  January 25, 1958.

2.  CHON DAY. Collier’s January 30, 1943.

3.  AL KAUFMAN.  The Saturday Evening Post  March 9, 1957.

4. REAMER KELLER. Collier’s  March 12, 1938.

5.  STAN HUNT.  The Saturday Evening Post  January 6, 1951.

6.  DICK ERICSON.  True Magazine  March, 1952.

7.  BRAD ANDERSON. The Saturday Evening Post  January 6, 1951.

8.  BOB BARNES.  The Saturday Evening Post  January 6, 1951.

9.  SCOTT  TABER.  The Saturday Evening Post  February 8, 1958.

10.  AL KAUFMAN.  The Saturday Evening Post  February 11, 1950.

11.  CHON DAY.  The Saturday Evening Post  February 8, 1958.

12.  JAY IRVING.  Collier’s  March 2, 1940.

13.  DAVE GERARD.  Collier’s March 6, 1952.

14. TED KEY.  Collier’s  The Saturday Evening Post  November 29, 1949.

15.  HERB GREEN.  True Magazine  March 1962.

16.  NED HILTON.  Collier’s  December 23, 1950

Some Sketches

Some sketches from the sketchbook from the past 30 days. A lot of cats and people!

See Sy Barry at the New York Big Apple Comic Con Saturday, March 9, 2019

David Barry writes:

My dad and I are really looking forward to NY Big Apple Comic Con on Saturday, March 9th !!! Come down and see us at the National Cartoonists Society booth. Tickets available online. 

New drawings, brand new boxed Phantom note cards, new posters, daily pages and Sundays. Let us know if you’re going to be there. We’re excited to meet phans. Join us, and help celebrate Sy’s upcoming 91st birthday!!

New-York Historical Society: "Mort Gerberg Cartoons: A New Yorker's Perspective" Reception, February 14, 2019

A grand time with Mort Gerberg and many of his cartoonist friends upon the occasion of the opening of his 50 Year retrospective at the New-York Historical Society.

Above: me, Adrian Sinnott, Mort Gerberg, Danny Fingeroth and Jenny Robb.


"Mort Gerberg Cartoons: A New Yorker's Perspective" is on display from February 15 thru May 5, 2019 on the second floor of the New-York Historical Society. The reception was held on the evening of February 14th, on a clear and chilly NYC night.

This is a huge collection of Mort's published work, as well as previously unseen sketchbook sketches. Fantagraphics has published a companion book, MORT GERBERG: ON THE SCENE, with much of the art reproduced. Other Gerberg books and items are available as well.


The reception was big. I had to stand in a long line to hang up my coat. Hundreds of people attended. The whole floor was packed. Mort was man of the hour!

Sam Gross and Marisa Acocella.

John Reiner and Sam Viviano.

Caroline and Arnie Roth, R.O. Blechman and his wife.

Sidney Harris, George Booth, Sarah Booth.

Felipe "Feggo" Galindo and Bunny Hoest.

See You Soon

Busy. Away from the studio. Back soon.

Newspapers Drop "Non-Sequitor" Comic Strip After Foul Language Discovered

The Butler (PA) Eagle publisher first had it brought to his attention by a shocked reader: the Non-Sequitor comic strip had foul language toward Trump hidden in it. 

“A reader brought to our attention that one of the syndicated comic strips which appears in the Sunday Butler Eagle may contain a hidden message which was apparently placed there by someone in the creative department of the creator of the comic strip or the syndication which controls it,” said Ron Vodenichar, Eagle publisher and general manager. “Neither the Butler Eagle nor any other newspaper that includes this strip had an opportunity to remove it even if they had discovered it before distribution.

“We apologize that such a disgusting trick was perpetuated on the reading public. The Butler Eagle will discontinue that comic immediately,” Vodenichar said.

Other papers have also dropped the strip. 

The Daily Cartoonist reports:

The seemingly vulgar sentiment, which appears to begin with “We fondly say go …”, can be seen scribbled in the bottom right corner of the middle panel in Non Sequitur, by cartoonist Wiley Miller.

STATEMENT FROM ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION:

Regarding the “Non Sequitur” Sunday comic published Feb. 10, containing vulgar language, we are sorry we missed the language in our editing process. If we had discovered it, we would not have distributed the cartoon without it being removed. We apologize to Non Sequitur’s clients and readers for our oversight.

STATEMENT FROM ‘NON SEQUITUR’ CARTOONIST WILEY MILLER:

            When I opened the paper Sunday morning and read my cartoon, I didn’t think anything of it, as I didn’t notice the scribbling that has now caught fire. It wasn’t until later when sharp-eyed readers pointed it out that I remembered doing it, as the cartoon was done about eight weeks ago. I now remember that I was particularly aggravated that day about something the president had done or said, and so I lashed out in a rather sophomoric manner as instant therapy. It was NOT intended for public consumption, and I meant to white it out before submitting it, but forgot to. Had I intended to make a statement to be understood by the readers, I would have done so in a more subtle, sophisticated manner. This coming Saturday will mark the 27th anniversary of Non Sequitur, and in all that time, I have never done anything like this, nor do I intend to do so in the future.

 More at The Daily Cartoonist.

Remembering Charles Schulz (1922-2000) Who Died on This Day

Related links:

October 2, 2015: You're 65, Charlie Brown
Disappearing Comic Strip Characters
The Atlantic: "The Exemplary Narcissism of Snoopy" by Sarah Boxer
How Snoopy Killed PEANUTS
Larry King: 1988 Charles Schulz Interview

Video: Father Gary Lombardi Remembers Charles Schulz

Video: "Good Grief, Charles Schulz" from February 11, 2000

19 years ago, this thirty minute tribute to Charles Schulz and Peanuts aired on ABC News' Nightline TV show. Cartoonists (like Matt Groening (misspelled "Groenig" in the credits), Bob Mankoff, Cathy Guisewite, Jim Davis), celebrities (Oscar the Grouch, Michael Feinstein, Dr. Alvin Possant), and sports figures (Joe Garagiola, Joe Torre) weigh in on the strip's cultural impact.

The next day, on February 12, 2000, Charles Schulz passed away. And the day after that, the final Peanuts strip was published. It was the end of an era.

Editorial Cartoonists Steve Benson and Charlie Daniel Let Go

The Daily Cartoonist: 

Gannett, continuing its recent actions, has cut loose dozens of journalists [January 24, 2019] including editorial cartoonists Steve Benson and Charlie Daniel.

Here is Knoxville News Sentinel executive editor Jack McElroy and cartoonist Charlie Daniel were honored by dozens of friends, coworkers, family and dignitaries during a retirement party at the News Sentinel on Friday, January 25, 2019:



Here's some video with Steve Benson, from Jun 2018.

Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Steve Benson reflects on four decades of cartoons and controversy. He has been the editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Republic newspaper since 1980. This interview is part of the "Freethought Matters" video series, from the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker host.

Video: Gene Luen Yang Interview

Derek Kirk Kim sits down with the award winning graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang

" ... for an epic career-spanning interview over a cup of tea. Gene Luen Yang is the award-winning author and cartoonist of American Born Chinese, Boxer & Saints, New Super-Man, Avatar, The Last Airbender comics, and much much more."

This runs 2 hours and 40 minutes.

200 Characters from Dick Tracy 1931-1977

"Dick Tracy The Art of Chester Gould" was an exhibition at the Museum of Cartoon Art from October 4 through November 30, 1978. Coordinated by Bill Crouch, Jr., the exhibit at the Museum in Port Chester, NY encompassed not just the newspaper comic strip, but the popular phenomenon, the artistic style of the strip, controversial violence, and Chester Gould himself.


Above: 3 of the 200 DICK TRACY characters.

It's the gallery of 200 characters from DICK TRACY 1931-1977, put together by Matt Masterson in the back of the exhibition catalog, that's a standout. Here is his introduction, followed by the scans of his amazing compilation:

"I completed this compilation of 200 DICK TRACY characters [in] October 1977 as a tribute to Chester Gould when he reached his 46th anniversary of drawing the strip. The original paste-up hangs in Chet's conference room at home and he tells me he refers to it quite often. His first reaction to it was that he had no idea he had created that many!

"To make this paste-up of 200 characters, I went through every strip in my TRACY collection from Oct. 1931 thru Oct. 1977, approximately 17,000 daily and Sunday strips, and picked out the one panel I thought best represented that character. A reduced stat was then made of each one, and then mounted on a large piece of gray matte board along with each character's name and year each appeared. It was a labor of love.

"Some of Chet's early characters from the 30's are easily recognized as popular movie stars of that era; James Cagney (Jimmy White), Claudette Colbert (Jean Penfield), Marlene Dietrich (Marro), Wallace Beery (Stud Bronzen). In the late 90's, some characters names were invented by spelling words backwards, such as Nuremoh, Kroywen, Natnus, Wolley, and Prof. Emirc.

"In the 1940's, characters were to spill from Gould's prolific imagination an an unparalleled rate. Characters such as the Mole, B-B Eyes, Pruneface, Flattop, Brow, Shaky, Gravel Gertie, B.O. Plenty, Vitamin Flintheart and Mumbles were to be household names and are remembered vividly by all who read DICK TRACY in those years. If a poll were taken, Flattop would probably garner the most votes as the most famous villain. At a time when most villains expired from the strip in 12 weeks, Flattop ran TRACY ragged for 5 months.

"... When I asked Chet Gould where he got the names for some of his characters, he told me he used to ride the train from his home in Woodstock, Illinois to his studio in Chicago and sketch various people he observed on the train. He would exaggerate upon certain features or characteristics. The name would follow, with he one exception being Flattop, whose name came from the popular aircraft carrier of World War II. Imagine an hour train ride with the likes of Itchy, Flyface or B.O. Plenty!

"In 1975, Max Allan Collins, current writer of the DICK TRACY strip, was to become the inspiration for the villain, Bulky, and in 1977, I popped up as Leyden Aigg. In answer to the question, 'Has Chet Gould ever put himself in the strip?' Yes! He IS DICK TRACY."