- An open letter to the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) and The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) are profoundly concerned with the current Orphan Works legislation now being considered by both houses of Congress. Our two groups are comprised of the creators of nearly every major newspaper comic strip and editorial cartoon, as well as many of the nation's magazine, book, greeting card and comic book illustrators.
The legislation imposes new and onerous burdens on the current holders of copyrights to protect their work, while severely curtailing their ability to collect damages. It devalues their work in the marketplace and will open up a Pandora's box of potential infringement scenarios, all while placing the burden for policing the marketplace on artists and authors.
We support the narrow goal of making truly orphaned works (that is, ones by deceased authors) available for use by museums and archivists. But proposed legislation is written so
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- Cartoonist deploys again -- this time to Guantanamo Bay
Vaughn R. Larson, a regular member of the Association of American Editorial
Cartoonists, began a third tour of duty overseas in March.
This latest deployment is with a 20-person National Guard public affairs unit
based in Madison, Wis. The unit will deploy to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for 12
months. Larson will edit The Wire, a weekly news magazine at the U.S. Navy
base, and may produce cartoons for the publication as well. Other members of
the unit will escort the civilian media visiting Guantanamo Bay.
"This will be a historic mission," Larson said. "The eyes of the world are
focused on Guantanamo Bay, especially with military commissions to begin. There
will be a change in the White House, which may alter the course of the war
on terror.
"It looks like I'll probably miss another convention, though."
This will be Larson's third deployment overall. Larson, a member of the Wisconsin
Army National Guard for 19 years,
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- Ayres 2008 Locher Award Winner
By Mary Locher
It's that time of year again and the results of the AAEC/John Locher Memoial
Award contest are in. Our 2008 winner is Sam Ayres. He was our second-place
winner in 2007.
Ayres is a Junior at Yale University where his editorial cartoons appear weekly
in the Yale Daily News. Originally from Colorado, he attended Kent Denver School
in Englewood where he began cartooning in 2002 for their high school newspaper,
The Sun Devils' Advocate.
The runners-up are, first Runner-up: Christopher Sharron, Kent State University;
and second Runner-up: Bill Richards, University of Georgia.
The subject matter of Ayres' four winning cartoons was timely and varied.
The subjects ranged from commentary on Senator John McCain's presidential campaign
to "free" speech in Iran.
The winner of this contest will receive an all-expense paid trip to the annual
convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, this year
to
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- On stage
The Economist, Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher and the Second City improv
comedy company are combining their talents for a series of theatrical productions
titled: "The Art of Satire." The first of the series will be performed
April 21 in Atlanta at The Alliance theater. The show then moves to Durham,
NC, on April 24, and performances in San Francisco, Philadelphia, Dallas, New
York and Washington are in the works. For more information about the series
and how to get tickets log onto: http://artofsatire.economist.com
"The Atlanta show will also mark the premier of my latest venture into
3-D animation," wrote KAL in an e-mail. "A film featuring a digital
Hillary and Obama will be launched on Economist.com April 21 and be featured
in the evening performance.
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In a unique collaboration between
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- Awards
Ben Sargent, editorial cartoonist for the Austin American-Statesman, has won
The Best of Cox award for editorial cartooning. The Best of Cox is a journalism
award for employees of the Cox newspaper chain that operates in six states.
Regarding Ben's work, the judges said, "We were impressed by his clear,
strong voice and by illustrations that were well-crafted and layered."
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At its annual convention in Boston, the New England Press Association conferred
three awards to cartoonist Donald Landgren Jr. The longtime Landmark cartoonist
swept the Editorial Cartoon category in Weekly Class 2, earning first, second
and third places. Landgren also won a third place award for his cartoon "Trans-fat
Santa." from the Suburban Newspapers of America.
