Arts Apr 11 Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dies at 102 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Arts Sep 09 Cartoonist Art Spiegelman set to receive honorary National Book Award Spiegelman is the first cartoonist to win the DCAL medal from the National Book Foundation, which previously has awarded Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Robert Caro among others. By Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Arts Nov 17 Watch 2:38 How cartoons remind us that life goes on New Yorker magazine cartoon editor Bob Mankoff says he and his staff spend an extraordinary amount of time selecting and editing the cartoons that readers might not find funny. Mankoff offers his Brief But Spectacular take on the cartoons that… By PBS News Hour
World Nov 22 Watch 3:15 This cartoon is teaching children in France how to cope after the terror attacks Cartooning has been a part of French culture ever since King Louis XIV ruled France 300 years ago. This week, the NewsHour’s Stephen Free visited the editors of a French magazine, who are embracing that tradition in explaining the Nov. By PBS News Hour
Arts Sep 17 Cartoonist Kate Beaton finds the punchlines lost to history Kate Beaton, the creator of the massively popular webcomic "Hark! A Vagrant," talked with the NewsHour about her online fan base, her first children's book and how she made history's saddest tales funny. By Joshua Barajas
Jun 17 Muslim political cartoonist fights oppression with pen By Aisha Jama Sudanese-born cartoonist Khalid Albaih was lauded as “an artist of the revolution” during the Arab Spring, and now he's pointing his pencil at other world events. Continue reading
Feb 11 In ‘The Sculptor,’ cartoonist Scott McCloud tackles mortality, love, art By Ruth Tam Cartoonist Scott McCloud, best known for the “Understanding Comics” series, talks about “The Sculptor,” his first graphic novel and his first work of fiction in over 30 years. Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch 3:01 Cartoonist Scott McCloud tackles mortality, love, art in ‘The Sculptor’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch News Wrap: More Than 200 Killed in Tunisian Unrest, U.N. Reports In other news Tuesday, U.N. officials reported that more than 200 people have been killed and 500 injured during unrest in Tunisia that ousted the president. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported that the safety of U.S. government employees in… Continue watching