On the Record about Off the Record, DC's cartoon bar

by Mike Rhode

7/15: updates to the original post marked with *  - 4 pieces from KAL, and one sheet of photos so far.

 KAL's newsletter post about his coaster artwork inspired me to finally finish this. 

Supreme Court justices for the circular corner booth, courtesy of Ann Telnaes

A few months ago, Matt Wuerker created this guide to who was who in the 1990s caricatures by Edmund Valtman and Ron Coddington on the wall (note 1) in the bar in the Hay-Adams Hotel. He was able to identify everybody but one. To learn more about them, you can read “On The Record With Off The Record's Cartoonists,” White House History (48; Winter 2018): 60-71 at https://issuu.com/whhapubl/docs/whha_journal_48 

  

the unknown caricature

There are other cartoons and caricatures on the walls, but Matt was concerned with identifying these.  

Now, an attempt to list all of the coasters they've produced. 

Kim Jong-un by Matt and Angela Merkel by Kal

 Here's an almost certainly incomplete list of caricatures, with who drew them, and the year when known. I had a short list of ones I didn't own, but I think I've lost that. There were more foreigner leaders iirc, and perhaps a Pope.

Mitch McConnell by KAL and Putin by Matt

*Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2025
Angela Merkel	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2017
Ben Carson	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2015
Boris Johnson	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2022
Carly Fiorina	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2015
Donald Trump	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2015
*Elizabeth Warren	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2015
Gavin Newsom	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2023
George W. Bush with Barack Obama	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'
Joe Biden	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'
*John Kerry	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2015
*Kristi Noem	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2025
Mike Pence	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2015
Mitch McConnell	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2014
Paul Ryan	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2015
*Pete Buttigieg	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2025
Robert Mueller	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'	2018
Ted Cruz with Canadian Club whiskey	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'
Ted Cruz with tea	Kallaugher, Kevin 'KAL'
Chris Christie	Telnaes, Ann	2015
Hillary Clinton	Telnaes, Ann	2015
J.D. Vance	Telnaes, Ann	2024
Kamala Harris	Telnaes, Ann	2021
Lindsay Graham	Telnaes, Ann	2022
Melania Trump and the Trump children	Telnaes, Ann	2016
Ruth Bader Ginsberg	Telnaes, Ann	2017
Anthony Fauci	Wuerker, Matt	2021
Bernie Sanders	Wuerker, Matt	2015
Bernie Sanders with FDR on the wall	Wuerker, Matt	2019
Biden vs. Trump	Wuerker, Matt	2024?
Charles Schumer and Nancy Pelosi	Wuerker, Matt	2016
Chris Christie and Michellee Obama	Wuerker, Matt
Donald and Melania Trump decorating the White House	Wuerker, Matt	2025
Elizabeth Warren with Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, and Beto O'Rourke	Wuerker, Matt	2019
George HW, Barbara, George W and Jeb Bush	Wuerker, Matt	2015
Hakeem Jeffries	Wuerker, Matt	2024?
Hillary Clinton with Bill Clinton	Wuerker, Matt
Jeb Bush	Wuerker, Matt	2015
Joe and Jill Biden	Wuerker, Matt
John Boehner	Wuerker, Matt
John Boswell	Wuerker, Matt
Kamala Harris with Joe Biden	Wuerker, Matt	2019
Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, George Santos. Republican representatives.	Wuerker, Matt	2023
Kim Jong-un	Wuerker, Matt	2017
Marco Rubio	Wuerker, Matt	2015
Mike Johnson	Wuerker, Matt	2024?
Omarosa Manigault Newman	Wuerker, Matt	2018
Rand Paul	Wuerker, Matt	2015
Ron DeSantis	Wuerker, Matt	2023
Sarah Huckabee Sanders	Wuerker, Matt	2018
Scott Walker	Wuerker, Matt	2015
Tim Kaine with Hillary Clinton	Wuerker, Matt
Tim Waltz	Wuerker, Matt	2024
Vladimir Putin	Wuerker, Matt	2017

my collection mounted in a portfolio *updated - missed this page originally

Ruth Ginsberg by Ann

John Boehner by Matt

Melania and Trump by Matt

(1) These are part of the Library of Congress' Art Wood collection, but were hung in the bar before the Library acquired it from Wood.

Is Ann Telnaes making far more money now than she did at WaPo?

by Mike Rhode

(Corrected 5/9 with the notice that she still has a free tier)

(Updated 11/4/25) 

I don't know, I haven't asked her.** But while the Post continues to claim her, insofar as the Pulitzers are concerned (with full page ads run at least for 2 days), she may be far better off without them. Here's her initial newsletter about quitting the paper over a squashed cartoon, and there's plenty more coverage spread throughout this blog.

In her Substack newsletter about winning the award, she wrote, "Due to you all, my Substack Open Windows has reached 100,000 subscribers!!" I don't believe she has a free tier anymore, just She still has a free tier, but if everyone paid for a subscription at $80/year or $8/month she would gross perhaps $8,000,000 to a maximum of $9,600,000.

Substack fees are described on their website.

From Substack: 10% of each transaction

From Stripe: Credit cards

A credit card fee (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction fee) and a Billing fee for recurring subscriptions (0.7% for recurring payments as of July 2024).

Their example shows the bite at about 20% on a $5 dollar payment.

If we use that back of the envelope, Ann might be netting $6,400,000 before taxes.* I find this stunningly hard to believe, but I hope it's true. A dish best served cold after all...

*I'm not an accountant or businessman so feel free to correct my thinking. 5/9: Thanks to Wim Lockefeer for pointing out she still has a free tier; my paid subscription version wouldn't show that to me.

 

**The answer is 'no' she told me at SPX this year. 

Political cartoonists on navigating a changing media landscape

Political cartoonists on navigating a changing media landscape
Jeffrey Brown:
PBS News Hour's CANVAS Art in Action, Apr 25, 2025 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/political-cartoonists-on-navigating-a-changing-media-landscape 

Steve Brodner collects Telnaes Tributes

Telnaes Tribute Cont'd

We are Telnaes

Steve Brodner

The Greater Quiet, Jan 13 2025 https://stevebrodner.substack.com/p/telnaes-tribute-contd

Stories and cartoons continue on Ann Telnaes' quitting WaPo

The Daily Heller: Cartoonist Walks After WaPo Kills Bezos Satire

The Daily Heller January 7 2025  https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-washington-post-editorial-cartoonist-walks-after-satire-of-bezos-is-killed/

My colleagues in print
The Boston Globe prints a collection of protest cartoons
Ann Telnaes
Open Windows Jan 10 2025 https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/my-colleagues-in-print

My Ann Telnaes Cartoon!
The Washington Post cartoonist's severance package...
Jack Ohman's You Betcha!
Jan 10 2025 https://jackohman.substack.com/p/my-ann-telnaes-cartoon

All the President's Billionaires
Ruben Bolling
Jan 10 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2025/01/10

Even more reactions to Ann Telnaes quitting The Post

Cartoonists:

Anne has written another newsletter, and shows cartoons from Barry Blitt, Steve Brodner, Dave Whamond, and Emma Cook.

With gratitude: I am overwhelmed by the response
Ann Telnaes
Open Windows Jan 6 2025
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/with-gratitude

DD Degg and Mike Peterson have continued to cover the story at the Daily Cartoonist, and many of these links are from them.

Ann Telnaes, The Washington Post, and The Streisand Effect
D. D. Degg January 5, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/05/ann-telnaes-the-washington-post-and-the-streisand-effect/

Chris Britt again on January 4th.
https://www.facebook.com/100006312761207/posts/3879593668927687/?rdid=tmQMVA1pypXLpYCp

Barry Blitt's Post on January 4th.
https://www.facebook.com/barryblitt/posts/pfbid0EbYswgJyuwDw6QJnTpAmn5vpisJVh2XZRuBBDvz2s6f6y95RfFLEU7mpaXMuqrRgl

James Mellor
https://x.com/JamesDFMellor/status/1875496955922804812?mx=2

Three cartoons by Ted Littleford on Facebook

1, https://www.facebook.com/edward.littleford.7/posts/pfbid02PvU3WGcYhJ8Jnh1s5rDHB8kX3ZozE94wREBAiSEwwxKP4kygUyupvV9ChDjTwwPGl

2. https://www.facebook.com/edward.littleford.7/posts/pfbid02pckvRVbt6sGKSbxVPQtxCEdZvYswiYfYbvERr1P72RsNxMFLgxtbRvDJm9TyGfj4l

3. https://www.facebook.com/edward.littleford.7/posts/pfbid02Mdn2qGFUZmFNwM4havamHuH772RaCHMXa7jT35Msq7QVZFpTdxEPFJ9gQpRshrWRl

Billionaires Bow to Altar of Trump
Dave Whamond Jan 6, 2025

https://www.truthdig.com/cartoons/billionaires-bow-to-altar-of-trump/

KAL

https://www.facebook.com/1041106336/posts/10232515130994383/?rdid=4eJCMj0Dmj1Ejy5I

Lalo Alcaraz sent his strip to me directly, but it's now at https://www.gocomics.com/laloalcaraz/2025/01/06

 

Barbara Dale and Joe Sutliff sent cartoons directly to me.

 

 

 Political Cartoonist Quashed For Expressing Political Views: More Than Democracy Dies in Darkness
by Rick Marschall
Yesterday's Papers January 4, 2025
http://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2025/01/political-cartoonist-quashed-for.html

Organizations:

 Political cartoons are on the brink of extinction (and how you can help to prevent this)
Tjeerd Royaards, editor of Cartoon Movement
January 5, 2025
https://blog.cartoonmovement.com/2025/01/political-cartoons-are-on-the-brink-of-extinction-and-how-you-can-help-to-prevent-this.html

It's worth noting again that Chappette was fired by the New York Times international edition in 2019 as 'collateral damage' over someone else's cartoon.

The Freedom Cartoonists Foundation in Geneva denounces the Washington Post's spineless decision to drop a cartoon by its world-renowned cartoonist, Ann Telnaes – prompting her immediate departure.

Patrick Chappatte

January 5, 2025

 https://freedomcartoonists.com/the-freedom-cartoonists-foundation-in-geneva-denounces-the-washington-posts-spineless-decision-to-drop-a-cartoon-by-its-world-renowned-cartoonist-ann-telnaes-prompting-her-immediate-depar/

 

The AAEC has a hashtag for Ann - #StandWithAnn

A Statement on Ann Telnaes' Resignation from the Post
    JP Trostle
    Association of American Editorial Cartoonists January 4, 2025
    https://editorialcartoonists.com/a-statement-on-ann-telnaes-resignation-from-the-post/

I respect Mike Peterson a lot, so here's 3 prose commentaries he recommended on The Daily Cartoonist:

Bowing the Knee. Again.The Wapo's Profile in Uncourage.

Charlie Sykes

To the Contrary Jan 05, 2025

https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/bowing-the-knee-again

A picture is worth a thousand words and $1 trillion
Steve Schmidt
The Warning with Steve Schmidt Jan 05, 2025
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-769

The War on Truth and Reality: The Power Brokers Shaping Reality
Olga Lautman
Jan 05, 2025
https://olgalautman.substack.com/p/the-war-on-truth-and-reality

More reactions to Ann Telnaes quitting WaPo

A Pulitzer winner quits 'Washington Post' after a cartoon on Bezos is killed
AYESHA RASCOE and David Folkenflik
 Weekend Edition Sunday January 4, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/04/nx-s1-5248299/cartoonist-quits-wapo-over-bezos-trump-cartoon-washingtonpost
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesun/2025/01/20250105_wesun_washington_post_cartoonist_resigns_over_her_cartoon_critical_of_jeff_bezos.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5248299

Hello darkness, my old friend: the Ann Telnaes resignation and the late, formerly great Washington Post
What a travesty.
Jack Ohman's You Betcha!
Jan 4 2025
https://jackohman.substack.com/p/hello-darkness-my-old-friend-the

Democracy Dies Like This
Nick Anderson
Pen Strokes
Jan 4 2025
https://nickanderson.substack.com/p/democracy-dies-like-this

 

Ann Telnaes, the Washington Post, and a childhood dream that still lives
About Ann Telnaes resigning from the Washington Post over a spiked cartoon
Darrin Bell
Darrin Bell's Disobey in Advance Jan 5 2025
https://darrinbell.substack.com/p/ann-telnaes-the-washington-post-and

Silencing the Court Jesters.

10 years ago cartoonists were murdered for drawing offensive things. Things have not been getting better.

Jason Chatfield

Jan 5 2025

https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/silencing-the-court-jesters

All the President's men
A cartoon in support of Ann Telnaes
Michael de Adder
THE deEP STATE  Jan 5 2025 https://deadder.substack.com/p/all-the-presidents-men

In Solidarity with Ann Telnaes by Daniel Boris

Reaction to Telnaes quitting WaPo

 Updates as they come in, marked *

Ann Telnaes Quits The Washington Post

D. D. Degg January 3, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/03/ann-telnaes-quits-the-washington-post/

CSotD: Telnaes is only unemployed, not gone

Mike Peterson January 4, 2025

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/04/csotd-telnaes-is-only-unemployed-not-gone/

For the record, the NYT fired its international cartoonist after a controversial cartoon, and has no cartoonists regularly appearing:

Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed

The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.

By Benjamin Mullin

 Jan. 3, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/business/media/washington-post-cartoonist-quits-after-jeff-bezos-cartoon-is-killed.html

Reactions from other editorial cartoonists: 

Bezo's Sacrifice

Clay Jones

https://claytoonz.com/2025/01/04/bezos-sacrifice/

Subscribe to Clay's Substack to read his excellent blog on this as well.

Bury the Press at Bended Knee: Reality Bites at The Post.
Steve Brodner
The Greater Quiet Jan 04, 2025
https://stevebrodner.substack.com/p/bury-the-press-at-bended-knee

From Keith Knight's newsletter: "Bravo to her for walking away from the Washington Post. She deserves everyone's support and admiration."

 

 *Will tech platforms or craven publishers kill satire?

Mark Fiore

Jan 4 https://markfiore.substack.com/p/will-tech-platforms-or-craven-publishers

These stories have mostly the same content, and presented for the record:

Washington Post Cartoonist Ann Telnaes Quits After Bezos-Owned Paper Kills Trump Satire Piece

"Trying to get in the good graces of an autocrat-in-waiting will only result in undermining that free press," the Pulitzer Prize winner says of her former employer

Tess Patton

January 3, 2025

https://www.thewrap.com/washington-post-cartoonist-quits-after-bezos-trump-satire-killed/

Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper's refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos

Pulitzer prize winner Ann Telnaes drew a cartoon of the paper's owner kneeling before Donald Trump

Ramon Antonio Vargas

Sat 4 Jan 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/04/washington-post-cartoonist-resigns-jeff-bezos

Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper pulls her cartoon depicting Post owner Bezos groveling to Trump

Cartoonist accused paper of squashing her drawing because it slammed Bezos, though the Post denied that was the motivation

 By Gabriel Hays Fox News

January 4, 2025

https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-cartoonist-quits-after-paper-pulls-her-cartoon-depicting-post-owner-bezos-groveling-trump

Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper's refusal to publish satirical cartoon of Bezos and Trump

By Jon Passantino and Brian Stelter, CNN

 January 4, 2025

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/04/media/washington-post-cartoonist-ann-telnaes-resigns-bezos/index.html

Washington Post cartoonist says editors axed cartoon depicting Trump, Bezos

by Sophia Vento - 01/04/25
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5067162-washington-post-cartoon-jeff-bezos-donald-trump/

Washington Post cartoonist quits after cartoon satirizing Jeff Bezos is rejected

"I've never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at," Ann Telnaes wrote. "Until now."

By Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

01/04/2025

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/04/post-cartoonist-quits-bezos-00196483

 

 Jan. 5th updates:

Here's Sunday's updates. The NPR story has actual quotes from interviewing Ann: 

*A Pulitzer winner quits 'Washington Post' after a cartoon on Bezos is killed
AYESHA RASCOE and David Folkenflik
 Weekend Edition Sunday January 4, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/04/nx-s1-5248299/cartoonist-quits-wapo-over-bezos-trump-cartoon-washingtonpost
https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesun/2025/01/20250105_wesun_washington_post_cartoonist_resigns_over_her_cartoon_critical_of_jeff_bezos.mp3
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5248299

 

*Ann Telnaes, the Washington Post, and a childhood dream that still lives
About Ann Telnaes resigning from the Washington Post over a spiked cartoon
Darrin Bell
Darrin Bell's Disobey in Advance Jan 5 2025
https://darrinbell.substack.com/p/ann-telnaes-the-washington-post-and

*Hello darkness, my old friend: the Ann Telnaes resignation and the late, formerly great Washington Post
What a travesty.
Jack Ohman’s You Betcha!
Jan 4 2025
https://jackohman.substack.com/p/hello-darkness-my-old-friend-the

*Democracy Dies Like This
Nick Anderson
Pen Strokes
Jan 4 2025
https://nickanderson.substack.com/p/democracy-dies-like-this

*Silencing the Court Jesters.

10 years ago cartoonists were murdered for drawing offensive things. Things have not been getting better.

Jason Chatfield

Jan 5 2025

https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/silencing-the-court-jesters

*All the President's men
A cartoon in support of Ann Telnaes
Michael de Adder
THE deEP STATE  Jan 5 2025 https://deadder.substack.com/p/all-the-presidents-men

 

*Chris Britt for January 04, 2025

 https://www.gocomics.com/chrisbritt/2025/01/04

 

*In Solidarity with Ann Telnaes by Daniel Boris 

https://comicsdc.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-solidarity-with-ann-telnaes-by.html

 

 Jan. 6th updates:

 

Cartoonists:

Anne has written another newsletter, and shows cartoons from Barry Blitt, Steve Brodner, Dave Whamond, and Emma Cook.

With gratitude: I am overwhelmed by the response
Ann Telnaes
Open Windows Jan 6 2025
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/with-gratitude

DD Degg and Mike Peterson have continued to cover the story at the Daily Cartoonist, and many of these links are from them.

Ann Telnaes, The Washington Post, and The Streisand Effect
D. D. Degg January 5, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/05/ann-telnaes-the-washington-post-and-the-streisand-effect/

*Chris Britt again on January 4th.

https://www.facebook.com/100006312761207/posts/3879593668927687/?rdid=tmQMVA1pypXLpYCp

*Barry Blitt's Post on January 4th.

https://www.facebook.com/barryblitt/posts/pfbid0EbYswgJyuwDw6QJnTpAmn5vpisJVh2XZRuBBDvz2s6f6y95RfFLEU7mpaXMuqrRgl

*James Mellor

https://x.com/JamesDFMellor/status/1875496955922804812?mx=2

Three cartoons by Ted Littleford on Facebook
1, https://www.facebook.com/edward.littleford.7/posts/pfbid02PvU3WGcYhJ8Jnh1s5rDHB8kX3ZozE94wREBAiSEwwxKP4kygUyupvV9ChDjTwwPGl
2. https://www.facebook.com/edward.littleford.7/posts/pfbid02pckvRVbt6sGKSbxVPQtxCEdZvYswiYfYbvERr1P72RsNxMFLgxtbRvDJm9TyGfj4l
3. https://www.facebook.com/edward.littleford.7/posts/pfbid02Mdn2qGFUZmFNwM4havamHuH772RaCHMXa7jT35Msq7QVZFpTdxEPFJ9gQpRshrWRl

 

*Billionaires Bow to Altar of Trump
Dave Whamond Jan 6, 2025
https://www.truthdig.com/cartoons/billionaires-bow-to-altar-of-trump/

*KAL

https://www.facebook.com/1041106336/posts/10232515130994383/?rdid=4eJCMj0Dmj1Ejy5I

 

*Political Cartoonist Quashed For Expressing Political Views: More Than Democracy Dies in Darkness
by Rick Marschall
Yesterday's Papers January 4, 2025
http://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2025/01/political-cartoonist-quashed-for.html

*Lalo Alcaraz  

https://www.gocomics.com/laloalcaraz/2025/01/06

 

*Barbara Dale and Joe Sutliff sent cartoons directly to me.

 

 

*Washington Post Kills a Cartoon, Cartoonist Resigns, Good for Her
     Daryl Cagle
    January 6, 2025
    https://darylcagle.com/2025/01/06/perhaps-one-resignation-is-worth-a-thousand-cartoons-too-bad-you-can-only-resign-once/

 

Institutions: 

 *Political cartoons are on the brink of extinction (and how you can help to prevent this)
Tjeerd Royaards, editor of Cartoon Movement
January 5, 2025
https://blog.cartoonmovement.com/2025/01/political-cartoons-are-on-the-brink-of-extinction-and-how-you-can-help-to-prevent-this.html

It's worth noting that Chappette was fired by the New York Times international edition over someone else's cartoon.

*The Freedom Cartoonists Foundation in Geneva denounces the Washington Post’s spineless decision to drop a cartoon by its world-renowned cartoonist, Ann Telnaes – prompting her immediate departure.

Patrick Chappatte

January 5, 2025

 https://freedomcartoonists.com/the-freedom-cartoonists-foundation-in-geneva-denounces-the-washington-posts-spineless-decision-to-drop-a-cartoon-by-its-world-renowned-cartoonist-ann-telnaes-prompting-her-immediate-depar/

 

*A Statement on Ann Telnaes’ Resignation from the Post
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists January 4, 2025
https://editorialcartoonists.com/a-statement-on-ann-telnaes-resignation-from-the-post/

 

I respect Mike Peterson a lot, so here's 3 prose commentaries he recommended on The Daily Cartoonist:

*Bowing the Knee. Again.The Wapo's Profile in Uncourage.

Charlie Sykes

To the Contrary Jan 05, 2025

https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/bowing-the-knee-again

*A picture is worth a thousand words and $1 trillion
Steve Schmidt
The Warning with Steve Schmidt Jan 05, 2025
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-769

*The War on Truth and Reality: The Power Brokers Shaping Reality
Olga Lautman
Jan 05, 2025
https://olgalautman.substack.com/p/the-war-on-truth-and-reality

 
Jan. 7th updates:

*John Cuneo

https://www.instagram.com/p/DEfeBKJxIVQ/?igsh=MWptMm9wcGxpNzhpbw%3D%3D

*Matt Wuerker

https://www.facebook.com/1015707787/posts/10233063232895741/?rdid=ZJbsT2ubGGmIvivC

Don't you dare call the Kowtowers kowtowers...
(in solidarity with the Washington Post 's former cartoonist Ann Telnaes, who wouldn't kowtow)

*(th)ink: For Ann T.
Keith Knight
The Keef Knight Project Jan 7 2025

https://keithknight.substack.com/p/think-for-ann-t

*Comics journalist Michael Cavna also noted cartoons by

— Richard Bartholomew

— John Buss

— Rod Emerson

— Dennis Goris

— Kevin Necessary

— Steve Stegelin

...and whoops, DD Degg is far ahead of me:

*Dozens of Cartoonists (So Far) Stand With Ann Telnaes
D. D. Degg January 7, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/07/dozens-of-cartoonists-so-far-hashtag-stand-with-ann-telnaes/

Here's new pieces though:

*Remember Herblock, the hard-hitting Washington Post cartoonist?
The Post doesn't. Sigh. How soon they forget.
Jack Ohman’s You Betcha! Jan 8 2025
https://jackohman.substack.com/p/remember-herblock-the-hard-hitting

*We Stand With Ann
Cartoonists Unite for Anne Telnaes and the First Amendment
Steve Brodner
The Greater Quiet Jan 8 2025
https://stevebrodner.substack.com/p/we-stand-with-ann

although this one is behind a paywall until Friday...

*ALL THE PRESIDENT'S BILLIONAIRES

Ruben Bolling

TOM THE DANCING BUG 1/7/25

https://www.patreon.com/rubenbolling

as is Clay's commentary on this one...

*Je Suis Censorship
It's been ten years since the murders at Charlie Hebdo
Clay Jones
Claytoonz   Jan 7 2025

https://claytoonz.com/2025/01/07/je-suis-censorship/

https://claytoonz.substack.com/p/je-suis-censorship

Anne's latest newsletter shows her frustration with the state of the art:

*10th anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo killings
On January 7, 2015 the editorial cartooning community suffered a horrible blow
Open Windows Jan 7 2025
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/10th-anniversary-of-the-charlie-hebdo

*Here's some criticism of Post's "guest cartoon" on Facebook, because it amused me.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14v6s3GP3S/

 

*Jan. 8 2024:

 

Ann is now charging for her newsletter:

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DD Degg has updated his post with more cartoons.

Dozens of Cartoonists (So Far) Stand With Ann Telnaes – Update
D. D. Degg January 7, 2025
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/01/07/dozens-of-cartoonists-so-far-hashtag-stand-with-ann-telnaes/

And here's some others:

Kissing The Ring: A cartoon in solidarity with Ann Telnaes
Jason Chatfield
New York Cartoons Jan 8 2025
 https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/kissing-the-ring

Alex Bowman's cartoon at Counterpoint

https://counterpoint.substack.com/p/ah-women-edition

This article notable only for Ann's confirmation of the date of the submission of the cartoon as Dec. 19th:

Washington Post Cartoonist Quits Over Rejected Sketch of Trump and Bezos
Ann Telnaes said the editorial decision prevented her from being able to “hold powerful people and institutions accountable.”
Rhea Nayyar

Hyperallergic January 7 2025

https://hyperallergic.com/981889/washington-post-cartoonist-quits-over-rejected-sketch-of-trump-and-bezos/

In her newsletter, Jen Sorensen wrote,

Of course, even more slobbery acts of bootlicking have taken place since then, some in recent days. Most of you have probably heard about my colleague Ann Telnaes quitting The Washington Post because the paper refused to publish her cartoon of owner Bezos and other billionaires genuflecting before Trump. The opinions editor stated that the cartoon was rejected because the paper had a couple columns on the subject already (which sounds like a weaselly rationalization to me since this sort of thing happens all the time, and they could have just held the cartoon for a week).

Ann took a clearly principled stand here, and the story has generated enormous negative publicity for the Post. When the dust settles, though, I'm afraid the larger project of turning the paper into a Rupert Murdoch-style entity will simply continue, angry readership be damned. 

 

*Jan. 10 updates:  

 

Cartoonist Walks After WaPo Kills Bezos Satire

Steve Heller

The Daily Heller January 7 2025  https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-washington-post-editorial-cartoonist-walks-after-satire-of-bezos-is-killed/

My colleagues in print
The Boston Globe prints a collection of protest cartoons
Ann Telnaes
Open Windows Jan 10 2025 https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/my-colleagues-in-print

My Ann Telnaes Cartoon!
The Washington Post cartoonist's severance package...
Jack Ohman's You Betcha!
Jan 10 2025 https://jackohman.substack.com/p/my-ann-telnaes-cartoon

All the President's Billionaires
Ruben Bolling
Jan 10 2025

https://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2025/01/10

 

*Jan 11th updates:  

 

Interview with BBC World Service Radio
Talking about the free press and the importance of editorial cartoonists
Ann Telnaes
Jan 11 2025
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/interview-with-bbc-world-service

Cartoonist Ann Telnaes on the price of satire
Julian Worricker
Sounds 11 Jan 2025
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zcxd9h8zkwr

WaPo Editor Explains Decision to Ax Bezos, Trump Cartoon
Opinion editor David Shipley, in a staff memo obtained by Status, said the cartoon was repetitive in light of other pieces.
William Vaillancourt
 Jan. 10 2025
https://www.thedailybeast.com/wapo-editor-explains-decision-to-ax-bezos-trump-cartoon/

James Carville Blasts WaPo Editor Over Cartoon Controversy: ‘Disgrace to Journalism’
The veteran Democratic Party strategist slammed the controversy as a sign of the mounting power and influence of the “billionaire class” in the United States.
Will Neal
Jan. 5 2025
https://www.thedailybeast.com/carville-blasts-washington-post-editor-over-cartoon-controversy-disgrace-to-journalism/

Readers critique The Post: Decision not to run cartoon undermines trust [Letters to the Editor; in print as Decision not to run cartoon undermines readers' trust]
William Sullivan and Wayne Shipp
Washington Post January 11, 2025 : A13
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/10/ann-telnes-jimmy-carter-taylor-swift-dave-barry-cricket/

Jan. 12th:

Editorial Cartoons And Free Speech
My friend Ann Telnaes' stand
Liza Donnelly
Seeing Things Jan 12 2025
https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/editorial-cartoons-and-free-speech

Jan. 13th:

Telnaes Tribute Cont'd
We are Telnaes
Steve Brodner
The Greater Quiet, Jan 13 2025
https://stevebrodner.substack.com/p/telnaes-tribute-contd

Jan. 14th:

DMZ America Podcast Ep 188: Ann Telnaes Quits Washington Post

Ted Rall  and Scott Stantis

DMZ America Podcast

 Jan 11, 2025  NEW YORK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgr5xvaTdxk

Jan. 15th:

Political cartoonists on facing Donald Trump, again: ‘There is no consensus reality anymore’
Zach Rabiroff | January 15, 2025
https://www.tcj.com/political-cartoonists-on-facing-donald-trump-again-there-is-no-consensus-reality-anymore/

 
Sorensen Subscribers - Oligarchically Correct 

Jen Sorensen
Jan 15, 2025

https://mailchi.mp/233e1042ce39/sorensen-subscribers-oligarchically-correct