Editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail, who recently took a
buyout from The State in Columbia, S.C.,
will continue to be syndicated by United Feature Syndicate's Newspaper
Enterprise Association, saith Editor
& Publisher, and he has launched a website, robertariail.com, where
he’ll be posting new cartoons as well as an archive of his 25-plus years with The State.
Steve
Greenberg, recently involuntarily departed from the Ventura County Star, looked around Los Angeles and couldn’t see any local topic
editoons. Both the Daily News and the
Times have eliminated editorial
cartoonist staff positions, and the L.A.
Weekly eliminated its cartoon content earlier in the year. 
With nobody
doing local-issue editoons in the nation’s second-largest city and metro,
Greenberg saw an opportunity and jumped in, doing local cartoons for LA
Observed, a blog website devoted to the city’s news and politics conducted by
career journalists. So far, his is a venture with no money, he explained, but
he hopes to attract buyers and expand from his other local gigs, Ventura County Reporter and Jewish Journal of Los Angeles. “Ironically,” said he, “my
career began with locally-oriented cartoons for the Daily News three decades ago. I felt there would be an audience for
local cartooning commentary in a huge market that's ripe for lampooning — and
there was no place left to go in print — and that it could lead to useful
exposure or other opportunities.” He reports that he’s already had some response — possible
freelance assignment and the like.
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