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Musa Gümüş 1963-2025
From his website.I have just learned of the passing of celebrated Turkish cartoonist Musa Gümüş.Born in Gaziantep in 1963, he has won a total of 275 awards from competitions both at home and abroad.He...
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"Capitulation is contagious"
Adrienne LaFrance in the March issue of The Atlantic.By killing a cartoon that lampooned its owner, The Washington Post set a dangerous precedent.At the height of his powers Jay Gould was known by many...
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Brad Holland 1943-2025
We have just learned of the passing of illustrator Brad Hollandafter a fatal operation. For lack of more information, here are excerpts from his Wikipedia entry.Brad Holland is a self-taught artist...
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Zagreb 2025 Finalists
From the Facebook page of the Croatian Cartoonist Association.I was happy to learn today that the above drawing was given a special mention in the 30th International Cartoon Exhibition “Zagreb 2025”,...
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Marty Two Bulls, Sr. Wins the 2025 Herblock Prize
From The Herblock Foundation.Marty Two Bulls, Sr. has been named the winner of the 2025 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. Marty Two Bulls Sr. is an Oglala Lakota originally from the Pine Ridge...
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Yaakov Kirshan 1938-2025
Yaakov Kirshan, one of the giants of the Israeli cartooning, died Monday after a lengthy illness. He was 87 years old.His comic strip Dry Bones was internationally syndicated and published in The...
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25th Euro-Kartoenale Kruishoutem Finalists
From Ecc SaskiaThe grand winner of the 25th Euro-kartoenale The Hat - Hats Off! is Javad Takjoo from Iran. He managed to captivate the jury with a romantic interpretation of the theme “The Hat – Hats...
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Program for the 14th Edition of the Montreal Comic Arts Festival
From the Montreal Comic Arts Festival. The Montreal Comic Arts Festival (MCAF) is proud to announce the programming for its 14th edition, taking place from May 23 to 25 on Saint-Denis Street, which...
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Michael de Adder wins National Newspaper Award 2024
Michael de Adder (Halifax Chronicle Herald / The Globe and Mail) is the winner in the Editorial Cartooning category at the 76th edition of the National Newspaper Awards.Patrick LaMontagne (Calgary...
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Cartooning Would-Be Kings
From Google Event.To mark World Press Freedom Day on May 5th, the Institute of Democracy, Journalism, and Citizenship (IDJC), Syracuse University, Washington, DC will host a special event exploring...
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25th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition (Results)
First Prize: Constantin Sunnerberg (Cost), BelgiumThe jury, composed of five members of World Press Freedom Canada met on April 2 to select the winners of the 25th World Press Freedom International...
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"License to Offend" Exhibition cancelled ‘over fears of offence’
From The Telegraph.An exhibition of Fleet Street cartoons titled Licence to Offend, scheduled to go on public view in Kingston-upon-Thames, has been cancelled, apparently because the cartoons might...
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Ann Telnaes Wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize
Ann Telnaes wins the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. She earned the honor “for delivering piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions with deftness, creativity...
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Zehra Ömeroğlu receives Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award 2025
From The Daily Cartoonist.Cartoonists Rights has bestowed the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award 2025 on Zehra Ömeroğlu, a Turkish cartoonist, who has been the target of criminal...
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Ann Telnaes & Liza Donnelly Exhibition in Switzerland
From Maison du dessin de presse.This exhibition highlights the work of two leading American cartoonists, Ann Telnaes and Liza Donnelly, whose incisive and committed drawings offer a powerful...
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AI Re-Imagines original cartoons
From The Daily Cartoonist.It seems a fairly new YouTube uploader is taking cartoonists’ original cartoons, “re-imagining” (read: swiping) them through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and then...
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Pat Bagley Leaves his Staff Position
From The Daily Cartoonist. Pat Bagley announced that he was leaving his staff position at The Tribune as Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall proclaimed May 31, 2025 Pat Bagley Day.After a long and...
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"A Savage Art: The Life and Cartoons of Pat Oliphant"
From the DC/DOX website.Saturday, June 14 (2025) will see the world premiere of the documentary film by Bill Banowsky at the DC/DOX Film Festival of A Savage Art: The Life and Cartoons of Pat...
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The Doug Wright Awards 2025
From the Doug Wright Awards Facebook page.This Saturday, the Doug Wright Awards will be back at the historic Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street, to present its 21st edition.Doors (and the bar)...
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World Humor Awards 2025 – Finalists
The international jury has completed its evaluation of the entries and selected the finalists who will compete for the 10th edition of the World Humor Awards. CARTOON SECTIONAbou Hassan Fadi, Norway –...
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Political Violence in the USA
From Counterpoint.After the assassination of Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and the attempted murder of State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, political leaders from across the...
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Cartoonist Zehra Ömeroglu acquitted
From Cartooning for Peace.After five long years of proceedings, punctuated by postponements, the Istanbul Court of First Instance finally ruled in favor of acquittal on Thursday, June 26.The Turkish...
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Two million pages seen
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Clashes and arrests in Turkey over LeMan cartoon
From The Guardian.-Peace be with you Muhammed! -Peace be with you Moses...Turkish prosecutor orders arrests at LeMan magazine over allegation of depicting prophet Muhammad.Clashes erupted in Istanbul...
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The Baltimore Sun sets for Kal
From Substack.I am disappointed to announce that after 31 years of award-winning cartoons in The Baltimore Sun, I was abruptly dismissed from the paper on Friday. It was just a matter of time.In...
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