Season's Greetings from the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum
From the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.All Dated Up: Margy, making joyous din, welcomes 'thirty-seven, John Held Jr., The San Diego Union, December 27, 1936. 2021 presented unique...
View ArticleBillboard companies boycott the boycott of Beijing Olympic Games
From 2GB. Billboards by BadiucaoAustralian advertising companies have rejected a series of billboards supporting a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over fears of retribution from...
View ArticleHappy New Year Cartoons
Pierre PrattJacques GoldstynTerry Mosher (Aislin)Dan MurphyMichel Garneau (Garnotte)Niels Bo BojesenMarie Lafrance
View ArticleA portrait of cartoonist Hossien Rezaye
From Info Migrants.Hossien Rezaye arrived in Amsterdam on one of the final flights out of Kabul. A combination of timing and luck allowed him a narrow escape from the Taliban as the extremists...
View ArticleA European House of Editorial Cartooning will be created in Paris
From Patrick Chappatte's Facebook page.Wonderful news: the European House of Editorial Cartooning will be created in Paris, as recommended by our working group. It will network energies in France...
View ArticleHappy 85th, Andy!
Veteran Toronto Sun cartoonist Andy Donato celebrated his 85th birthday last week. Fellow members of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists marked the occasion in caricature:Graeme MackayDale...
View ArticleCartoon Movement editor on the House of Cartoons in France
From Cartoon Movement.The future location of the House of Press and Satirical Cartoons in Paris.Last week, French president Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a European House of Press and...
View ArticleKurt Westergaard and the World's Most Notorious Cartoon
Mathias Wivel in The Comics Journal.Kurt Westergaard by Thomas Thorhauge in the weekly Weekendavisen, July 22, 2021In the past year, two protagonists of the cartoon controversies of the naughts passed...
View ArticleTennessee school board bans Holocaust graphic novel ‘Maus’
From CNBC. A Tennessee school board has voted to remove the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “Maus” from an eighth-grade language arts curriculum due to concerns about profanity and an image of...
View ArticleArafat cartoon exhibition causes uproar in Palestine
From The New Arab.The Yasser Arafat Foundation announced on Monday the removal of all cartoons from a controversial exhibition it had organised in Ramallah.The exhibition, titled "Palestine and Yasser...
View ArticleClay Bennett defends Art Spiegelman by lampooning the ‘Maus’ firestorm
Michael Cavna in The Washington Post.The battles over which books get taught is an ongoing national debate, but for Clay Bennett, the fresh skirmish in Tennessee especially hit home.“This particular...
View ArticleVale Hard Lay (1963-2022)
Phil Thornton from Karen News. Burma cartoonist Harn Lay died today in Taunggyi, Shan State. He passed peacefully surrounded by family and friends. He is survived by his wife, daughter and son.I first...
View ArticleBadiucao Collection Denounces Beijing Winter Olympics
From Cartooning for Peace. On 1 February 2022, Chinese cartoonist Badiucao launched the “Beijing 2022 Olympics” collection calling for a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics due to the Chinese...
View ArticleBill Woodman (1939-2022)
From Mike Lynch Cartoons.Cartoonist Bill Woodman passed away on Saturday. He was 85 years old. Born in Bangor, Maine, upon high school graduation, he joined the Navy, serving on the USS Timmerman...
View Article22nd World Press Freedom Canada International Editorial Cartoon Competition
1. The theme for the 22nd International Editorial Cartoon Competition is:Silence is goldenCancel culture has become a source of our newest cultural cleavage.Whether it be on social media or at live...
View ArticleUkraine invasion: Misleading claims continue to go viral
From BBC News. An image showing two children seeing off a convoy of Ukrainian forces into battle has generated millions of engagements - likes and shares.But the image was first published in 2016. It...
View Article"Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator"
From The Tyee.Vladimir Putin is purportedly the richest man in the world. Of course, much of his wealth is stolen from ordinary Russian people. In Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator, cartoonist...
View ArticleI wish I'd drawn... (65)
...this wonderful cartoon by Le Soleil cartoonist André-Philippe Côté.
View ArticleLalo Alcaraz wins the 2022 Herblock Prize
From NBC NewsLalo Alcaraz, a Los Angeles-based political cartoonist, becomes the first Latino recipient of the prestigious 2022 Herblock Prize in recognition of his editorial cartooning and his...
View ArticleI wish I'd drawn... (66)
...this wonderful cartoon by Quebec cartoonist François Lapierre.
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