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Cartoonist Giorgio Forattini – RIP
Italian political cartoonist Giorgio Forattini has passed away.
Cartoonist Giorgio Forattini has died at the age of 94, his family said Tuesday.
Born in 1931 in Rome, he worked for Panorama and left-leaning daily la Repubblica, edited Il Male, and later created illustrations for liberal daily La Stampa, conservative daily Il Giornale, the first to report the news of his death, and centrist daily QN.
He became very popular at la Repubblica where his work lampooning politicians earned him legendary status, before he fell out with editor and founder Eugenio Scalfari and resigned over a cartoon of then post-Communist premier Massimo D’Alema as Adolf Hitler.
One of the main reasons for his success was the scathingly irreverent characterization of some politicians: Bettino Craxi dressed as Benito Mussolini, Giovanni Spadolini naked, D’Alema as Adolf Hitler (but in a communist guise), Giovanni Goria invisible, Piero Fassino skeletal, Giuliano Amato as Mickey Mouse…
ToonsMag has a biography and bibliography.
Manila Times Columnist Takes on Manila Times Cartoonists
Controversial Manila Times columnist Rigoberto Tiglao has a problem with Manila Times cartoonists:
NEEDLESS to say, our concern for truth is more important than camaraderie, and I won’t mince words, since this case is so much a violation of journalistic integrity that has gone unchecked for years.
I am referring to the editorial cartoons by our two cartoonists — who sign their work as “Steve Pabs” and “Kikoman” — many of which, as I will show, disseminate outright fake news. (The former is Steven Pabalines who has a comic strip “Pango Planet,” every second Sunday, devoted to ridiculing and attacking former president Duterte and his children.)
Their cartoons are so brazenly anti-China, shamelessly depicting the Chinese as buck-toothed, bespectacled (or slant-eyed) obese men — even as monsters and pirates — and portraying a one-sided (really American) view of our disputes with the superpower. I have never seen even brazenly anti-Chinese cartoons even in US publications, including those published by the US military that are so biased to the point of being fake news, as those made by our cartoonists.
What got my goat recently was a cartoon two days before the elections that was brazenly malicious fake news.
The cartoon (image 1) depicted a person that looks like senatorial candidate Rodante Marcoleta handing over something marked “WPS” (for West Philippine Sea) to China, depicted as a panda. As if that wasn’t enough, the cartoon even had Juan de la Cruz with a speech bubble: “I will never vote for candidates who will deliver our sovereignty to foreigners.” Marcoleta placed sixth in the senatorial elections, getting 15.3 million votes.
The cartoon is incontrovertibly fake news…
Aamir Khan to get RK Laxman Excellence Award
India Today reports actor Aamir Khan will receive the inaugural RK Laxman Award:
Aamir Khan is set to be honoured with the first-ever RK Laxman Award for Excellence in a ceremony scheduled to take place in Pune on November 23, 2025. The RK Laxman family announced that the inaugural award will recognise Khan’s contributions to Indian cinema and celebrate the legacy of the late cartoonist RK Laxman.
RK Laxman remains one of India’s most beloved cartoonists, best known for his long-running cartoon strip ‘You Said It’ and the creation of The Common Man. His works captured the humour and irony of daily life in India, resonating with a broad audience across generations.
In addition to his cartoons, RK Laxman created iconic sketches for the TV series ‘Malgudi Days’, written by his brother RK Narayan. Over his lifetime, Laxman received several honours, including the Padma Bhushan, the Padma Vibhushan, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Mysore.
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