An interesting article by Resham at StratNews Global (New Delhi, India) about China effectively using cartoons on social media platforms to shape narratives of international events to Americans, western nations, India, and Japan. China seems to have deliberately outsourced its foreign policy messaging to cartoonists. Political cartoons and poster art have quietly been elevated into tools […]
Six weeks after Pittsburgh Post-Gazette union employees returned to work following a court win and a union vote Block Communications announced it will shut down the newspaper completely – print and digital. From Pittsburgh’s Trib Live by Megan Trotter And Megan Swift: Owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced Wednesday they would cease operations on May […]
French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo has created yet another controversy—this time depicting French journalist, writer, and filmmaker Rokhaya Diallo in a banana belt dancing in front of an all-white audience with the caption: “The Rokhaya Diallo show ridicules secularism around the world.” The cartoon was drawn by Laurent “Riss” Sourisseau and published in its December 24 print […]
A Cathy Wilcox editorial cartoon about the Australian governments actions investigating the Bondi Beach killings has caused a backlash and is being targeted as antisemitic. From The Nightly: A cartoon in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers today portraying demands for a royal commission into the Bondi Beach massacre as being orchestrated by […]
The Phantom is 90, Modesty Blaise is 63, Hugo Hercules is 123. and the 100 year old cartoons of Billy Bornes. The Man Who Cannot Die is Born Next month is the 90th anniversary of Lee Falk and Ray Moore‘s The Phantom. The Phantom Fan begins their celebrations early: In February of 1936, a young […]
Thank God it’s Hump Day, coming just as things began to be scary. But we’ll ease into the humor with Rabbits, which would be echoing what I said yesterday except that this strip ran Sunday. Credit where credit is due, and much of the suspense ahead is seeing if the public rises to challenge the […]