The Galway Cartoon Festival has announced their line-up for this year’s event. The annual festival in Galway Ireland will feature Lucie Arnoux, Dave Coverly, Ben Jennings, Malak Mattar, Will McPhail, and Dean Patterson.The Galway Cartoon Festival was established in 2017 with the objective to “nurture, promote, and develop the art of the cartoon in Ireland, […]
The South African Film and Publication Board gave The Showerhead documentary a “16 LNPSV” rating (suitable for over 16, containing language, nudity, prejudice, sex, violence). The film focuses on Jonathan Shapiro’s (AKA Zapiro) controversial cartoons during the Jacob Zuma presidential term, challenging the boundaries of freedom of expression. Producers of the film are appealing the […]
Last Friday’s editorial in The Washington Post highlighted Saudi Arabia’s suppression of expression among its Saudi citizens (even if living abroad) including a U.S.-Saudi citizen filmmaker, Abdulaziz al-Muzaini who created the hit animation series Masameer.Abdulaziz and his production company was charged with sponsoring and supporting terrorism and homosexuality. Additionally, the language used in Masameer includes […]
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A Leicester man has been arrested for his online connection to the 2015 terrorist attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Majid Novsarka, also known as Majid Freeman, has been charged with “encouraging terrorism over social media posts.”From the BBC: It is alleged that by making posts relating to the deadly 2015 attack on […]
The Egyptian state security prosecutor extended the detention of cartoonist Ashraf Omar for another 15 days. Ashraf was taken from his home in a midnight raid on July 22. His detention has been extended once before. He has been charged with “being involved in a terrorist group, disseminating false news and misusing social media tools.”The […]
An exhibit of cartoon art called Cartoon Ey Bidroho (Rebellion in Cartoons) is on display at the Drik Gallery in Dhaka Bangladesh. The exhibit celebrates the cartoons and art that inspired and fueled the revolution that culminated last month with the toppling of the Bangladesh government. During the Sheikh Hasina administration, freedom of expression and criticism of the government […]
The Australian Kennedy Foundation has announced this year’s winners of the Kennedy Awards for Outstanding Journalism. In the category of Outstanding Cartoon, the prize goes to Cathy Wilcox of the Nine Network & The Sydney Morning Herald, for her cartoon Solid Ground.Solid Ground by Cathy WilcoxFinalists for the award are:The Kennedy Awards are named after […]
Yesterday on Facebook, Tarique Rahman, Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP, announced that freedom of political expression has been restored after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country. I am deeply gratified that the freedom to draw political cartoons has been restored in Bangladesh. Before 2006, Bangladeshi cartoonists, especially Shishir Bhattacharjee, often […]
A documentary on the career and influence of South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, AKA Zapiro, debuted at the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa. The film focuses on Zapiro’s controversial cartoons during Jacob Zuma’s presidential term, challenging the boundaries of freedom of expression.The documentary description: The Showerhead examines the work of cartoonist Zapiro, from […]
This year’s EWK Prize goes to Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh who draws for the Middle East Monitor (MEMO). As this year’s winner, he will be a guest at the annual Lakes International Comic Art Festival in North West England in September to receive the award.From MEMO: “This prize is not for me, it is for […]
Members of the Press and Print Foundation (Stichting Pers & Prent), a Dutch cartooning organization supporting political artists and free speech in the Netherlands, joined other media organizations to protest a proposed tax increase on newspapers and magazines. The VAT increase, from 9% to 21%, was proposed in May. It was immediately opposed by NDP […]
Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar was seized on July 22 by plainclothes officers from his home in Giza in the middle of the night. While official documents report he was arrested on July 24, Ashraf’s wife, Nada Mougheeth, and their attorney accuse Egyptian security forces of torturing Ashraf between the time he was seized from his […]
French cartoonist André Juillard has passed at the age of 76. André was a prolific cartoonist and perhaps best known for his historical comic books. He was awarded the Grand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême in 1996. The prize is considered the most prestigious award in Franco-Belgian comics.According to Lambiek website, André was a student […]
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