Two Cuban cartoonist, illustrators: Mary Esther Lemus and Camila Ramírez Lobón, are two of the ten recipients of the Cuban Migrant Arts Resilience Fellowship by the Artists at Risk Connection (ARC). The fellowship supports exiled Cuban artists with a financial grant, mentorship, and networking to help artists rebuilding their professional lives abroad. This is ARC’s […]
Alarmed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement impact in their communities, Minnesota cartoonists have launched an effort to spread the word about ICE’s abuses and to call on other artists to share what they are witnessing in their own communities.The seed of this movement came from graphic novelist K. Woodman-Maynard after she created an editorial for […]
With the cancellation of the Angoulême International Comics Festival, the city of Angoulême has organized a new local, independent festival called Le Grand Off to be held January 29 through February 1, 2026, the same days as the cancelled international festival.The four day festival will include 150 events be held throughout the city at 60 […]
Judge Jennifer L Rochon has dismissed the case against Cadence Comic Art and its owner Paolo Belfiore that was brought by 17 cartoonists who alleged the gallery and art dealer of defrauded them and refusing to return their artwork. The dismissal came in response to a request by the artists’ attorney informing the court that the parties […]
Yesterday, as news broke that a Swiss couple had filed a criminal complaint against the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo over a cartoon that mocked the deaths and burn victims from the New Year’s Eve Crans-Montana ski resort fire, the no-holds-barred paper fired back with another “drawing of the day” by Éric Salch. The cartoon asks the […]
A criminal complaint has been filed in Switzerland over a Charlie Hebdo “Drawing of the Day” by contributor Éric Salch. The cartoon (below) was published last Friday—the same day of a state memorial service for the victims who perished in the Crans-Montana ski resort New Year’s Eve fire that claimed the lives of 40 individuals […]
🇮🇳 International Exhibition of Gandhi CaricaturesThe Indian Institute of World Culture is hosting the International Exhibition of Gandhi Caricatures from January 13 to 22 at its Art Gallery in Basavanagudi, Bengaluru.🇳🇱 Jokes Aside: Cartoons, Censorship and Free SpeechThis Tuesday, January 13, in Amsterdam, the exhibition Designed to Provoke is being hosted by the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study who will host a […]
French cartoonist Sergio Goizauskas better known as Serguei passed away on January 8 at the age of 69. Born in Argentina. He had a 45 year run at Le Monde where he was described as “not a political or current cartoonist, but rather a poet capable of drawing.”From Lucas Delattre at Le Monde (translated via […]
The Joe Sacco, Art Spiegelman exhibit “Never Again!.. And again… And again…” currently at the Paris Galerie Martel art gallery has been extended another week. Originally scheduled to close tomorrow, visitors can view Joe and Art’s “graphic and political dialogue around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” on Gaza until January 17.Additionally, €80,000 was raised off of selling […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Comic Art Museum in Brussels features an exhibit called “The nature of Wauter Mannaert” featuring the work of Wauter Mannaert. From the exhibit website: Enter the universe of Flemish comic book author Wauter Mannaert: a world where ancient myths are crossed with today’s problems, where the city really begins to live and the personal […]
The documentary about one of the most influential editorial cartoonists in America is now streaming on most platforms. “A Savage Art the Life Cartoons of Pat Oliphant” can now be viewed on most streaming platforms (check link above for list). As I rewrote in my review back in June: Clocking in at 88 minutes, the […]
Amsterdam cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards claimed this year’s European Cartoon Award last night at the annual European Cartoon Award ceremony held in The Hague. His cartoon focused on the death and destruction of Palestine by Israel and the fecklessness of the United Nations.Emanuele Del Rosso, Head of the European Cartoon Award had this to say about […]
An exhibit entitled “Faces of Peace” in the Church of the Holy Spirit (Bern, Switzerland) is being criticized as anti-Semitic for displaying portraits of journalists killed in Gaza. The artwork was created by Italian free-speech activist Gianluca Costantini.From Der Bund (translated with Google): The Jewish author Hannah Einhaus is always outspoken when she suspects antisemitism . She […]