“The New Cartoonist” publication launches
Cartoonist Pete Songi has launched a new digital magazine called The New Cartoonist. The inaugural issue is 48 pages long and features over 50…
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Wayback Whensday – La Vilaine Lulu
Naughty Lulu, the Yves Saint Laurent comic strip. From Jardin Marjorelle: In 1956, the twenty-year-old Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent was…
AAEC Condemns Detention of Ashraf Omar
Earlier this morning, 34 international organizations representing freedom of press, speech and journalism released a statement condemning Egypts detention of…
34 press organizations call on Egypt to release cartoonist, journalists
Thirty-four organizations representing freedom of press, speech and journalism have condemned Egypt’s arrest and disappearance of Egyptian journalists and cartoonist…
Galway Cartoon Festival to feature Speedbump creator Dave Coverly
This year’s Galway Cartoon Festival, in Ireland, will feature an American cartoonist – Dave Coverly, creator of Speedbump. Dave submitted…
Detention Extended For Ashraf Omar. Again
In what is becoming an unsettling pattern, an Egyptian state security prosecutor extended the detention for cartoonist Ashraf Omar for yet…
The Age retires Michael Leunig after 55 years
Cartoonist Michael Leunig, a fixture for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, for 55 years, was laid off along…
Bill Stott 1944-2024 – RIP
British cartoonist Bill Stott passed away on August 25. His career began as an art teacher in Liverpool. His cartooning career started…
Interviewed: Bob Moran on life as a controversial cartoonist
The UK Column has posted a 90-minute video interview with Bob Moran, former political cartoonist for the Daily Telegraph. Bob is…
Galway Cartoon Festival announces line-up
The Galway Cartoon Festival has announced their line-up for this year’s event. The annual festival in Galway Ireland will feature…
British man arrested for encouraging 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack
A Leicester man has been arrested for his online connection to the 2015 terrorist attack on the French satirical newspaper…
Egypt extends detention for cartoonist Ashraf Omar
The Egyptian state security prosecutor extended the detention of cartoonist Ashraf Omar for another 15 days. Ashraf was taken from…
Bangladesh exhibit celebrates cartoons that inspired Revolution 2024
An exhibit of cartoon art called Cartoon Ey Bidroho (Rebellion in Cartoons) is on display at the Drik Gallery in Dhaka Bangladesh. The…
Cathy Wilcox wins Kennedy Award for Outstanding Cartoon
The Australian Kennedy Foundation has announced this year’s winners of the Kennedy Awards for Outstanding Journalism. In the category of…
“Freedom to draw political cartoons has been restored in Bangladesh”
Yesterday on Facebook, Tarique Rahman, Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP, announced that freedom of political expression has been restored…