Kristi Noem’s sudden fall from grace called for some quick reactions from cartoonists and I think they acquitted themselves well as a group. Not every take was brilliant, but several were quite good, particularly from a cold start. I’m sure there will be some others landing in the next day or two, but you snooze, […]
Morland summed up the World Economic Forum in Davos by showing totally knackered leaders and one little fellow blissfully tucked in and sleeping, with his toys scattered around to suggest who was responsible for the chaos.On the other hand, Pope narrows in on the two highlights of the meeting: Canadian PM Mark Carney’s stirring speech […]
The 70th annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism was held on November 27, 2025 in Sydney. David Pope’s “Gaza” was awarded Cartoon of the Year at Australia’s national journalism awards.The Canberra Times noted Pope’s taking the honor for the third time (or here, kinda): David Pope and all the 2025 winners are listed at […]
A good day to clean out the files, since the No Kings rallies are over and we’re just sweeping up the rest of our crises. Mondays are always a little quiet, since most political cartoonists seem to take Sunday off, but Ramirez had this puzzler to offer.He seems to think, near as I can tell, […]
The Australian Cartoonists Association held their convention this weekend and as part of the gathering presented The 2025 Stanleys, more formally known as The Stan Cross Awards, to cartoonists in various categories. To paraphrase Peter Broelman: Eight Stanleys were awarded for Book Illustrator, Caricaturist, Comic Book Artist, Comic Strip Cartoonist, Editorial/Political Cartoonist, Event Cartoonist, Illustrator […]
The Walkley Foundation reveals the finalists of the 70th annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. “Australia’s pre-eminent national journalism awards, recognise and reward the best in the craft and set the industry standard for excellence.” … eligible entries [were] published or broadcast between 20 August, 2024 and 18 August 2025. For the most important […]
Pickles provides us with an excellent starting point, because, as noted here yesterday, we should keep some sense of humor amid the wreckage of a fine country. Not only does it give us the spirit to keep going, but it gives us the strength to keep resisting.Most Americans aren’t in any great danger of being […]
There’s not much to add to or analyze in Jennings’ cartoon. Children are living as grotesque skeletons and dying in unconscionable numbers. The obvious, simple solution would be to give them food, but instead they have to die. It’s all rather complicated.The whole world is watching, and, as Pope says, putting together their sternest words, […]
Shefali Rekhi considers the problems facing cartoonists in Singapore and includes a brief history of cartooning and their colonial roots as seen in The Straits Times. And the international syndication of American comic strips are also a part of the discussion: Also brought to attention is the worldwide problem of digital media vis-a-vis editorial cartooning: […]
Rowe gets a laugh out of Dear Leader’s attack on Iran despite feeling it represents the death of the UN Charter, because there’s absurdity in the arrogance and chaos in the messaging.One of the factors in our liberation of Kuwait was that GHWB had obtained cooperation from a wide array of allies, and then stopped […]
There have been many, many Dominion/Fox cartoons since we looked at the immediate reactions. Here are some of the most thought-provoking from the second wave:Jack Ohman starts us off with an extremely important factor to bear in mind, which is that, while the lawsuit and its revelations were major news on most networks, Fox barely […]
A bit of Black Friday humor from Frazz (AMS) to mark the day.I’m having a little trouble with shopping options, given, as Frazz notes, that the era of the shopping mall is pretty well dead.It sure didn’t last long, given the investment involved, but, then, it was a dubious concept to begin with: The developers […]
Peter Schrank comments on the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, specifically noting the wildfires raging in Greece (in case you thought only we here had them). And David Pope echoes the concern, with a slightly less grim cartoon overall but adding some lightning-bolt-hurling on the part of a god depicted not as angry […]
We all knew this cartoon was coming, and Ed Hall is first out of the gate.Guys who work by inspiration rather than by deadline, and who post their own cartoons rather than turning them over to some IT person, will always have an advantage in speed and responsiveness, and it’s particularly important when you’re drawing […]