Editorial cartoonist around the world are being encouraged to submit cartoons for the 2026 European Cartoon Award. The award recognizes “the impact of cartoons on societal dialogue” and serves to “encourage cartoonists in their vital role and stimulate conversations about Europe.”Requirements for entry include publications dates from June 2, 2025, and July 1, 2026, must […]
First there was the long list, then the short list, and now finally we get the finalists for the European Cartoon Award. The finalists include: Emad Hajjaj, Zehra Ömeroğlu, and Tjeerd Royaards.The winner will be announced next week during their annual Cartoons Day in Hague, Netherlands.
This year’s European Cartoon Award goes to Steven Lectrr Degryse (AKA Lectrr) for his cartoon of Russian opposition leader and political prisoner Alexei Navalny. The award is presented during European Cartoon Day ceremony presented by the European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht.Lectrr’s award winning cartoon:The European Cartoon Award, started in 2019, is dedicated to supporting and promoting […]
But first, Stephen Collins has a funny commentary based on the World Cup, though the tournament may be over before you see this. However, you should go see the whole thing, of which this is a snippet.Glad to see someone, as they say in Britain, taking the piss out of the snobs who brag about […]
We’ll start with a rare example of an artist beating the bureaucracy, with a hat tip to Bado for pointing out this WashPost article.The Postal Service wanted to feature the Statue of Liberty on a stamp. They found a nice photo of her and purchased the rights from Getty Images for $1500, then ran off […]
A collection, today, of things for you to click on rather than for me to comment on.Start here: While we’re fixated on drumming up faux controversies over candidate health and who lied over what, there are other things going on in the world, and this commentary on Brexit by Slovenian cartoonist Ciril Horjak is just […]
I love Tom Toles’ ability to create genuinely funny cartoons with substance, and much of that humor comes from a simple style that allows, for example, this plummeting European to maintain a completely bland expression as he assesses his situation.As the EU struggles to avoid an across-the-board collapse, it begins to seem like the Black […]
One of the old, hoary standbys of learning about political cartoons in high school is the list of symbols to be memorized: The bear is Russia, the bulldog is Great Britain, Uncle Sam is America, plus the list of landmarks like Big Ben, the Statue of Liberty, the Taj Mahal.We teach political cartoons the way […]