Martin Rowson and Ella Baron – Processes The Guardian charges two of their cartoonists with the idea of “Trump and a world in turmoil” and then followed them as they transformed that into an editorial cartoon along with their thought process along the way. This week, we challenged the pair to draw on the same […]
Of all the Trump/Nobel cartoons that have appeared in the past 24 hours or so, this is the only one that really cracked me up. Cohen skips all the reasons it didn’t and shouldn’t have and couldn’t have happened, and capitalizes instead on Trump’s preening ego and childlike gullibility, which are at the center of […]
UK cartoonists have launched “Cartoonists For Gaza” to respond to the humanitarian crisis, they include Martin Rowson, Roger Langridge, Bryan Talbot, and more. Joining the UK cartoonists are others from across Europe and the U.S. such as Oscar Zarate, Bob Fingerman, James Sturm, and scores more.From John Freeman at downthetubes (with a gallery): UK cartoonists […]
An exhibit curated to showcase offensive cartoons that was cancelled in May for being too offensive has a new site where the proprietors aren’t quite so milquetoast as the original forum owners turned out to be.From Alex Farber at The Times of London: The curator of a cancelled exhibition of political cartoons is confident that […]
Looking to get out of the studio this summer? Here are five UK cartoon exhibits to visit: Samuel Ojo’s show at The Cartoon Museum dives into his experience as a migrant artist. In Herne Bay, “Out of Line” takes aim at Michelangelo’s David. Paul Shadbolt’s work is on display at The Crown in Hastings, Pete […]
For centuries, their wit and political barbs have made Britain’s cartoonists the toast of the democratic world. But yesterday an exhibition of their work called Licence To Offend was censored… in case anyone was offended. ‘I was told they found the work too offensive! Apparently they have to deal with councils across the country and […]
Editorial cartooning, caricaturing, graphic noveling, webcomicing, comic stripping – we cover the bases.Martin Rowson, British cartoonist for The Guardian who occasionally shows up in Mike Peterson’s columns, has deceided to celebrate his 66th birthday by reducing his output to once a week: Just so you know, from 15th February 2025 I’m cutting back to one […]
Dear Leader’s urge for Lebensraum is getting a frosty reception in the Great White North, as Aislin indicates. Apparently they won’t drink his Kool-Aid (yes, yes, “Flavor-Aid”) up there. And if they did, they’d likely have to pay a tariff on it, because their government isn’t taking the trade war lying down.Here’s another view from […]
Our nation’s cartoonists are divided between those who see the ascension of Trump as a disaster and those who consider it a shining moment, but I’ve found little support for the fellow among foreign cartoonists. Morten Morland (UK) captured the swearing in with Trump about to press the plunger carried by Melania, in her Natasha […]
David Rowe picks up on both themes for today: King Charlie has been diagnosed with cancer, and so has Uncle Sam, at least in the John Dean sense of there being a cancer on the presidency. We’ll get back to that second part.As for the King’s cancer, Matt is refreshingly sarcastic about the vague announcement. […]
To set the mood somewhat gently, an announcement: I compiled this array back when the Biden/Ice Cream meme first surfaced as a way of pointing out how foolish and unhistoric it was. In fact, I went back and documented that all but three presidents enjoyed ice cream, and those three may have liked it, too. […]
There have been additional cartoons about the rewriting of the late Roald Dahl’s books, but, having covered the topic, I’m disinclined to feature anything that doesn’t rise above the norm.Martin Rowson did just that, blending the revisionist literature with Vladimir Putin’s absurd claim that Ukraine started the war. A pair of rubbish rewrites, indeed. There […]
Baby Blues (KFS) sets the stage today, because we’re going to look beyond the cover, much as we might rather not.BTW, Baby Blues seems, of late, less focused on the humorous oddities of raising a family and more centered on how much Zoey and Hammy hate each other. This doesn’t make for many laughs but […]
David Rowe begins today’s conversation with this delightful take on everything.Fauci’s deadpan expression captures his serious intent, while his expertise is shown in the charts on his desk, ready for use in his testimony, his framed degrees and his overflow of books.But despite his having shut the door and put a “closed” sign on it, […]
I remember reading some swashbuckler in which, at the very start, the roughnecks who wielded broadswords were complaining about Frenchmen who fought with light foils, which they felt were not manly in that they didn’t deal death in great, slashing blows but with small, sneaky thrusts.It must have been Rafael Sabatini, because Dumas was himself […]