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Cartoonists Against Electoral Fraud
Well-known Malaysian cartoonist (and Cartoon Movement member) Zunar has set up set up a movement called Cartoonists Against Election Fraud (CAEF) Malaysia, to protest against alleged fraud in the recent general elections in Malaysia. Read his statement on our blog.
15 May 2013 -
15 Cartoons That Changed the World
In March, we reviewed The Art of Controversy by Victor S. Navasky, a (historic) tour of 30 of the world's best cartoonists and the controversial work they created. In a post on Buzzfeed, Navasky has compiled a list of 15 cartoons that had a profound and lasting impact on the world. All these cartoons are also features in the book.
14 May 2013 -
Short Holiday Break
The editors of Cartoon Movement are taking a short break from their work. We will be back on Tuesday May 14; until then, there will be no new updates on the blog or homepage. The newsroom will, however, be open for business.
09 May 2013 -
New Shirt Design: Fear
We have added a new design to our t-shirt webshop. Imprisoned by your own fears and thoughts: cartoon by Pedro X. Molina.
08 May 2013 -
New Cartoonist: Jehad Awrtani
Jehad Awrtani is a professional editorial cartoonist from Jordan, working for newspapers in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. More of his work (in Arabic) can be seen on his Facebook page.
07 May 2013 -
New Cartoonist: Thomas Wong
Thomas Wong was born in 1948 in China, and now lives in Canada. His cartoons appeared the New Statesman, and numerous publications in Asia. His specialty is political satire for Asia Pacific region and international politics.
06 May 2013 -
New Cartoonist: Payam Borumand
Payam Borumand is a cartoonist from Iran. He graduated from Islamic Azad University, Faculty of Arts in 2007. Since then, he has been working as a cartoonist in Iranian newspapers magazines. He currently works at two newspapers: Etemad and Newholiday.
03 May 2013 -
New Cartoonist: Kyaw Thu Yein
Kyaw Thu Yein is a freelance cartoonist, and the second artist to join us from Myanmar. His career started in 2000, drawing cartoons for various local magazines and journals. Currently, he is a contributor to weekly journals The Voice Weekly and Eleven News.
02 May 2013 -
About Freedom
Cartoon Movement is partnering with international film festival About Freedom, taking place on May 5th in Breda, the Netherlands. In the run-up to the festival, we're asking our cartoonists to illustrate five perspectives on freedom. Check out the project newsroom here.
01 May 2013 -
New Cartoonist: Lorenzo Conti
More and more Italian artists find their way to our platform. Although Lorenzo Conti is still a student at the Officina B5 Academy of Illustration in Rome, the quality of his work makes him more than qualified to join our network of professional artists.
30 Apr 2013 -
New Partnership: 7Days
7Days is a weekly newspaper in the Netherlands for young readers aged between 12 and 18. This month, the newspaper has been restyled, and a new feature is a weekly political cartoon on the comics page, which we will provide. Input for the restyling of the newspaper came from polling the readers about their wishes. Surprisingly, one of the things the readers missed was a political cartoon.
25 Apr 2013 -
Interview with Liza Donnelly
On the blog, we interview with Liza Donnelly. Liza is a cartoonist for The New Yorker; her cartoons also appear on Forbes.comand Women's eNews.org. We talk to her about women, cartoons and humor.
22 Apr 2013 -
New Cartoonist: Fabiola Martelli
Fabiola Martelli is an illustrator from Rome, Italy. Her work ranges from children's illustrations to editorial work, employing various techniques. Check out some more of her illustrations here.
19 Apr 2013 -
Report from Caen
Caen, in Lower Normandy, France. Between 8 and 13 April, 23 cartoonists from 11 countries met here to discuss taboos, censorship, the differences in humor between countries and the future of the profession. Cartoon Movement was present, and reports about the event on the blog.
17 Apr 2013 -
Caen Cartoon Festival
Last week, we were in France for the 3rd International Cartoon Festival of Caen. Later this week, we'll have a full report on the blog of the event, which included a series of debates on taboos and censorship, drawing cartoons on a section of the Berlin Wall, and the first showing of the cartoon documentary Fini de Rire. Also coming, an interview with New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly, about women and political cartoons.
15 Apr 2013
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