Similar Concepts

Tjeerd Royaards in Substack.

Let me start this editorial by stating that I am not accusing any artist referenced here below of plagiarism. 

Editorial cartooning isn’t exactly a get-rich-quick scheme, so in my opinion there aren’t many cartoonists who plagiarize (why would you?). 

There are, however, a lot of instances where cartoonists come up with similar concepts.

Giorgio Forattini 1931-2025

From Ansa.

Italian cartoonist Giorgio Forattini died last week at the age of 94.

Born in 1931 in Rome, he worked for Panorama and left-leaning daily La Repubblica, edited Il Male, and later created illustrations for liberal daily La Stampa, conservative daily Il Giornale and centrist daily QN.

"Censure en Amérique"

Mike Peterson in The Daily Cartoonist. 

Censorship in America: A dialogue in words and pictures by the ex-cartoonists of the New York Times and Washington Post” is a conversation between Patrick Chappatte and Ann Telnaes published by a French publishing house in a large (9″x11″, 224 pages), gorgeous book that shows how much more seriously cartooning is regarded there than it is here.

Results of World Press Cartoon 2125

From World Press Cartoon.

Montenegro cartoonist Darco won first prize in the Editorial Cartoon category and the Grand Prize of the 2125 World Press Cartoon competition in Oerias, Portugal.

"Save the Earth(lings)" by Dawn Mockler

From Amazon.

Cartoonist Dawn Mockler has recently published a collection of cartoons from the past decade bringing attention to the Earth's climate dilemma.

World Press Cartoon Oeiras 2025

From World Press Cartoon.

The World Press Cartoon Oeiras 2025 Jury meeting was held in Algés, Portugal, in early July and the winners were selected.

The winning entries came from Cuba, Germany, Iran, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

My entry:

Clay Jones Fundraiser

From The Daily Cartoonist.

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has organized a GoFundMe page to help Clay Jones recover from his stroke with medical and rehab expenses.