Ecuadorian cartoonist, activist Vilma Vargas

From The Northside Chronicle.

Vilma Vargas is one of many artists Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum has taken under their wings via their ‘Artists in Exile’ program. It is a program which helps aid various artists from across the globe in their pursuit of creative freedom – a liberty often denied to them in their native countries.

Political cartoonists are having a field day covering Donald Trump

From the CBC's Day 6.

Cartoon by Michael de Adder

Three cartoonists joined Day 6 host Brent Bambury this week to discuss how they're navigating what some consider to be a creative heyday for their industry.

Covering Donald Trump as an editorial cartoonist

From the CBC.

Host John Northcott speaks with Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post about the role of an editorial cartoonist today.

POTUS 45

A selection of cartoons about US President Donald Trump.

Henrique Monteiro, Portugal

Women Drawing Against President Trump

From The Daily Beast.

The comic RESIST! is a reaffirmation of the liberal principles—free speech, a free press, racial and gender equality—that its creators see as threatened by a Trump presidency.

The Problem with Editorial Cartooning

From The Comics Journal.

This is a 1988 panel about the viability of satire in editorial cartooning, featuring Jules Feiffer, Chuck Freund, Brad Holland, David Levine and Peter Steiner.

One of the biggest topics at last year’s Association of American Editorial Cartoonist’s convention was the perceived decline of hard-hitting, politically committed satire in editorial cartoons in favor of a softer, non-controversial style of humor. This perception was heightened by the Pulitzer Prize awarded to Berke Breathed for Bloom County, a gag strip with topical overtones.

I wish I'd drawn... (42)

... this cartoon by Christopher Weyant.