A Russian child's drawing sparked a police investigation

From the BBC.

Masha's school contacted the police after the 12-year-old drew this picture

In the centre of the Russian town of Yefremov is a wall covered in pictures of war. Giant photographs of masked Russian soldiers with guns and supersized letters Z and V - symbols of the country's so-called special military operation in Ukraine.

There's a poem, too:

Good should have fists.
Good needs an iron hand
To tear the skin from those
Who threaten it.

This is the official, patriotic picture of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

But in this town, 320km (200 miles) south of Moscow, you'll find another image of the Ukraine war. A very different one.

The nominees of the 19th annual Doug Wright Awards

From the DWA blog.

Nominees for the 2023 Doug Wright Awards were selected from entries of books published in the 2022 calendar year. The short list and winners were chosen by a panel of three judges for each category.

This year, a record 200 entries by Canadian authors and artists were submitted from dozens of publishers and self-published authors.

Each winner will receive a small cash prize, and the winner of The Nipper will be awarded a week-long stay at the Valleyview Artist Retreat, in Caledon, Ontario. 

Here are the nominees for the 19th annual Doug Wright Awards:

"Milton Glaser: Pop"

From It's Nice That.

A new book shows Milton Glaser’s impact in the 60s and 70s, from psychedelia and beyond.

Hundreds of Glaser’s works, unseen since their original publication, feature in print once more to show the legendary designer’s portfolio before and after I ❤ NY.

The 19th Doug Wright Awards poster

 

Dwellings creator and 2022 Pigskin Peters winner Jay Stephens designed this year's Doug Wright Awards poster.

The ceremony will take place, Saturday April 29th at 8pm, at the Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street in Toronto.

It was 20 years ago today

Here are a few cartoons I drew in 2003 about the American invasion in Iraq.

National Newspaper Awards 2022 Nominations

The Canadian Daily Newspaper Association announced today the finalists of the 74th National Newspaper Awards.

"So You Thought You Could Retire!" by Graham Harrop

From Northwest Prime Time.

The award-winning Graham Harrop creates cartoons for The Vancouver Sun and Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, along with the online comic strip Ten Cats. 

His work has appeared in Reader’s Digest, National Post, as greeting cards and even as medical specialists’ cards.