Saudi Arabia sentences Mohammed al-Ghamdi to 23 years

From the Associated Press.

Saudi cartoonist Mohammed al-Ghamdi, who drew under the pen name Al-Hazza, has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, according to the Sanad Human Rights Organization.

The sentence for Mohammed al-Ghamdi marks the latest in a widening judicial crackdown on any perceived dissent in Saudi Arabia since the rise of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, now seen as the kingdom’s day-to-day ruler in place of his 88-year-old father King Salman.

Saudi officials did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday from The Associated Press. 

Michael de Adder fired from the Halifax Chronicle Herald

From Reddit.

We have just learned that cartoonist Michael de Adder has been let go from the Halifax Chronicle Herald after working there for almost 30 years.

There will only be two editorial cartoons per week in the Chronicle Herald from now on.

In related news, SaltWire had just been sold to Postmedia, Canada’s largest newspaper publisher majority owned by the U.S. hedge fund Chatham Asset Management. 

Chatham is also the majority owner of US-based McClatchy newspapers which last year fired their three staff editorial cartoonists and has given up on political cartoons on their papers’ opinion pages.

Also:

Michael de Adder Let Go by Postmedia – Update in The Daily Cartoonist,

2024 Editorial Cartoonist Convention in Montreal

 

Canadian and American editorial cartoonists, as well as a few European guests, are meeting this weekend in Montreal for a conference on the digital future of the profession organized by the McCord Museum.

More details here.

Marilena Nardi at the ECC European Cartoon Center

From the ECC.

Silence, Winner, World Press Cartoon 2018

The European Cartoon Centre is presenting, from 29 September till 22 December 2024, an exhibition of the work of Italian cartoonist Marilena Nardi.

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2024

From Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

CXC 2024 poster art by Evan Salazar

Each year, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is proud to partner with institutions across Columbus to bring this free festival.

Join us on Friday, September 27 from 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. for our annual CXC Opening Reception.

Explore the museum, enjoy refreshments, and cheer on your cartoonist colleagues as we give out our annual awards at 6pm in the lobby. 

Visitors can peruse an open-house display of materials in the reading room, and view our current exhibit in the galleries: The Nancy Show: Ernie Bushmiller and Beyond.

The full slate of programming is available at cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org

Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

September 26 - 29, 2024

Drawn & Quarterly at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2024

From Drawn & Quarterly

Drawn & Quarterly will be exhibiting September 28-29, alongside some special guests including Kate Beaton (Ducks), Edward Steed (Forces of Nature), Chris Oliveros (Are You Willing to Die for the Cause?), and Ryan Holmberg (translator of Yoshiharu Tsuge, Fujiwara Maki, Yamada Murasaki, and more).

CML Main Library

96 S Grant Ave
Columbus, OH 43215

"Ink & Insight: 20 Years of Adam Zyglis Cartoons" Exhibition

From the Buffalo History Museum

For the past two decades, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis has created more than 4,000 pieces of visual commentary for The Buffalo News, keeping his pen on the pulse of local, national, and international news. 

Zyglis has carried on this important tradition of free expression, after his Pulitzer-winning predecessors Tom Toles and Bruce Shanks, with a focus on comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable. 

Day in and day out, Zyglis has employed wit, biting satire, and caricature to direct our attention to hard truths and injustice, with the ultimate goal of pushing society forward.

This 20-year retrospective collection of dozens of his cartoons, spans four presidents and five governors.

Ink & Insight: 20 Years of Adam Zyglis Cartoons

October18, 2024 - July, 2025

The Buffalo History Museum

1 Museum Court

Buffalo, NY 14216

(716) 873-9644