AI Re-Imagines original cartoons

From The Daily Cartoonist.

It seems a fairly new YouTube uploader is taking cartoonists’ original cartoons, “re-imagining” (read: swiping) them through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and then passing them off as their own.

Original Jack Ohman cartoon

Ann Telnaes & Liza Donnelly Exhibition in Switzerland

From Maison du dessin de presse.

This exhibition highlights the work of two leading American cartoonists, Ann Telnaes and Liza Donnelly, whose incisive and committed drawings offer a powerful perspective on the place of women in society.

Through their caricatures and illustrations, they denounce inequality, defend women's rights, and question power dynamics with humor and insight.

Between satire and activism, their works demonstrate the essential role of cartoons in the fight for equality and freedom of expression.

Exhibition guide here.

Zehra Ömeroğlu receives Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award 2025

From The Daily Cartoonist.

Cartoonists Rights has bestowed the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award 2025 on Zehra Ömeroğlu, a Turkish cartoonist, who has been the target of criminal prosecution for a cartoon that was published in 2020 and faces a three year prison sentence.

The offending cartoon was published in Leman, a satirical magazine composed mainly of women. 

In 2022, she was summoned to the police station and informed of obscenity charges for her tongue-in-cheek pandemic-related cartoon.

Ann Telnaes Wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize

Ann Telnaes wins the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary.  She earned the honor “for delivering piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions with deftness, creativity – and a fearlessness that led to her departure from the news organization after 17 years.” What makes it all the more striking that she won the Pulitzer for The Washington Post — the very paper she left earlier this year in protest over editorial freedom. Here’s a few of the cartoons from the winning portfolio.

"License to Offend" Exhibition cancelled ‘over fears of offence’

From The Telegraph.

An exhibition of Fleet Street cartoons titled Licence to Offend, scheduled to go on public view in Kingston-upon-Thames, has been cancelled, apparently because the cartoons might offend someone.

The Kingston Riverside is operated by TownSq, which takes over unused public buildings and runs them as workspaces.

25th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition (Results)

First Prize: Constantin Sunnerberg (Cost), Belgium

The jury, composed of five members of World Press Freedom Canada met on April 2 to select the winners of the 25th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition.

The theme, this year, was "It's a Trump World".

Cartooning Would-Be Kings

From Google Event.

To mark World Press Freedom Day on May 5th, the Institute of Democracy, Journalism, and Citizenship (IDJC), Syracuse University, Washington, DC will host a special event exploring cartoonists' contribution in the the age of "strong man" leaders and media oligarchs.

Speakers: cartoonists Barry Blitt, Kevin Kallaugher, Joel Pett, and Signe Wilkinson and experts Katherine Jacobsen and Roslyn Mazer will discuss findings from the latest report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

The event will also include the announcement of this year's Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award.