"Freedom in Broad Strokes" (2011)

May 3, 2011 saw the opening of the exhibition "Freedom of Expression in Broad Strokes" at the Panorama Room of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

The traveling exhibition, sponsored by the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO celebrates the first ten years of the CCWPF editorial cartoon contest and displays, on 12 giant panels, a selection of the winning entries.

Here is the panel showing the winning cartoons of the 2011 contest.

Ann Telnaes takes on Cheney

With the release of the former vice president’s memoir, Ann Telnaes revisits some of her favourite cartoons.

The cartoons found in the gallery were published here:

My favourite Cartoons (10): Miroslav Barták

Stripped: The Comics Documentary (1)

Dave Kellett (creator of Sheldon and Drive) and cinematographer Fred Schroeder are now into the post-production process of their Stripped documentary. The feature-length documentary features 60 of the world’s best and most famous cartoonists to talk about the art of cartooning. The two have started a Kickstarter project to raise $58,000 needed to finish off the project. As of this writing they’ve raised just over $27,000 with 28 more days to go.
UPDATE: The target was reached on August 29th. (See story at the very bottom of this post)

Here’s their pitch video and the description below.

My favourite Cartoons (9): Hans-Georg Rauch

 The 1970's : Best Political Cartoons of the Decade, Jerry Robinson, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1979.

Cartoonist Critical of Syrian Regime Assaulted

Prominent Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat was beaten Thursday by masked gunmen in Damascus. In recent months, as the government cracked-down on protesters, Frezat’s cartoons had been especially critical of the Assad regime. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with London-based writer and blogger Robin Yassin-Kassab, who has followed and written about Ali Ferzat for many years.

More information in The Washington Post.

You can see more of Ferzat's cartoons on this video:

A sample of Ali Ferzat cartoons (via Cartooning For Peace):

How Hard Is It To Get a Cartoon Into The New Yorker?

James Sturm writes about his experiences drawing and submitting cartoons to The New Yorker.