João Fazenda

Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin

Tom Batchell's caricature to illustrate "The Paparazzo Who Wants to Catch Justin Bieber Happy" in last week's edition of The New Yorker seemed a bit different from his usual style.

And for good reason.

Cartoonist axed for ‘Animal Farm’ parody of Likud lawmakers

From The Times of Israel.

A veteran Israeli cartoonist was cut loose on Tuesday from the magazine he worked at for nearly three decades over an illustration portraying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud lawmakers as pigs from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”

The cartoon by Avi Katz drew on a photo of Netanyahu and members of his Likud party snapping a selfie at the Knesset following the passage of the so-called Jewish State law last week.

'New York Daily News' Staff Slashed By Half

From NPR.

Cartoon by Bill Bramhall

The newspaper publishing company Tronc has moved to slash the New York Daily News newsroom, announcing cuts of 50 percent to the paper's editorial staff, according to an internal memo obtained by NPR and other news outlets.

The origin of "Thagomizer"

When the Far Side came out in 1982, paleontologists realised they'd never actually named that part of a stegosaurus and began using the term informally. 

And now, 36 years later, if you type "Thagomizer" into a search engine...

The 2018 Herne Bay Cartoon Festival

From the Herne Bay Cartoon Festival website.

Poster by the The Surreal McCoy

The theme of this year Herne Bay Cartoon Festival is "Turning the Tide". The main event is August 5 on Herne Bay Pier. 

A message from cartoonist Pedro Molina

More than 350 deaths and counting... Ortega's Paramilitary have killed unarmed nicaraguan citizens almost daily for the past 3 months and he continue to do so ... Please share and help us stop him.

Pedro.

USA Bans Italian Cartoonist From Attending San Diego Comic-Con

From Bleeding Cool.

Italian cartoonist Zerocalcare, who has become a national sensation after selling a million copies of his graphic novels in the last six years in Italy alone, was invited to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

His work has become increasingly popular in Europe and he was planning to promote and celebrate the American launch of his book on the struggle of Kurdish rebels in Syria, Kobane Calling, from American publishers Lion Forge.

That was before he reckoned with the American government.