POSTPONED// The World Press Freedom Conference and cartoon Movement competition.

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, in close consultation with UNESCO, has decided to postpone the World Press Freedom Conference 2020. 

"Quentin Blake: We Live in Worrying Times" Exhibition

From Hastings Contemporary.

Quentin Blake returns to Hastings Contemporary with a startling showcase of new drawings, paintings, and a large-scale mural he has described as ‘his Guernica’, as raw, original and unlikely as anything he has produced in his eight decades of artistic creativity. 

End of an era: Labor cartoonists say farewell

From the Northwest Labor Press.

For more than three decades, cartoons from Huck/ Konopacki have appeared in the Northwest Labor Press. So it came as a shock to learn last month that labor cartoonists Mike Konopacki and Gary Huck are closing down their cartoon syndicate. 

15th International George van Raemdonck Cartoon Contest

IHA (International humour in art) with with their partners the Boechout Municipality, the Boechout Cultural Council and DF-Boechout-Vremde are pleased to announce the 15th International George van Raemdonck Cartoon Contest.

Michael de Adder wins the 2020 Herblock Prize

From the Chronicle Herald and the Herblock Foundation websites.

Michael de Adder, cartoonist for The Chronicle-Herald and The Hill Times in Ottawa and contributing cartoonist for both The Nib and Counterpoint, is the winner of the 2020 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning.

Cartoonists Rights President Joel Pett announces his retirement

From the Cartoonist Rights website.

Photo courtesy of Devta Kidd

After some fifteen years in the role Joel Pett, multi-award winning editorial cartoonist for the Lexington Herald Leader, has decided to retire from the presidency of Cartoonists Rights Network International’s board of directors.

Michael de Adder honoured by Mount Allison University

From the Mount Allison University website.

Editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder (Class of ’91) is one of five distinguished alumni of Mount Allison University recognized with an honorary degree during the 2020 Convocation ceremonies scheduled for May 11, 2020.