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Last year was a tough one for political cartoonists. One of Counterpoint’s own award-winning artists lost his job after a cartoon criticizing the U.S. president’s approach to immigration went viral on Twitter, and some major publications—most notably the New York Times international edition—announced they’ll stop printing cartoons for good. 

No one else is working on new ways to keep cartooning alive, and that’s why we’re here.

2020 DWA Ceremony Will Be A Virtual Reality

From the Doug Wright Awards' blog.

As the city, country, and world continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the 16th annual Doug Wright Awards, scheduled for Saturday, May 9th, in Toronto, will not be taking place exactly as planned but rather a live-streamed virtual ceremony.

The 2020 Doug Wright Awards will be broadcast online on Saturday, May 9th, at 8 p.m.

The 2020 AAEC+ACC cartoonist convention is cancelled

From the AAEC website.

Big surprise, but the 2020 AAEC+ACC gathering in Ottawa is postponed until further notice.

The joint convention was planned for mid-May, but after watching international flights cancelled and hotels shut down for an unknown period of time, host Wes Tyrell put planning on hiatus. Last Tuesday the border between the two countries was closed to “non-essential” travel.

The two cartoonist associations will wait and see how the coronavirus crisis plays out over the next week before making a final call on the annual event.

UPDATE

"You Might Still Be From Nova Scotia If…"

From Nimbus Publishing.

Seven years and multiple national and regional newspaper awards later, Michael de Adder is back home where he belongs.

World Press Cartoon ceremony postponed

National Newspaper Awards 2019 Nominations

The Canadian Daily Newspaper Association announced today the finalists of the 71th National Newspaper Awards.

Serge Chapleau, La Presse

Winners of the “Women Cartoonists International Award”

From United Sketches.

The “Women Cartoonists International Award“ announced Doaa Eladl from Egypt as the winner of the first grand prize, while Camila de la Fuente from Venezuela/Mexico won the youth prize after a tough selection from more than 1000 submissions of 260 artists from every corner of the planet, organized by United Sketches.