A sad anniversary for cartoonist Pedro X. Molina

From the Twitter account of Pedro X. Molina. 

Today marks two years since Ortega's regime raided the offices of Confidencial in Nicaragua. So I took the space of my Sunday comic page to talk a little bit about that. 

De Adder reprinted in "The Washington Post" (take 2)

 

The above cartoon, by Michael de Adder, was republished in today's edition of The Washington Post.

Here is the colour version:

The arc of the political cartoon

 Will de Búrca in The Irish Times.

"Fashionable Contrasts, or the Duchess's Little Shoe Yielding to the Magnitude of the Duke",

James Gillray

Anthony J Mourek is a property manager and political art collector from Chicago. 

Fascinated by political cartoons and the use of art in political discourse since the late 1960s, he collects original drawings of political cartoons, prints, oil paintings, sculpture, and related books.

Richard Corben Dies At 80

 From Comic Book.

Richard Corben, a famed artist who created work for Heavy Metal, DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, and more, has died at the age of 80. 

His wife Dona Corben revealed the sad news on the Corben Studios Facebook page, where she said Richard passed away following heart surgery.

Australia: "Behind the Lines 2020: The year in political cartoons"

 Genevieve Jacobs from The Riot Act.

Two-time political cartoonist of the year Cathy Wilcox reckons you can tell a lot about a country by the state of its cartooning.

Accepting an award from the Museum of Australian Democracy as cartoonist of the Year, Wilcox (whose work appears in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age) noted that in some countries, cartoonists are harried, pilloried or even imprisoned. Elsewhere they face extremism and intimidation.

Digital cartoon wall

From Cartoon Movement. 

On December 9 and 10, the World Press Freedom Conference 2020 (WPFC) will take place online and in The Hague, the Netherlands. 

The WPFC gathers journalists, media companies, human rights defenders, members of the judiciary, policymakers, academics, youth, NGOs and everyone who is interested in press freedom worldwide.

De Adder reprinted in "The Washington Post"

 

The above cartoon, drawn by Michael de Adder for Counterpoint, was republished (in black and white) in today's edition of The Washington Post.