The Galway Cartoon Festival celebrates their 10 year anniversary this week running Oct. 1-6. Featured guests include Glenn Marshall, Martin Rowson, Nicolas Vadot, and Fergus Boylan. The theme this year is “Having a Laugh.”Looking to meet-up fellow cartoonists or attend one of their events, here is the list of cartoonists and the day they are […]
The cartoonists who have been made it through the first round of winnowing for the European Cartoon Award for 2026 have been announced. Prior to declaring a winner at European Cartoon Day on Nov. 27, this list of 34 cartoonists will be narrowed to a shortlist of about 15 cartoonists. From there it is narrowed […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Indian government has blocked at least two Indian editorial cartoonists’ Instagram accounts under a rule meant to protect the public from threats of national security, public order, or criminal activity. The cartoonists, Satish Achary and Manjul have both posted cartoons critical of the current government’s efforts to trim the national voting rolls.India […]
Norwegian cartoonist, illustrator Jens K Styve has announced that his long-running comic Dunce will re-launch in English on Oct. 5. The feature will begin with his first strip and a new Dunce will be posted each day on his website. “You could call it a 10th-anniversary project, revisiting Dunce from the very beginning. It’s striking […]
The Australian Cartoonists Association has formally released their policy on generative artificial intelligence. ACA Deputy President David Blumenstein made the announcement on his Instagram and Facebook accounts. Similar to statements from other cartooning associations, ACA maintains that generative AI tools are not consistent with their values of “giving a forum to human art creators and […]
This last weekend at the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Ringo Awards for the best achievement in comic books were announced. Below are the winners and this year’s nominees.Fan FavoritesJury and Fan WinnersBest SeriesWinner: Absolute Batman, DC ComicsNominees:Best AnthologyWinner: Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown, Dark Horse ComicsNominees:Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel […]
Cartooning for Peace celebrated its 20th anniversary yesterday in Paris. A special recognition was also given to Safaa Odah who recently arrived in France after two years of trying to leave Gaza. The organization came from a vision of then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and cartoonist Plantu in the wake of the violence and outrage […]
There’s a good chance that when CK Gormally walks into a room of cartoonists, CK is the smartest one. Cartoonists, stereotypically, are the ones in the back of the classroom doodling—not in front teaching. CK entered their cartoonist era while in grad school pursuing a Ph.D. in Biology Education & Plant Biology. They are currently […]
Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek took home this year’s Inktspotprijs (Inktspot Prize). The award goes to the best political cartoon during the parliamentary year.The judges remarks for Woldhek’s cartoon says, “with an impressive drawing style, the draughtsman combines the grimness and humor in an aesthetically insane image that no longer disappears from your retina.”Honorable mentions this […]
Last weekend was the Small Press Expo in Baltimore, MD and the reveal of this year’s Ignatz Award winners. Below are the winners in each category.Outstanding AnthologyLAAB: A Comics Anthology No. 3 ed. Ronald Wimberly (Beehive Books)Outstanding ArtistCarol Tyler, The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief (Fantagraphics)Outstanding CollectionAll the Cameras in My Room by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)Outstanding ComicZoo #5 by Anand Shenoy (Self-Published)Outstanding […]
Dr. Robert ‘Bro’ Russell, founder of Cartoonists Rights and a tireless defender of political cartoonists facing persecution around the world passed away on Sunday in Virginia. He was 84 years old.“Bro” to colleagues and friends, graduated with a degree is in fine arts, but spent his life committed to human rights starting with the Peace […]
Robert ‘Bro’ Russell, founder of Cartoonist Rights passed away this morning. He was 84 years old. Bro Russell founded Cartoonists Rights in 1999. It was the first human rights organization to focus on protecting political cartoonists. Since its founding the organization has helped cartoonists from around the world with legal, financial, and moral support. Current […]
Palestinian cartoonist Safaa Odah is now living in Angoulême France after nearly two years of trying to leave war-torn Gaza. Her safe arrival in Paris on Aug. 28 marks the end of a dark and dangerous chapter where her cartooning provided a light of hope to the world. Her journey to Paris has been long […]
Like many cartoonists, Will Henry cut his cartooning teeth with a college comic strip. Will’s strip, Roommates, ran in the University of Connecticut student newspaper. Back then, he published his work under his real name Will Wilson.He later went on to create a semi-biographical three times a week comic called Ordinary Bill about a beach […]
The European Cartoon Award has announced a Cartoon Day for Nov. 27 at The Hague. The day will include presentations, workshops, a documentary and discussion, and the evening will cap off with the annual presentation of the award for best political cartoon of 2026.Tickets to the event are free, but are required for both the […]