Clown World Cartoon Postcard Upsets Lawmakers
Several [Idaho] state lawmakers have received an anonymous postcard, which lampoons new Boise State University President Marlene Tromp and calls…
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Steve Bell Rejects Antisemitic Label, Confused as to The Guardian’s Motives
In all email to all the paper’s journalists, Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell has attacked his editors’ refusal to run…
$15,000 for Pepe the Frog Copyright Infringement
Alex Jones and Infowars have agreed to pay Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie $15,000 to settle a lawsuit concerning…
How Anti-Semitic Soviet Propaganda Informs Contemporary Left Anti-Zionism in Cartoons
The April cartoon that appeared in the New York Times International Edition continues to elicit response and conversation. What makes…
Political Cartoons are Relics, Replace with Memes
As a scholar who studies social media and memetics, I wonder if political cartoons are the best way to…
A Brief History of Recent Antisemitic Cartoons
Foreign media outlets that frequently incite against Israel are much more likely than others to slip into antisemitism. The…
New York Times Deletes Offensive Image – update
The New York Times International published a political cartoon that many are claiming is anti-Semitic. The cartoon itself was…
CSotD: Friday Funnies Come On A Tuesday This Week
I could use a nice, non-political fun day today. Not that fun can’t be thought-provoking, of course, which makes Joy…
NY Times and Critics Double Down on Cartoons
With critics of the New York Times continuing to call for action against the Times and the editors responsible…
Trouble Painting Cartoonist as Anti-Semitic -updated
Widespread condemnation of the New York Times International continues as people react to the cartoon it published earlier this…
Not Your Ordinary Political Cartoon
From Denverite: It’s a stretch to call the cartoon mailed to Denver voters this month a comic strip because it’s…
Eli Valley: Self-Hating Jewish Cartoonist?
Eli Valley is a Jewish political cartoonist based in New York City. He doesn’t shy away from controversy; in…
WASP Accuses Jewish Cartoonist of Anti-Semitism
Following the foofaraw of Ilhan Omar’s remarks about a “push for allegiance to a foreign country,” and Meghan McCain’s…
Ted Rall Petition Backed by CBLDF, AAEC, CRNI
Cartoonist Ted Rall has petitioned the California Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling that found in…
Violence, Women, and Editorial Cartooning
In a weekend roundup of editorial cartoonists I linked to an article about Halifax political cartoonist Michael de Adder…