King Features Gets Moomin, Tulipop License
King Features Licensing has signed on to be the North America representative of the Scandinavian Moomin characters and the Icelandic…
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World Press Freedom Day 2019
The 26th celebration of World Press Freedom Day Molina for Cartooning for Peace Foundation in Geneva …
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…
2018 Stanley Awards (Australian Cartoonists Assn)
above: last year’s Comic Strip Stanley Award to Gary Clark The Australian Cartoonists’ Association is holding its annual Stanley…
Cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé is Free
The Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) is reporting that jailed cartoonist Ramón Nsé Esono Ebalé (aka Jamón y Queso) has…
Angouleme Festival presents fake awards; upset everyone
Brigid Alverson writes at Robot6: The ceremony began with comedian Richard Gaitet, clad in a neon-blue suit and red bow…
Scottish Parliament proposes January 7 Cartoonists Day to highlight free speech
Cartoonists Rights Network International reports that one member of the Scottish Parliament is proposing that January 7, the anniversary of…
Angouleme International Comics Festival opens Grand Prix into a write-in
From the Guardian: This week the largest comics festival in France announced its 30 nominees for what many consider the…
Cartoonist call for boycot of Grand Prix d’ Angouleme
The Grand Prix d’ Angouleme is one of the highest awards that can be conferred upon a cartoonist. Previous American…
Syrian cartoonist Akram Raglan reported as dead; family disputes claim
The Cartoonist Rights Network International is reporting that a fellow prisoner has stated that Syrian cartoonist Akram Raglan died in…
Atena Farghadani subjected to virgnity test by Iranian authorities
From Amnesty International: A recent revelation by satirical cartoonist Atena Farghadani that she was forced to undergo a ?virginity and…
Who’s winning the free speech debate 10 years after the Danish Muhammad cartoons were printed?
Politico looks at who is winning the free speech debate 10 years after the Danish Newspaper Jyllands-Posten printed caricatures of…
Atena Farghadani facing new charges of adultery for shaking her attorney’s hand
From The Independent: Amnesty International reports that Atena Farghadani, 29, who was jailed after she depicted Iranian government officials as…
French court acquits Plantu from 2010 Catholic Pope cartoon
French cartoonist Jean Plantureux (AKA Plantu) has been acquitted of accusations of inciting hatred by a French appeals court. The…
Atena Faraghdani’s attorney arrested for shaking her hand
As if the news of Iranian activist and artist Atena Faraghdani’s being sentenced for 12.5 years for posting a cartoon…