Space to highlight all kinds of issues related to cartoonists.
Page from the magazine Private Eye, seen here It is not very common to know what cartoonists of a certain prestige earn. There is no "official" rate, the normal thing is that they are "freelancers" (here they are self-employed), who work for various media and their rates depend on their firm's quotation and ... Read more
Cartoon by Seyfi Sahin in the latest GirGir magazine In February 2017, the Turkish publishing house Estetik closed its magazine GirGir, which was distributed as a free weekly supplement of the daily "Sözcü," and fired all its employees. Enlarge turkish publisher closes its satirical magazine for "offending religious values" The publishers said they ... Read more
Cover illustration by Riber Hansson (Sweden) Cartooning for Peace has presented its Report on the situation of cartoonists worldwide 2016/2017 In 31 pages, a review of the most significant cases of censorship, persecution, dismissals, assaults, imprisonment and other threats faced by cartoonists from different countries. Most of these cases are also compiled in ... Read more
Arifur Rahman in a March 2016 photo On 1 March 2017, a man violently broke into the exhibition of cartoonist Arifur Rahman "Arif". He unhung and took away four of the twenty-five works on display, as reported by Human Rights Service on 24 March. The exhibition was related to newly arrived asylum seekers ... Read more
Abdullah Jaber cartoon of 28/12/15 I don't fully understand this story because it's confusing and because I think it lacks answers to some important questions. Even so, I have decided to follow it and include it in the list because it seems that it could be another case of censorship, but also of ... Read more
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