In comics and graphic humour, a cartoon, a word that comes from the French vignette, is a box delimited by lines (or scenes without a frame) that represents a moment in the story. It is considered to be the pictographic representation of the minimum significant space and/or time, and constitutes the minimum unit of a comic.
In graphic humour and comics, a succession of two or more vignettes arranged horizontally is called a "strip", while single-frame jokes or illustrations are called a "vignette".
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The Battle of Tsushima, 1905, painting by Tōjō Shōtarō. By Tōjō Shōtarō – Public domain. The Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) was a pivotal conflict in modern history and is regarded as one of the first‘total wars’. It came to be described as‘World War Zero’, marking Japan’s rise as a world power whilst also exposing ... Read more
Historic heatwave in Europe. Cartoon from 29 June 2026 in CTXT More than 380 million Europeans are facing temperatures above 30°C. Around 191 million people in Europe have experienced temperatures above 35°C during the recent heatwave between 18 and 29 June, whilst 381 million have faced temperatures above 30°C. Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of ... Read more
Daniel "Des" Sánchez Estrada is a tattoo artist who has been wrongfully sentenced to 30 years in prison in the United States for transporting a box of anarchist fanzines in his car. “Des” is currently in prison because the Trump administration claims that printing, reading or possessing certain literature constitutes evidence of a ... Read more
Two earthquakes rock Venezuela. Cartoon from 27 June 2026 in CTXT On Wednesday 24 June, two earthquakes struck Venezuela. By Thursday, the provisional death toll stood at 235, with 4,300 injured, to which must be added the number of people missing. The deaths of two Spanish nationals have already been confirmed, and around ... Read more
Trump announces a peace deal with Iran. Cartoon from 15 June 2026 in CTXT Translation of the cartoon: “Allow me to be modest” Last week, Trump announced a peace deal with Iran, just as he did the week before, and the week before that… It doesn’t matter when you read this, because by ... Read more
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