Tanzania, cartoonist arrested and imprisoned for "cybercrimes"

Tanzania, cartoonist arrested and imprisoned for "cybercrimes"

Update 8 October 2021. After two weeks in prison, he has been released without charge pending trial for "cybercrime". Cartooning for Peace and Cartoonist Rights Network International have issued an alert about the illegal arrest and imprisonment in Tanzania of cartoonist Optatus Fwema, allegedly because

A month without news of Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Hamdi

A month without news of Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Hamdi

A month without news of Ashraf Hamdi. This Egyptian cartoonist and animator was arrested on 24 January. His crime: publishing an animation. The video pays tribute to the 2011 uprising on the tenth anniversary of the first mass demonstrations that toppled Hosni Mubarak. On his

Interview (2015) - Lumpen: "I don't think it's easier for a cartoonist nowadays"

Interview (2015) - Lumpen: "I don't think it's easier for a cartoonist nowadays"

Interview by Raquel Garcia / Caricature: Fran Cornejo. Published on 27/07/2015 in the now defunct MLPZ magazine of milapiz.es. Antonio, "Lumpen", is a cartoonist from Seville who doesn't look for the "easy laugh" but to create a reaction in the reader. He defines himself as

Plantu retires

Plantu retires

Plantu retires Plantu in Le Monde, 5 December 1978 Jean Plantureux, better known as Plantu, has announced that he will soon be leaving the newspaper for which he has been drawing cartoons for 50 years. He is the second cartoonist to lose Le Monde this