More than 300 Spanish cartoonists and scriptwriters have signed a protest communiqué repudiating the Grand Prize at the Barcelona Comic Fair awarded to the publisher, populariser and historian of comics Antonio Martín (Seville, 1939) and ask that it be withdrawn. They also warn that otherwise they will withdraw their names from possible future
Dibuixant Max /Drawing Max is a documentary on the life and work of the cartoonist known as Max. Produced by La Perifèrica produccions, it was previewed on 24th September 2020 in Hall 1 of the Augusta cinema in Palma. Co-written and co-directed by Cesc Mulet and its protagonist, the cartoonist Francesc Capdevila Gisbert
Cartoons without pants A cartoon from a Dennis the Menace strip promoting No Pants Day distributed by King Features. Cartoon readers in many US newspapers will find their characters without trousers tomorrow. King Features has put the competition on hold for a day. It has contacted other press agencies such as Tribune Content
Lucky Luke "lost" his cigar Censorship and comics It is not only journalists who are sometimes hindered or threatened when trying to do their job. Cartoonists and comic artists have also always been on the front line when it comes to exercising freedom of expression. Author and comics expert Jan Smet has recently
Case against the illustrator of the comic book On és l'Estel-la? is closed The illustrator Toni Galmés and the publishing house Comanegra received the year 2020 with a lawsuit for "lies, slander, defamation and incitement to hatred" filed by four police unions for the drawings in the book "On és l'Estel-la? ” In
