Historically linked to the written press as social or political criticism, the graphic humour of one or several cartoons, even full pages, could be defined as that graphic work with a humorous or satirical intention. Although it has also been used, and is used, for other purposes, whether didactic, informative or as mere press illustrations.
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Seyfi Sahin's cartoon for which he has been convicted and which was also the reason for the closure of Girgir magazine by its editors in 2017. The cartoonist Seyfi Sahinthe cartoonist, who worked for the popular satirical magazine Girgir, was sentenced today to a prison term of one year and 15 days for"insulting ... Read more
Massacre of civilians in Gaza. Cartoon of 16/05/2018 in CTXT US praises Israel's "restraint" after killing 60 Palestinians. Rajoy calls for "restraint and proportionality". The UN repeats its call for containment. In 2014, the international community also called for restraint. And with the wild card of containment, the years go by and the ... Read more
Cartoonist Vahe Nersesian's cartoon (FB ) published in Medialab on 28 January 2017. Marianna Grigoryan, journalist and editor of MediaLab, an EED-supportedArmenian news portal that illustrates its notes on politics with satirical cartoons, received threats after publishing a joke featuring Armenian defence minister Vigen Sargsyan. The scene shows the minister surrounded by flowers, ... Read more
In Argentina, this cartoon published on Saturday, 3 March 2018 in the newspaper New Day de Coronel Suárez, a small-circulation publication in a small city in the centre-south of the province of Buenos Aires that is printed three times a week and has an extreme right-wing editorial line. The cartoon has been repudiated ... Read more
Cartoon by Sean Delonas, syndicated in CagleCartoons, published in the Albuquerque Journal on 7/02/17 The New Mexico Albuquerque Journal new Mexico paper has apologised for a cartoon by Sean Delonas (New Jersey, 1962) that was published on Wednesday 7 February and which angered both Democrats and some Republicans who called it racist, among ... Read more
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