A lot of PRISA

Prisa por un tubo

A lot of PRISA *The original of this cartoon was sold in 2016. The early mornings are usually quiet, but today there was something in the air, the "embargoes" of front pages seemed to hide strategic feints. At 12:30, Pedro J., a friend of embargoes, talked about a photo of Hugo Chávez intubated ... Read more

Open debate: the cartoonist's salary

Debate a tumba abierta: el sueldo del dibujante

Open debate: the cartoonist's salary Competition/job A few days ago, the digital newspaper Lainformacion, announced a competition in which it offered as a prize to join the staff of cartoonists for a month. The mechanics is simple, to take a gamble on a single current affairs cartoon. Among all the cartoons sent to ... Read more

Wonderful profession, shitty job

081109 Carne De Prensa

The closure of La Opinión de Granada in print, which has left its staff in the street, is not, as many might think, just another casualty of a new crisis in the press. The press has always had a crisis, but only for those who worked in it. Now we are beginning to ... Read more

8 million dollars drawing cartoons, in 1933

8 millones de dólares dibujando viñetas, en 1933

  A lucky group of some 200 press cartoonists earned between 200 and 1000 dollars a day, these artists moved in an industry that generated 8 million dollars... from 1933. Some of them could earn up to 7000 dollars a week, these numbers are even more shocking if you try to investigate the ... Read more