III Francisco de Quevedo International Cartoon Award "QueVedoCartOOn"

III Francisco de Quevedo International Cartoon Award "QueVedoCartOOn"

"Calle del codo". Winning cartoon of the second edition. Author: Juan Gabriel Benavides, Gabo (Spain). The call for the third edition of the QuevedoCartoon awards is now open. The theme of this edition is "Quevedo and The Arts" The arts are understood to be any of the 7 recognised fine arts: architecture, sculpture,

Seven years of the Gag Rule

Seven years of the Gag Rule

Seven years of the Gag Law in Spain. Cartoon of 02/01/2022 in CTXT. Well, we have already embraced 2022. This is the seventh year of Organic Law 4/2015, passed on 30 March, on the protection of citizen security and popularly known as gag law which came into force on 1 July 2015 under

New record

New record

Cartoon translation: "It's unbelievable!They don't get scared anymore". New record. Cartoon of 18/12/2021 in CTXT The price of electricity yesterday marked the most expensive Saturday price in history and the second highest ever, reaching 306.33 euros/MWh. Source: OMIE, epdata.es Everything has been reduced to a succession of headlines of records and days of

Reform of the gag law (Spain)

Reform of the gag law (Spain)

Reform of the gag law. Cartoon of 04/12/2021 in CTXT The Interior Ministry of the most progressive government in world history has spent some two million euros on 25,539 extendable steel batons. The Mossos (Catalan autonomic police force) have them since 2016 and the Guardia Civil since 2018. In the National Police they

The most expensive Sunday in history

The most expensive Sunday in history

The most expensive Sunday in history. Cartoon of 26/09/2021 in CTXT Let the price of electricity go up is no longer news. The daily robbery has been somatised and the media have to "sell" it as an increasingly historical fact Thus, friday 24th it went up to 172 euros, the third highest price