International Children's Day will be celebrated on 20 November, but hundreds of millions of children have nothing to celebrate. So begins the call from Cartoons For Change cartoonists and illustrators from all over the world to take part in a joint protest action. It is
Child poverty. Cartoon of 24/11/2019 in CTXT That's how I see it, as a punch. First it's a sovereign slap in the face of the weakest, those we should be protecting and caring for. Then it's another one in the faces of those who govern
The land of opportunity. Vignette of 07/07/2018 in CTXT If any other country were doing what it does USA, and has been doing for decades, more than one would be calling for immediate international intervention, at the very least bombing and invasion. "Unaccompanied. Alone in
Cartoon translation: If you behave yourselves, we will soon give you the orange uniform". Child Guantanamo. Cartoon of 20/06/2018 in CTXT This week, some 2,000 caged children in Texas made headlines, but were soon swallowed up by other local gossip. Before long it will be
The truth about comics With this tasty title over a drawing of a spider's web adorns this disturbing 8-page American booklet, which I gather was published in the early to mid-1950s and warns of the dangers of comic books. This scary tale begins by saying
