The Green Party said it had "hired lawyers" to take legal action over the publication of this cartoon by Peter Brookes on Saturday 2 May in The Times. The Greens believe the cartoon depicts Zack Polanski in anti-Semitic stereotypes. As it happens, Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales ... Read more
I think I've already written about almost every possible cartoon-induced move, but this one is curious and noteworthy because the situation seems like an easy joke. It is common for those who organise or host exhibitions of cartoons to try to "moderate" or filter what is exhibited in order to be on the ... Read more
The English cartoonist Peter Maddocks died in Malaga (Spain) on 20 November. It was his son, Guy Maddocks, who announced the death on his Facebook account with a long message. I post this here simply because many of my/our friends are scattered across the world and I know they would want to know ... Read more
Page from the magazine Private Eye, seen here It is not very common to know what cartoonists of a certain prestige earn. There is no "official" rate, the normal thing is that they are "freelancers" (here they are self-employed), who work for various media and their rates depend on their firm's quotation and ... Read more
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