Documentary, Boiled Angels: The Mike Diana Trial

Documentary, Boiled Angels: The Mike Diana Trial

The documentary "Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana" about the incredible and crazy story of the events and the trial that took the American cartoonist Mike Diana to prison premiered on 31 March at the IFC Center. Mike Diana (New York, 1969) is, to date, the first and only comic book artist ... Read more

Newspaper apologises for cartoon portraying dreamers as criminals

Newspaper apologises for cartoon portraying dreamers as criminals

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

The 1898 Spanish-American War in cartoons

The 1898 Spanish-American War in cartoons

Spanish-American War in cartoons *Spanish version oh this article.  Spanish cartoons (La Correspondencia, Black and White, D.Quixote, Spanish Cuba) and Americans (The World NY, Herald) confronted in an "infographic" of the time. Source: The San Francisco Call, May 15, 1898, Page 18. The Spanish-American War (25 April to 12 August 1898), also known ... Read more

American Catastrophe, censorship at school

Liam Shea

"American Catastrophe" by Liam Shea, pencil, pastel and digital. Photo: Kelly Zeiss Shea In early June Morristown High School mounted its art and design exhibition of student work, the theme of this year's art class was "America Takes a selfie". Liam Shea's five-foot-tall drawing was withdrawn and the student was informed that it ... Read more

The war between India and the US, in cartoons

The war between India and the US, in cartoons

Heng im cartoon in NYT (06/12/2015) In December 2015, coinciding with the UN Climate Summit in Paris, The New York Times published this cartoon by Heng Kim Song (Singapore, 1964) depicting India as an elephant sitting on the tracks impeding the progress of the climate change talks train. Indian cartoonists, and those from ... Read more