For the second edition of Cartoonist 2 Cartoonist, we are again open to submissions by cartoonists of all levels (aspiring and established) who would like to receive feedback on their work. The format is simple: about once a month, CM editors Emanuele del Rosso and Tjeerd Royaards go live on Instagram to discuss a selection of the cartoons that were submitted, giving constructive criticism meant to help the cartoonist improve his or her work.

Check out the pilot edition here to see what C2C is all about. You can send your cartoons to cartoons@cartoonmovement.com

Nicoletta Santagostino (pen name Nicocomix) is an Italian illustrator. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Genoa, she publishes her work on several websites as well as designing book covers and exhibition posters.

Ali Şur is a cartoonist and caricaturist from Bodrum in Turkey. He published his first caricature in 1981. His cartoons are wordless and deal with broad topics such as war, migration, and poverty.

No matter what part of the world political cartoons are from, they have a few things in common. One common trait is that they are not good at nuance. Cartoons see the world in black and white, right and wrong, justice and injustice. This is perhaps why the chessboard is such a popular symbol among cartoonists. Like cartoons chess divides reality in black and white.

And there is another division that defines chess. The divisions between the pawns and more valuable pieces. Chess divides the world up into expendable pawns, and pieces of varying degrees of power. Just like how many cartoonists view and portray the world. So it's no surprise we see the chess board used as a metaphor for inequality and in injustice is many cartoons. Here are some of our favorite examples:

German artist Rainer Ehrt divides the world into two sides of a chess board.

We do our best to make sure it stays that way, according to Jean Dobritz...

...and Makhmud Eshonkulov.

Hasan Abadi shows what civil war looks like using a chess board.

Bombs become chess pieces in this cartoon by Anne Derenne.

And refugees become the expendable pieces in iMerlo's work.

The pandemic is a big game of chess, according to Zach.

Cuban artist Miguel Morales Madrigal agrees, but has a different analysis of who is his most by corona.

In partnership with the Centre of Public Authority and International Development (CPAID) of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), we produced a series of six comics on public authority in different countries across Africa.

This comic, based on research by Dr Naomi Pendle and drawn by South Sudanese comic artist Tom Dai, looks at the peace process and the role of the army in South Sudan between 2005 and 2020.

You can read the full comic below or download the PDF here.

Join us tomorrow on our Instagram channel at 6.30PM CET for the first edition of Cartoonist 2 Cartoonist, where we will be discussing a selection of cartoons that were sent in (and we received more than we expected!) by cartoonists that would like feedback on their work. We hope to see you there!

Yet another cartoonist from Iran joins us this week. Payam Pourfallah is an award-winning artist from Isfahan. Check out his Instagram to see more of his work.

We're continuing to expand our section of Iranian artists with some excellent cartoonists, such as Bahram Arjmandnia, who hails from Tehran and works with several newspapers and magazines in Iran.

A recent addition to our network is Francesco Orazzini, an Italian cartoonist, illustrator and animator living in Mexico. His work is detailed and sometimes surreal, such as the visual about the environment shown here. Check out his website to see more of his work.

Cartoon by Ramses Morales Izquierdo

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