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Mahasen al-Khateeb was a talented young (31 years) Palestinian digital artist with a big following on social media. She was killed by an Israeli air strike in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on Saturday, after posting her final artwork about 19 year old Shaban al-Dalu, who burned to death in a hospital bombed by Israel.
She used her art to tell the story of what the Palestinian people are living through. Her art and her voice will be missed.
This year’s European Cartoon Award goes to Belgian cartoonist Lectrr for his cartoon of Russian opposition leader and political prisoner Alexei Navalny. The award was presented during European Cartoon Day ceremony in The Hague, The Netherlands. The European Cartoon Award, started in 2019, is dedicated to supporting and promoting political cartoons in Europe.
The two runners-up are cartoonists Tjeerd Royaards (Netherlands) and Victor Solís (Mexico).
Honorable Mentions were awarded to Elena Ospina (Colombia) and Peter Kuper (United States).
Tom Armstrong is a cartoonist from the UK, publishing in Private Eye Magazine and Viz magazine. He also teaches art workshops at a number of institutions. Check out his website to see more of his work.
Serhiy Kolyada is a Ukrainian cartoonist and a book illustrator who lives and works in Kyiv. His work is published by the Kyiv Post.
Nidal Khalil is a cartoonist, illustrator and animation director from Syria, who works (among other things) as an independent artist, children books illustrator and live cartoonist for television.
The European Cartoon Award (ECA) has announced the 3 finalists of the 2024 edition of the contest. Their names are Tjeerd Royaards (The Netherlands), Steven Lectrr Degryse (Belgium) and Victor Solís (Mexico).
The three finalists were selected among the hundreds of entries received by the European Cartoon Award, from 24 countries.
The decision was made by the panel of judges, composed of five experts in the world of political cartoons and journalism: the winner of the European Cartoon Award 2023 Ben Jennings from the UK, French journalist Catherine André (Chair), Dutch cartoonist Jip van den Toorn, Iranian cartoonist Sanaz Bagheri, and Dutch philosopher Stine Jensen.
The Winner of the ECA 2024 – whose prize is worth 10,000 euros – will be announced during the second edition of the ECA ‘Cartoons Day’, on October 17 at the Central Library in The Hague.
For more information on the event, and to register for it, click here.
Here are the three finalist cartoons: