Cartoon by Berend Vonk

Joining the big move to Bluesky, we've set up an account there. You can find us under the handle @cartoonmovement.com. Follow us for daily cartoons, and cartoon-related news!

Massimo D'Acunzo, aka Qunzo, is a graphic designer, illustrator and cartoonist from Naples, Italy. He collaborates with several Italian satire magazines and illustrates editorial works for children.

At the invitation of Cartooning for Peace, Cartoon Movement/Cartooning for Peace cartoonists Tjeerd Royaards, Zehra Ömeroğlu and Emanuele Del Rosso attended the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg last week.

They talked about making cartoons in this age of misinformation, hate towards migrants and climate skepticism, and how cartoons can be used to combat populism. You can watch a recording of the panel on the website of the Council of Europe.

Cartoon by Rahma Cartoons

Cartoon Movement is partner in a new four-year academic project titled Democratic Literacy and Humor (DELIAH for short), involving several universities in Europe. The project is funded by funded by Horizon Europe (Call: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-08) and will run from 1 March 2025 – 29 February 2029. In preparation for this project, there are several job opportunities for people interested in research in the field of satire and free speech. We list them here:

Ghent University
www.ugent.be/en/work/scientific/doctoral-fellow-17
www.ugent.be/en/work/scientific/doctoral-fellow-19

University of Groningen
www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S000AZNP

On November 7, CM editor Tjeerd Royaards will be on a panel at the World Forum for Democracy 2024 in Strasbourg with Turkish cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu (currently facing trial in Turkey for one of her cartoons), Italian cartoonist Emanuele Del Rosso and all-round humor expert Alberto Godioli (Associate Professor at the University Groningen). The panel is organized by Cartooning For Peace and will focus on the question how we can use cartoons to fight populism and protect democracy.