Cartoon Movement

Animating Historical Political Cartoons

We are developing a workshop for young visual artists creating GIF animations using Dutch political cartoons from the late 19th and early 20th century, giving them new relevance.

The project is hosted by the The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, which features an extensive archive of Dutch political cartoons.

The GIF here is based on a cartoon from 1915 by famous Dutch cartoonist Albert Hahn about the sinking of the Lusitania in the First World War .

The workshop, hosted by CM editor Tjeerd Royaards, will be on May 11, and will be in Dutch (will post a Dutch promo later). So if you're a Dutch visual artist and you're interested in discovering historical cartoons and learning what you can with them (they're all in the public domain), you can sign up here.

After the workshop, we'll publish some of the best animations on Cartoon Movement.

New Cartoonists

We are delighted to welcome three new cartoonists to Cartoon Movement, hailing from the US, Algeria and Iran.

 

Tom Curry - United States

Tom Curry is an editorial cartoonist from Texas. He works for The Big Bend Gazette and The Week magazine (New York).

 

L’Andalou - Algeria

L’Andalou is an Algerian cartoonist. He studied graphic arts at the Beaux-Arts higher school of Algiers before starting comics and illustrations. In 2011, during the Arab Spring, L'Andalou started to draw as a press cartoonist.

Saman Torabi - Iran

Saman Torabi is an award-winning cartoonist, illustrator and graphic designer from Iran. He also teaches art at the university.

New Cartoonists

Our network is expanding once more, as we welcome three new cartoonists from Brazil and Iran.

 

Saeed Sadeghi - Iran

Saeed Sadhegi is a cartoonist from Jahrom, Iran. He has won many awards and his work is published in national magazines and newspapers in Iran.

 

Mahnaz Yazdani

Mahnaz Yazdani is another cartoonist from Iran. She has been working as a professional cartoonist and animator since 2000. Check out more of her work on mahnazyazdani.com.

 

Renato Peters - Brazil

Renato Peters is a Brazilian TV reporter, journalist and cartoonist. Check out more of his work here.

Cartoon Movement at THIMUN

Between January 27 and February 1, we had the pleasure of being part of THIMUN (The Hague International Model United Nations). 3,500 secondary school students from all over the world gathered in the World Forum in The Hague to think and talk about the world’s problems.

Before the conference THIMUN and Cartoon Movement challenged the students to make an editorial cartoon. The best of these cartoons were part of an exhibition that was on display during THIMUN along with 12 cartoons by professional Cartoon Movement cartoonists. Cartoon Movement editor Tjeerd Royaards also gave a workshop to the students explaining the power of cartoons.

The three best cartoons made by the students are displayed here:

Artist: Jasmijn Yadi

 

Artists: Eun Young Kwon  & Insiya Haji

 

Artist: Tep Khemarin Chan

Cartoon Competition: Lands of Disobedience

Political cartoonist and CM member Emanuele Del Rosso is organizing a cartoon competition, together with the Oltreconomia Festival of Trento (Italy).The competition theme is also the theme of the sixth edition of the  Oltreconomia Festival: Lands of Disobedience.

Lands – real or metaphorical – where civil disobedience takes place are everywhere. Positive and peaceful change has been achieved several times in history, and every instance of civil activism taught us something. This competition asks cartoonists to tackle the theme of civil disobedience at large, so to give the public the chance to reflect on it in a fruitful way.The contest is also sponsored by the Dutch and the Norwegian cartoonists collectives Cartoon Movement and Cartoon Home International and by the Italian Association “Strike!”.

Terms of Participation

1 - The competition is organized internationally and it is open to all amateur or professional cartoonists.

2 - The SUBJECT of the competition is "Lands of Disobedience". Under this title are topics like activism, peaceful protests, movements that oppose the status quo. Such lands can be real or imagined/metaphorical.

3 - As the competition is organized on an international scale, works without written text are most welcome. If a text is present, it must be accompanied by a caption in English.

4 - Any illustration technique is accepted. The size of the artwork should be at least A4 (29.7 cm x 21 cm), A3 (29.7 cm x 42 cm), 300 dpi, and JPG format.

5 - The works to be sent to the competition may have been published before but they should not have been awarded a prize in any competition. The award will be cancelled if the award-winning works are documented to have received a prize in another competition.

6 - It is possible to participate in the competition with maximum 3 works. Participants will not be given more than one award.

7 - Illustrations must be sent to the email: terre.contest@gmail.com

8 - The DEADLINE for the reception of the works is April 1, 2019. The illustrations submitted after this date will not be evaluated.

9 - The Oltreconomia Festival and #MyTakeOn project reserve themselves the possibility of using the received cartoons in various media and publications, newspaper and internet sites. All the participants, by sending works to the contest, acknowledge that they accept the conditions of the competition, and will not seek any future compensation in the event that the works they submit are used in the abovementioned ways.

10 - Members of the jury and members of the organizing committee cannot take part into the contest.

11 - The cartoons found appropriate by the jury might be exhibited at various events in different countries other than Italy.

12 - An exhibition will be held showing the first 30 cartoons.

For more information on the prizes and the jury, visit the competition website.

New Cartoonists

What better way to start the year than by introducing new cartoonists? Four talented cartoonists have recently joined our community, three from Iran and one from Turkey.

Mahmood Nazari - Iran

Mahmood Nazari is a cartoonist from Hamedan, a city in the west of Iran. He has won more than 100 national and international awards for his work.

 

Kürşat Zaman - Turkey

Kürşat Zaman from Antalya in Turkey is a designer and cartoonist. He has won multiple awards for his cartoons.

 

Yousef Alimohammadi - Iran

Yousef Alimohammadi from Kamyaran in Iran has been working as a cartoonist and caricaturist since 2012. He has won multiple awards for his work.

 

Salad Rafeei - Iran

Salad Rafeei hails from Ahwaz in Iran. He has been working as a cartoonist and designer since 2000, winning many international awards.

Human Rights Day

December 10 was Human Rights Day, a day we celebrated with cartoon exhibitions in The Hague and São Paulo. This year marked the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Earlier this year, we organized a cartoon contest together with the United Nations Human Rights Office.

Out of over 500 submissions from around the globe, 30 cartoons were selected; one for each of the articles of the UDHR. These cartoons were on display at the Peace Palace (which was turned blue for Human Rights Day) in The Hague and at the Public Defender's Office in São Paulo.​

Together with Hague Talks, we invited Mexican cartoonist Guffo at the Peace Palace to tell about his work, and about the importance of cartoons in the fight for human rights. We also made this video:

But December 10 didn't mark the end of this project. Instead, it was the launch of a new contest, this time not just for cartoonists. For this new contest we're asking people around the world the question: What action do you take to support human rights?

New cartoonist: Engin Selçuk

Engin Selçuk is a cartoonist with a focus on gag cartoons. He started publishing his work in newspapers and magazines in the 1990s and has won over 40 awards since. He lives in Izmir, Turkey.

World Press Cartoon 2019

The 2019 edition of World Press Cartoon, one of the most prestigious cartoon contests in the world, is now open for submission. Visit the WPC website for the rules of submission and to download the entry form and identification label. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2019.

Submissions must be published in newspapers or magazines, published on a regular basis and on sale to the public. Since last year, WPC also accepts cartoons that have been published online in ‘professional online publications of recognized journalistic nature’.

We’re very happy that Cartoon Movement is recognized as such, meaning that all the cartoons published on Cartoon Movement by our official cartoonists are eligible to participate. One of last year's winners was in fact a cartoon published on Cartoon Movement.

New Cartoonists from Russia, Morocco and Bahrain

We’re happy to announce yet more cartoonists have decided to join our community:

Mikhail Zlatkovsky - Russia

Mikhail Zlatkovsky has been a cartoonist since 1971. He won more than two hundred awards worldwide and is considered by his peers as one of the greatest among them.

Imad Sanouni - Morocco

Imad Sanouni is an editorial cartoonist from Casablanca, Morocco. Visit his Facebook page to see more of his work.

Sara Qaed - Bahrain/UK

Sara Qaed is an artist, designer, and former teacher. She is originally from Bahrain and now lives in the UK. She received her bachelor in Interior Design and her MA in Fine Art. Check out her Instagram to see more of her work.