New cartoonist: Banville
April 1, 2025
Simon Banville is an illustrator and author from Canada with over 20 years of experience in comics strip and cartoons. Check out his website to see more of his work.
Simon Banville is an illustrator and author from Canada with over 20 years of experience in comics strip and cartoons. Check out his website to see more of his work.
A lot of work has been done in the machinery of our website over the years, in an effort to keep things running as smoothly as possible, but there hasn’t been any major work done on the way the site works since its launch in 2020. Until now.
It’s still a work in progress, as we iron out the last bugs, but we are proud to present a number of new features, such as the ability to publish animated GIFs, showing related collections and improved navigation.
These are some of the new features we implemented.
The homepage slideshow shows likes and comments:
The latest collection tile on the homepage has a title, summary and date:
Latest news now also has a title, and comments have dates:
Our footer now includes links to our Bluesky and LinkedIn account:
Our cartoons overview page now also shows the likes and comments, showing you which cartoons are popular and what's being talked about:
And our cartoonists can now upload animated GIFs, like this one by Glen Le Lievre.
Our collections now have dates...
...and individual collections show related collections:
Individual cartoons show collections they are part of:
And finally, our cartoonists portfolio pages received an upgrade:
We hope you enjoy the upgrades, and that they make it easier to navigate through the website, and to find the cartoons you want. If you encounter anything that doesn't work properly, please send us an email.
James Mellor is an award-winning freelance cartoonist based in the UK. His work has appeared in Private Eye Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph, The Spectator, The Critic Magazine, Charlie Hebdo and numerous other publications.
We are delighted to welcome Roar Hagen, a cartoonist from Norway working for Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang. He is also a member of Cartooning for Peace.
Joining us from Canada, Scot Ritchie is an illustrator that does mostly children's books, but makes the occasional political cartoon as well. Check out his website to see more of his work.
We are happy to welcome GRETHEN, our first cartoonist from Luxembourg! GRETHEN took back his brushes and reassumed his drawing activity in 2022 after a break of over a decade dedicated to his job as a therapeutic counselor. Since then, he has been published, broadcasted on TV and was invited in several exhibitions. Since 2023, he is a member of Cartooning for Peace. Check out his website to see more of his work.
We are delighted to welcome illustrator and cartoonist Ian David Marsden to our platform. His cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker and Mad Magazine, and Ian was the first-ever Google Doodle artist. Check out his website to see more of his work.
On of our recent new members is Greg Smith, an award- winning editorial cartoonist based in Perth in Western Australia. He has been working for various Perth newspapers for the past 38 years.
Reza Aghili is an Iranian cartoonist and sculptor, born in 1990, with over eight years of professional experience in the world of caricature and illustration. His works, combining sharp satire and compelling narratives, often focus on topics such as the policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, women's rights, freedom of expression, and the internet.
Our first newsletter of 20205 is out! This edition takes a look at the future of political cartooning, and the outlook isn't great... But we also share the best cartoons of the last month, showcasing why political cartoons deserve to have a future. You can read our newsletter here.