Announcing the winners of the Lands of Disobedience cartoon contest.
First prize goes to Li Xiaoyang from China:
Second Prize goes to Michel Moro Gomez from Cuba:
Third prize goes to Sergii Riabokon from Ukraine:
Honorable mention from Cartoon Home Network International to Marco de Angelis:
Honorable mention from Cartoon Movement to Emad Hajjaj:
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This weekend, CM editor Tjeerd Royaards will be in Trento, Italy, together with CM members Emanuele Del Rosso and Marco De Angelis and the Sputnik collective at the OltrEconomia Festival. On Saturday, the winners of the Lands of Disobedience cartoon contest will be announced. The contest initiated and organized by Italian cartoonist Emanuele Del Rosso. There will also be panel to discuss satire and how to use this as a tool for social change. More info here.
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We are very happy to welcome two talented new cartoonists to our community: Mr. Fish from the United States and Pedro Silva from Portugal.
Mr. Fish
Mr Fish has been a cartoonist for 25 years. His work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the Village Voice, the LA Weekly, the Atlantic, The Nation, The Nib, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, the Advocate, Z Magazine, Slate.com, MSNBC.com and on Truthdig.com. He has also published numerous books and he is the subject of the documentary Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End.
Pedro Silva
Pedro Silva is a cartoonist that mainly focuses on caricatures. How works are published in Portuguese newspaper O Gainense.
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Censored cartoons from all over the world, May 10 - June 9, 2019
The image is a powerful weapon. And cartoonists know how to use this weapon, wielding it to illustrate the wrongs of society. Cartoons criticize those in power, and expose power abuse and corruption. But sometimes the cartoon is so powerful that newspapers refuse to publish it. Sometimes this is justified, for instance when a cartoon is discriminating or unnecessarily offending. But other times these refusals to publish are more debatable.
In a new exhibition, organized in partnership with Libertum, a Dutch organization committed to peace and freedom, we have collected 40 cartoons that were either refused by newspapers or that caused controversy after they were published.
The exhibition can be seen until June 9, during the weekends, in the Chocoladefabriek in Gouda.
CM editor Tjeerd Royaards will offer guided tours and workshops.
More information here (in Dutch).
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© Agim Sulaj - Italy
We are incredibly honored to be the recipient of the Evens Journalism Prize 2019, a biennial prize that aims to reward a journalist or organization whose work contributes highly to making Europe more comprehensive and accessible to a broad audience. You can read more about the Evens Foundation, the organization behind this award here.
From the jury report:
The jury reason for this year’s main prize resides in the capability of Cartoon Movement to develop a distinctive and remarkable journalistic format with a high potential for a far-reaching impact in an era where global collaborations are producing the most ground-breaking outcomes. The cooperation facilitated by this platform, allows a broad perspective on multiple pressing issues, besides an exceptional reporting quality. Diversity is guaranteed by the multitude of nationalities represented by their contributors but also by the variety of approaches and styles. Cartoon Movement supports the creation of new independent voices while stressing the importance of democratic values and ethics in the field of journalism. It knowledgeably promotes the use of humour to highlight the contradictions underlying current social concerns. Furthermore, the adoption of cartoons produces a democratising effect that makes news display immediate and accessible, irrespective of language boundaries. Thanks to these distinguishing features, Cartoon Movement positively responds to the Evens Foundation’s objective to award a laureate who could make Europe more comprehensible to a vast audience.
Cartoon Movement's editor-in-chief Tjeerd Royaards held a speech at the Difference Day gala dinner on 2 May 2019 at BOZAR–Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels:
Good evening,
It is a true honor for me to be here tonight, to accept the Evens Journalism Prize for 2019 on behalf of Cartoon Movement. And it feels like an award not so much for Cartoon Movement, but more an award for the cartoonists that make up our community, and who share their perspectives on the world via our platform each day.
On their behalf, I would like to extend my thanks to the Evens Foundation and to the distinguished jury for this recognition and appreciation of our work.
This award means a lot to me for two reasons.
First, it's very special because this is a journalism award. Ever since the inception of Cartoon Movement in 2010, our basic guiding principle has been that editorial cartoons are a form of journalism, and an important form at that.
Cartoonists are not always seen that way. Obviously they do not meet the journalistic requirement of objectivity. But besides that obvious point, the fact that we make our journalism by basically drawing funny pictures means that cartoonists are not always considered to be serious media professionals. Add to this the fact that cartoonists often work alone at home or in their studio, and not in a newsroom with their journalistic colleagues, and we can see why they are something of a special breed.
And although I agree that we cartoonists are somewhat of a special category, I also very much belief that editorial cartoonists are journalists. Because I believe that what we do is fundamental to journalism. For me, journalism is about pointing out the wrongs of society, about exposing corruption and power abuse, and about keeping a check on power by letting those in power know they are being watched. It's about making people think about important issues by providing them with different perspectives. And its about ensuring a thriving public debate.
All these goals cartoons accomplish. And in doing so, cartoonists adhere to most of the principles that other journalists use. Excluding the aforementioned objectivity, which Cartoon Movement has sought to circumvent by presenting a multitude of clearly subjective perspectives.
But we try to get the facts we base a cartoon on straight just like 'normal' journalists. And we have a strong ethical framework. This is especially important when making satire. Who do we mock and why do we make fun of them? The guiding principle being that satire should punch up, attack those in power, and not down towards the weak and powerless.
So Cartoon Movement has always strived to be a journalistic platform and to be recognized and honored as such is amazing!
The second reason this award is so important to me is because it recognizes the importance and impact that cartoons have.
The image you see on the screens, with a cartoonist's finger on the trigger, which is shaped like a pencil, was chosen to illustrate this point. Cartoons have impact because they can make their point immediately, within one to three seconds. This is especially true for cartoons that are wordless, which are the ones we often publish on Cartoon Movement. A good cartoon evokes an immediate emotional response: laughter, shock, anger, sadness. This is what makes visuals so powerful. It turns the pencil that cartoonists wield into a weapon. A weapon that is, if you will forgive me the cliche, mightier than the sword.
And the pencil is also seen this way - as a weapon - by those who do not appreciate satire, most often because they fear it will undermine their power. Dictators and extremists alike fear cartoons. They fear their power to open people's minds to new perspectives, and to make people think beyond the dogmas those in power have instilled in them.
The attack on Charlie Hebdo in 2015 is a testimony to this, but it is not the only one. The Press Freedom Index has shown for the last years that press freedom is in decline. And cartoonists are always among the first to fall victim to declining liberty, by censorship, harassment, arrest or worse.
This week, Turkish cartoonist Musa Kart was sent back to jail for one year and 16 days. Although his conviction was for another supposed crime, many believe, as do I, that the true reason for his incarceration is his critical pencil. We all know Mr. Erdogan isn't too fond of criticism.
And across the ocean, in Nicaragua, cartoonist Pedro X. Molina is in hiding as he continues to expose the wrongdoings of the regime of Daniel Ortega. At the end of last year, the newsroom of the Nicaraguan paper Confidential, was raided and destroyed by government troops, but Pedro and his colleagues refuse to give up.
It is these people we want to support at Cartoon Movement; to give them and other cartoonists a voice so they can continue to have an impact.
And on this eve of World Press Freedom Day, it is to them that I would like to dedicate this award. To all those cartoonists around the world that are in danger because of what they do, but continue to do it regardless. Because they believe that what they do matters.
Thank you.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We are proud to welcome cartoonist/collage artist Asier Sanz from Spain to Cartoon Movement. His work appears in various newspapers and magazines and several of his images have gone viral.
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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
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