Newsletter December 2023
News from the world of editorial cartooning
Hello!
The last newsletter of the year is arriving in your mailbox a bit earlier than usual, as we will go on Christmas break until January 3. In this final update of 2023, we’ll share some of our favorite cartoons of the year, a cartooning podcast, a review of a pen display and a small taste of things to come in 2024.
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The 10 best cartoons of 2023
It has become a Cartoon Movement tradition to share the 10 'best' cartoons each year. It's an arbitrary term, as few things are as subjective as political cartoons, but we've made a selection based on what was popular with our audience and what subjects best represent the news of 2023:
Review: Gaomon PD2200
For the past month, CM editor and (digital) cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards has been testing the Gaomon PD2200, a 21,5 pen display to use for digital drawing. It is available for around 400 euro, making it less than half the cost of a similar size Wacom pen display. So, is it any good?
Podcast: Tough Laugh x Tough Law
Italian cartoonist and CM member Emanuele Del Rosso has started a new podcast project together with Federica Testi called Tough Laugh, to tell the stories of cartoonists in danger. From the project description: We all come across great political cartoons. Reading a magazine, on social media, watching TV. But we seldom think about the author of the cartoon that made us laugh, or think, or even made us angry. Many cartoonists face economic hardship, harassment, threats, and even physical violence for the job they do. Some are killed. And they often are not considered equals to journalists.
The first episode, produced in partnership with Cartooning for Peace, is out now.
Other news
-Check out our collections about COP28 or Christmas 2024.
-We have welcomed a number of new cartoonists to Cartoon Movement this month:
J. Bosco from Brazil
Kenny Tosh from Nigeria
Zehra Ömeroğlu from Turkey.
Upcoming in 2024
Some things lined up for 2024:
More reviews, starting with the Kamvas Pro 13 (the more advanced version of the Kamvas 13 we reviewed a couple of months ago.
A cartoon competition about media freedom with a focus on the Western Balkan.
Expanding our Cartoon Movement US branch.
More involvement with academic projects that focus on political cartoons.
Most popular this month
Take a look at the most popular cartoons from the last 30 days on our social media channels.
On Facebook The big greenwashing festival by Marian Kamensky
On Instagram: Children of Gaza by Mo Qasem
On Twitter: Children and war by Ahmed Falah.
On Pinterest: Dinner is served by Enrico Bertuccioli
