Newsletter December 2024

News from the world of editorial cartooning

Dec 30, 2024

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In this last newsletter of 2024, you’ll find an overview of what we did this year, our top 10 of cartoons of 2024 and more… Many thanks for taking an interest in our platform and our cartoonists; we wish you all the best for 2025!

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Year in review

As 2024 draws to a close, we can look back on a troubled year full of conflict, disasters caused by rampant climate change and the continued rise of autocracy around the globe. When it comes to cartooning, the Charles Dickens quote 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times' comes to mind.

The best of times, because we have never had so much inspiration for cartoons and because political satire is urgently needed to point out the absurdities and untruths of populism, to show where the path of warmongers will lead, and to paint the (admittedly) bleak picture of a world than has not managed to control our climate.

The worst of times, because opportunities to publish continue to dwindle for cartoonists.

In the midst of all this, Cartoon Movement is luckily still standing. Fiercely independent, we continue to provide a platform for cartoonists all around the globe, paying them for their work. In this way, we support them financially (albeit modestly) and give a voice to those artists working in countries where they cannot publish their work.

Read our full year in review

The best cartoons of 2024

It's December, so it's time for our traditional top 10 list of the best cartoons of the year! In 2024, we received over 10,000 cartoons from our network of over 700 cartoonists. Around 250 of these were featured as an editor's choice on our homepage; many others were highlighted on our social media channels.

Picking the 10 best ones from such a large pool of high quality cartoons is almost impossible, so while the selection is by no means exhaustive or objective, these 10 images do reflect some of the most important news events of 2024, and were very popular with our audience.

Check out the top 10