Newsletter January 2025
News from the world of editorial cartooning
Hi there!
Our first newsletter of the new year and it’s been a turbulent start to 2025. Just a few days into the new year, renowned cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit her position at the Washington Post because of censorship (more below). With the orange horror firmly in power again in the US, supported by big tech millionaires, the outlook for democracy, media and cartoonists isn’t great. On top of that, January also marked the 10th anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo killings; a decade has passed, but the battle cry ‘Je suis Charlie’ has faded while the space for satire has been steadily shrinking.
Luckily, we also have a bit of positive news to share, and of course some great cartoons!
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Political cartoons are on the brink of extinction (and how you can help to prevent this)
2025 started with yet another tremendous blow to political cartooning; on January 4 renowned cartoonist Ann Telnaes announced she quit her staff position at the Washington Post. The reason: for the first time since she started at the Post in 2008, one of her cartoons was refused because of the opinion in the cartoon. More details on our blog, where we also share our thoughts on how to save political cartooning.
‘I won the Pulitzer Prize and I’m busking on a corner’
To continue our lament about the current state of cartooning, here’s a worthwhile interview with top US cartoonists Barry Blitt, Jack Ohman, and Jen Sorensen, discussing the uncertain future of political cartoons.
10 years after Charlie Hebdo
See how our cartoonists marked the 10th anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo killings in this collection. US cartoonist Ann Telnaes (the same one that quit the Post this month) created a comic to mark the occasion:
CM at the International Journalism Festival
And now for some positive news: Cartoon Movement will be hosting a workshop at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia in April! This is the third year in a row we’ll be at the festival to talk about cartoons and to challenge participants to make their own cartoons.
In previous editions the workshop was hosted by Emanuele Del Rosso and Tjeerd Royaards. Emanuele is on paternity leave this year, and his place will be filled by the talented Stellina Chen from Taiwan.
Most popular this month
Take a look at the most popular cartoons from the last 30 days on our social media channels.
On Facebook: Crazy by Paolo Lombardi
On Instagram: X by Oliver Ploux
On X: Donald enters the White House by Marian Kamensky
On Bluesky: Muskstika by Glen Le Lievre
