Newsletter November 2023

News from the world of editorial cartooning

Nov 27, 2023

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The end is near, or at least the end of the month, so it’s time for a healthy dose of international political cartoons. Read on to find out what topics our cartoonists drew most about this month and what the most popular cartoons were.

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Debate: 'A Comedian, Cartoonist, Screenwriter and Satirist Walk into a Library…'

If you happen to be in Ghent, Belgium this week, join us for public roundtable with a group of current humor practitioners who will discuss some of the challenges they face in the twenty-first century. Participants include stand-up comedian Shazia Mirza, writer and producer Annie Julia Wyman (co-creator of The Chair on Netflix and Welcome to Chippendales on Hulu), cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards, and Mike Gillis (head writer at The Onion).

The roundtable will take place on November 29, between 17.30 and 19.00 at De Krook, (Miriam Makebaplein 1). The event is part of two-day conference on satire on 29 and 30 November 2023 titled Humor and conflict in the digital age.

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Upcoming review: Gaomon PD2200

The next product we will review is the Gaomon PD2200, a 21.5 inch pen display. At less than half the cost of a comparable 22 inch Wacom Cintiq, it's certainly worth exploring if this is a good alternative for cartoonists on a budget who do enjoy a big screen to work on. Stay tuned for the full review, which will go up in December. In the meantime, here are our other reviews of digital cartoonist gear and cartoon-related books:

Reviews

Latest collections

A lot of recent cartoons have focused on the victory of Milei in Argentina, followed by the win of Wilders in the Netherlands. Check out all our collections by clicking the red button below.

Cartoon collections

Other news

-We have welcomed a number of new cartoonists to Cartoon Movement this month:

Gervasio Umpiérrez from Uruguay
Davide Charlie Ceccon from Italy.
Kirk Anderson and Daniel Boris from the United States.

All our cartoonists

-We’ve recently started a partnership with Dutch newspaper Trouw, publishing an international cartoon in the Saturday edition. Cartoon Movement cartoonists are now pretty well represented in media in the Netherlands, with their work regularly appearing in renowned magazine De Groene Amsterdammer and quality newspapers NRC and Trouw.