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Drawing Tablet Review: Yiynova MVP20U+RH
If you are an artist and you use a computer to help you create your work, you’ve probably heard of Wacom, the industry standard for digital drawing tablets. Taiwanese company Yiynova offers a considerably cheaper alternative. CM editor Tjeerd Royaards used a Yiynova tablet to make cartoons for one month, and shares his experiences on our blog.
01 Dec 2016 -
New Cartoonist: DelToro
We are very pleased to welcome another cartoonist from Cuba. Yoemnis Batista Del Toro (artist name DelToro) is an artist from Havana; his vibrant and colorful work has a poetic quality.
28 Nov 2016 -
Facts & Comics
The comics we publish give us the chance to do fact-based explorations from various angles. In recent years, we have done numerous comic collaborations with experts and university professors, like the comic on polarization we’ve published this week. Comics are an excellent tool to make complex subject matter understandable and accessible, without losing sight of the relevant facts. Read more on our blog.
24 Nov 2016 -
New Cartoonist: Ivailo Tsvetkov
Ivailo Tsvetkov is an award-winning cartoonist living and working in Sofia, Bulgaria. His first cartoon was published in 1982 and he currently works for various publications.
16 Nov 2016 -
New Cartoonist: SKELF
Rob Moran (publishing as SKELF) is an award-winning political cartoonist from Scotland. A SKELF is a Scots word for a splinter that gets under the skin and then irritates beyond all proportion to its size. Check out more of his work on his Facebook page.
14 Nov 2016 -
New Cartoonist: Moshe Gilula
Moshe Gilula is an illustrator, cartoonist and graphic designer from Israel, currently living in the Netherlands. Visit his website here.
11 Nov 2016 -
CNN Trump Cartoon Gallery
As our newsroom is filled to the brim with cartoons about Trump winning the US election, other media around the world have published cartoon slideshows. CNN has also published a slideshow. Cartoon Movement’s editor-in-chief Tjeerd Royaards made the homepage of CNN with his perspective on Trump winning the US elections.
10 Nov 2016 -
Support Free Speech in Turkey
Cartooning for Peace is starting a campaign to support cartoonists, journalists and freedom of speech in Turkey. If you’re a cartoonist you can send your support cartoon to them. If you’re not a cartoonist, you can show your support by signing this petition calling for the release of the imprisoned journalists.
04 Nov 2016 -
Questions of copyright
Questions of copyright is a monthly feature in which we share some of our questions and concerns about how and where cartoons from Cartoon Movement are used without our permission. In this edition, a cartoon that went viral and an Egyptian website that seems very fond of cartoons.
02 Nov 2016 -
Cartooning in Rwanda
Ndarama Assoumani is an editorial cartoonist in Rwanda. Like many other governments around the world, the president and ruling party in Rwanda do not like to be criticized. On the blog, we talk to Ndarama about his work and the dangers he encounters.
26 Oct 2016 -
New Cartoonist: Vanessa Valadez
Vanessa Valadez is a Chicago-based cartoonist and illustrator. Her artwork is inspired by children’s books, video games, cartoons, comics, and real life. Her work has appeared in Fusion, South Side Weekly, The Columbia Chronicle, The Chicago Monitor, and Linework to name a few. Check out more of her work on vanessavaladez.com.
24 Oct 2016 -
New Cartoonist: Feras Haggag
Feras Haggag is cartoonist originally from Egypt. He has been working as a cartoonist, photographer and designer since 2006. His work has appeared in many newspapers and magazines in and outside of Egypt and has also been featured on news channels like Al Jazeera.
21 Oct 2016 -
New Cartoonist: Luca Garonzi
Luca Garonzi is a cartoonist from Verona, Italy. He published his first cartoon at 19 and has been making cartoons and illustrations ever since.
19 Oct 2016 -
Zunar Banned from Traveling
We have reported about Malaysian cartoonist Zunar on numerous occasions. Zunar’s cartoons are very critical of the Malaysian government, much to the dismay of government officials. He currently faces nine charges under the Sedition Act with the possibility of 43 years in jail. Today, he was also banned from traveling. Read his statement on our blog.
17 Oct 2016 -
Cartoons Going Viral
We’re proud of the cartoons we publish every day, and it’s great to see some of them really have an impact. Recently, two of the cartoons we have published went truly viral: Allepo(nica) by Vasco Gargalo and Nobody is Haiti by Elchicotriste. Both have been published widely and have reached an audience of millions.
13 Oct 2016