Hello!
We are back from our summer break with renewed energy to bring you cartoons, comics journalism and more! We hope everyone is enjoying our new website. There is still some work to be done to solve minor teething trouble and to add some functionalities, which is planned for next month. If you have any suggestions, do let us know!
In this newsletter we introduce you to our new cartoonists and share some interesting cartoon-related news from other media.
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Why does no one want to be a cartoonist any more?
Cartoon by Osama Hajjaj.
Nick Newman has written an interesting article in UK magazine The Spectator about the (lack of a) future for our profession. Cartoons are more popular than ever, but with less and less places to publish and get paid, the number of young cartoonists is dwindling.
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Satire Talks Live
In the most recent edition of Satire Talks Live, Emanuele Del Rosso talks to Terry Anderson, director of Cartoonists Rights Network International. The mission of CRNI is to defend political cartoonists when they get in trouble because of their work. All episodes can be found on our Instagram, or (with a little delay) our YouTube channel.
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Cypher - Comics journalism magazine
 Dublin based human rights organization Front Line Defenders has launched a new online magazine: Cypher - Comics as Eyewitness. Cypher will be a monthly publication featuring 3 or 4 stories of human rights defenders, their work and the challenges they face.
You can read the first edition, with stories from Kenya, Pakistan, Lebanon and Brazil, here.
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Interview with Pedro X. Molina
Sampsonia Way has posted an interview with Nicaraguan cartoonist Pedro X. Molina. Pedro was forced to flee Nicaragua last year and has been living in exile in the United States since then. In this interview, he shares his story.
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Cartoons needed more than ever before
The Scotland Herald has published an article responding to recent news that The Guardian won’t renew the contract of its top cartoonist Steve Bell. It argues that that for satire to work, it needs to offend and be brutal.
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New cartoonists
We have a bunch of new cartoonists we would like to introduce to you:
Ramon Diaz Yanes is a cartoonist and architect from Cuba.
Miel is a cartoonist, illustrator-designer and a senior executive artist at The Straits Times, Singapore’s top English-only daily newspaper.
Nahid Zamani is a freelance cartoonist and illustrator from Iran, active since 2010. She has won several awards for her cartoons. Check out her Instagram to see more of her work.
Ricardo Ferreira is a cartoonist from Portugal. In addition to being a freelance cartoonist, Ricardo is also an art teacher.
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Most popular this month
Take a look at the most popular cartoons from the last 30 days on our social media channels:
On Facebook
Man versus nature by Osama Hajjaj
On Twitter
Ciao Ennio Morricone by Marco de Angelis
On Instagram
Plastic in our oceans by Vasco Gargalo
On Pinterest
Life after corona by Marilena Nardi
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