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The Jewish Influences of Eli Valley’s Visceral Political Cartoons

Avatar photo by Josh Lambert May 8, 2022June 24, 2022

When the news gets appalling enough, Valley will show you the grotesquerie, and make you feel it.

Posted inArt

Slick Political Cartoons Offer Incisive Critiques of Trump

by Hakim Bishara November 3, 2020November 5, 2020

Painter and illustrator Edel Rodriguez uses political cartoons to condemn Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, strict immigration policies, and more.

Posted inBooks

The Aesthetics of Ugliness

by David Carrier September 21, 2019September 20, 2019

At what point does an image become objectionable?

Posted inNews

Political Cartoonist Threatened by Chinese Authorities During “Free Expression Week”

Avatar photo by Kari Lindberg November 13, 2018November 13, 2018

An exhibition by Badiucao, addressing Google’s complacency in China’s internet censorship, was set to open in Hong Kong on November 3. With one day’s notice, organizers were forced to cancel the event “out of safety concerns,” following threats from Chinese authorities.

Posted inArt

Political Cartoonists Talk Trump at the Museum of the City of New York

by Jillian Steinhauer March 20, 2017

On March 23, five US-based political cartoonists will discuss the realities, challenges, and urgency of their work today.

Posted inNews

Right-wing Cartoonist Inserts Betsy DeVos into Iconic Civil Rights Painting

by Jillian Steinhauer February 14, 2017February 16, 2017

Glenn McCoy appropriated Norman Rockwell’s “The Problem We All Live With,” replacing the six-year-old black girl who desegregated a public school with the billionaire Secretary of Education.

Posted inArt

Art that Exposes the Theater of Politics

by Jillian Steinhauer June 21, 2016June 20, 2016

CLEVELAND — In a drawing by cartoonist Edward Freska, the bald eagle that represents the United States on the country’s Great Seal is injured.

Posted inNews

Cartoonist Pronounced Dead, Believed Murdered by Syrian Regime

by Laura C. Mallonee October 8, 2015October 8, 2015

According to Souriatnapress, Akram Raslan died in the spring of 2013 while in the custody of the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Posted inArt

Political Cartoonist Ted Rall Discusses Being Dropped by the LA Times

by Matt Stromberg August 4, 2015

Hyperallergic spoke with political cartoonist Ted Rall to get his view on his dismissal and on the state of political cartooning in general.

Posted inArt

Political Cartoons from a Golden Age of British Satire

by Jillian Steinhauer June 19, 2015June 19, 2015

In late 18th-century Britain, etched cartoons and caricatures abounded, poking fun at kings, noblemen, society ladies, French revolutionaries, the institution of marriage, and countless other people and things.

Posted inIn Brief

Iranian Artist Gets 12 Years in Prison for Political Cartoon

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton June 3, 2015June 4, 2015

Atena Farghadani, a 28-year-old artist on trial in Iran over a cartoon that depicts members of parliament as animals, has been sentenced to 12 years and 9 months in prison.

Posted inNews

Malaysian Cartoonist Charged with “Sedition” for Political Tweets

by Laura C. Mallonee April 6, 2015April 6, 2015

Last Friday, Malaysia officially charged the 52-year-old cartoonist Zunar with nine counts of sedition — a charge that could send him to jail for up to 43 years.

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