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We’re a #humanrights non-profit, defending #cartoonists freedom of expression internationally. Marking our mission’s first quarter century in 2025!
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International News:
* Jung Ji-hoon wins Yellow Kid Comic of the Year award
* Dean Alston Profiled
* Court Orders Doğan Pehlevan Release, He Remains in Jail
* Cartoons vs Memes
* Zehra Ömeroğlu, Terry Anderson, Angelo Lopez Discuss Erdogan’s Authoritarian Gov't
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Comics International
Webtoonist Jung Ji-hoon wins Yellow Kid Comic of the Year award for ‘The Horizon’ From Yoon So-YeonYOON at Korea JoongAng Daily: Korean webtoonist Jung Ji-hoon, who goes by the pen name JH, won the Ye...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Congratulations to Matt Wuerker mwuerker.bsky.social on his 2025 Berryman win
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Matt Wuerker Wins 2025 Berryman
The National Press Foundation has announced Matt Wuerker as the winner of the 2025 Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons. Matt Wuerker of Politico has won the 2025 Clifford K. a...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Thank you.

I want all my editorial cartooning colleagues from around the world to see and identify with this: "Political cartoons are the stained glass windows of our times"
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duhallow.bsky.social Eamonn Noonan @duhallow.bsky.social · 16h
Having visited both St. Denis & Chartres this month, I know this is a big compliment. And eminently deserved in the case of @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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A double page spread review of @chappatte.bsky.social and my book in Switzerland's newspaper of record, Le Temps!

"Excerpts from the book 'Censorship in America' ​​with @anntelnaes.bsky.social can be found in the Weekend section of the newspaper @letemps.ch – with a beautiful cover! 👉"
chappatte.bsky.social Chappatte Cartoons @chappatte.bsky.social · 1d
Les bonnes feuilles du livre "Censure en Amérique" avec @anntelnaes.bsky.social sont à lire dans le cahier Week-End du journal @letemps.ch - avec une belle cover! 👉 www.letemps.ch/culture/livr...
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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🏛️ As it does every year, Cartooning for Peace is taking an active part in the 13th World Forum for Democracy with a display of press cartoons in the town of Strasbourg:
www.cartooningforpeace.org/en/evenement...

✏️ @toonsbystellina.bsky.social (Taïwan), Thiago (Brazil)
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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🏛️ As it does every year, CFP is taking an active part in the 13th WFD with, this year in particular 👀 a display of press cartoons in the town of Strasbourg :
www.cartooningforpeace.org/en/evenement...

✏️ Cartoons by @tjeerdroyaards.com (Nethersland), Thiago Lucas (Brazil)
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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A recent conversation with @zehraomerovna.bsky.social, our Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Awardee, and Executive Director @terrytoon.com is available on @angelolopezart.bsky.social’s YouTube channel along with many other great cartoonist interviews.
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A Talk With Cartoonists Zehra Ömeroğlu, Terry Anderson & Angelo Lopez - November 10, 2025
YouTube video by Angelo Lopez Art
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November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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November’s CARTOONIST DEFENDER newsletter will be sent out shortly; sign up now to get the latest info on the cartoonists we care about, and a preview of how to support our mission as we prepare to mount our annual PLEDGE DRIVE.

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CARTOONIST DEFENDER badge featuring the url https://cartoonistsrights.org An exaggerated cartoon figure is portrayed in shirt, tie, glasses, and trilby hat. They hold a pencil in their greatly oversized right fist, at the end of a foreshortened arm. They are rolling the shirt-sleeve with their left hand. The artwork is rendered in shades of yellow and purple, the corporate colors of the CARTOONISTS RIGHTS non-profit organization.
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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A recent conversation with @zehraomerovna.bsky.social, our Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Awardee, and Executive Director @terrytoon.com is available on @angelolopezart.bsky.social’s YouTube channel along with many other great cartoonist interviews.
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A Talk With Cartoonists Zehra Ömeroğlu, Terry Anderson & Angelo Lopez - November 10, 2025
YouTube video by Angelo Lopez Art
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November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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November’s CARTOONIST DEFENDER newsletter will be sent out shortly; sign up now to get the latest info on the cartoonists we care about, and a preview of how to support our mission as we prepare to mount our annual PLEDGE DRIVE.

cartoonistsrights.org/help-us/
CARTOONIST DEFENDER badge featuring the url https://cartoonistsrights.org An exaggerated cartoon figure is portrayed in shirt, tie, glasses, and trilby hat. They hold a pencil in their greatly oversized right fist, at the end of a foreshortened arm. They are rolling the shirt-sleeve with their left hand. The artwork is rendered in shades of yellow and purple, the corporate colors of the CARTOONISTS RIGHTS non-profit organization.
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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"Cartoonists take down a tyrant" : A video conversation with Andrew Borowitz and @anntelnaes.bsky.social on The Borowitz Report - WATCH 👉 www.borowitzreport.com/p/cartoonist...
Cartoonists Take Down a Tyrant
The Andy Borowitz Show
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November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Last week at Broken Frontier... THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Diary of a Detainee – R. E. Burke’s Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page. www.brokenfrontier.com/diary-of-a-d...
Diary of a Detainee - R. E. Burke's Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page – Broken Frontier
R. E. Burke's horrific experiences in a detention centre after being incarcerated by ICE are depicted in this comics short.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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A journalist's views on editorial cartoons & a gorgeous book by two giants of the craft. Come join Ann Telnaes, Clay Bennett, Jack Ohman, Jonathan Brown, Marc Beaudet, Matt Wuerker, Michael de Adder, Mike Konopacki, Patrick Chappatte & Randy Bish
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CSotD: Reporter’s Notebook
Bravo to Konopacki for making intelligent use of a moment in Casablanca that has become an insipid cliché in other hands. Saying “I’m shocked! Shocked!” merely makes the point that someone is pretendi...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Ann Telnaes to Receive the 2025 William Randolph Hearst Award and Attends Pulitzer Prize Awarding Ceremony
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Ann Telnaes to Receive the 2025 William Randolph Hearst Award and Gets Her Pulitzer
The School of Journalism and Mass Communications at San José State has announced that political cartoonist Ann Telnaes‘ talents will be recognized with the 2025 William Randolph Hearst Award: This Nov...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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The European Cartoon Award has announced their Shortlist. Find out who made the list. 👉
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European Cartoon Award Releases Shortlist of Finalists
The European Cartoon Award has announced their short list of finalists for its annual award to “honor the most provocative, insightful, and impactful cartoons of the year.” The winner will be announce...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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World Press Cartoon Announce Winners for 2025
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World Press Cartoon Announce Winners for 2025
The World Press Cartoon has announced this year’s winners in Editorial Cartoon, Caricature, and Gag Cartoon. Taking the top prize was Darco, from Montenegro for his cartoon “Trump’s Signature” (below)...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Happy to see many friends and allies shortlisted in the European Cartoon Award, most especially our own award laureate this year @zehraomerovna.bsky.social

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The best political cartoons of the year: the Shortlist of the European Cartoon Award 2025 is out! Winners to be announced in December - European Cartoon Award
The Jury of the ECA selected the best 15 political cartoons of the year, among hundreds of submissions. The winners will be announced at the Centrale Bibliotheek in The Hague on 12 December, during th...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Diary of a Detainee – R. E. Burke’s Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page. #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/diary-of-a-d...
Diary of a Detainee - R. E. Burke's Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page – Broken Frontier
R. E. Burke's horrific experiences in a detention centre after being incarcerated by ICE are depicted in this comics short.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Retailer arrested in North Carolina for distribution of comics at local trunk or treat. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🏛️ As it does every year, Cartooning for Peace is taking an active part in the 13th World Forum for Democracy with, this year in particular 👀 a display of press cartoons in the town of Strasbourg: www.cartooningforpeace.org/en/evenement...

✏️ Boligán (Mexico), Arend van Dam (Nethersland)
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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"We live in hope that this nightmare will one day end." We mourn the death of #MohamedKhamisDouda, killed when the #RapidSupportForces overran the city of El Fasher. Douda's death raises fears that civil society actors are being systematically targeted:
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He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’
For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are ...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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‼️🇺🇸 ARC strongly condemns the U.S. government’s arbitrary revocation of Nigerian writer and Nobel-laureate Wole Soyinka’s visa–a deeply troubling act that undermines freedom of expression and international cultural exchange.

Read our statement:
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October 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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We must refuse to be silent in order to protect the public’s right to know in the United States, and elsewhere, says CPJ’s CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social in an op-ed in the World Association of News Publishers.

Read more👇
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#EndImpunity
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, Justice for Journalists has released grim figures showing that 103 media workers are currently imprisoned in #Russia & #Belarus. We join their call for the release of all imprisoned journalists:
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Over 100 Media Workers Behind Bars in Russia and Belarus; 89 Arrested in Absentia - Justice for Journalists
31 October 2025, London, UK – On the eve of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the grim statistics sees 103 media workers in Russian and Belarusian prisons and penal...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Who controls the narrative in today’s free speech? What happens when institutions & academia falter? Maria Sorensen explores the state of free speech and argues that we should be thinking about how our right to free speech contributes to the public good:
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October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM