John Curtis

A rare public exhibition by the graffiti artist Banksy in Glasgow has attracted 180,000 visits in 10 weeks from all corners of the world.

A year ago, a 12-year-old Russian schoolgirl drew a cartoon which would bring the wrath of the regime down upon her and her family. It’s also a story about the power of a political cartoon.

The Cartoonist carefully colours the dark green hill of Ukraine as she imagines it to be standing to the west, beside the snow white hill on the eastern Russian…

It came as much a surprise as it was an honour for Cartoonists Rights Network International Executive Director Terry Anderson when he was recognised by the Salon de la Caricature du Dessin de Presse et d’Humour, Saint-Just-le-Martel – Europe’s largest festival of editorial cartoons – for his work in the defence of cartoonists’ rights around

How a ragtag group of satirical journeymen entered the stable of South Africa’s two leading cartoonists and forged a niche of bespoke cartoons for social justice.

Thursday’s memorial service at Westminster Abbey saw hundreds of friends of the beloved Archbishop Desmond Tutu literally walking over the body of another evangelical non-conformist, David Livingstone.

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It is little wonder that cartoonists the world over loved The Arch so much! Just days after his passing, thousands of people from presidents to paupers have eulogised the beloved Archbishop Desmond Tutu and most have alluded to his wonderful sense of humour. He delivered his powerful activism with a healthy dose of wit in a manner that any editorial cartoonist would aspire to achieve.

In these times of personality cults, cartoons that seek to tackle the issues rather than the person might be more persuasive in their cause. Such cartoons are harder to construct, as any cartoonist will tell you. Without the derision of a useful idiot to make one’s point, the cartoon must target the underpinning issues of oppression, racism, corruption and abuse rather than the oppressor, racist, corruptor or rapist.