The fall of the house of cards
The fall of the house of cards
“#MartinRowson and #EllaBaron are both regular contributors to the #Guardian’s daily #PoliticalCartoon. Martin has been with the Guardian for decades; Ella has been contributing since 2022. This week, we challenged the pair to draw on the same subject (Trump and a world in turmoil), on the same day, to see what each – with their different styles, tools and perspectives – would come up with.
Martin landed on a #Shakespearean scene, with a warped “King Leer” flanked by snickering world leaders. Ella proposed him squatting in a #dystopian nest, surrounded by his spoils.”
Cartoons and #satire have almost disappeared from #newspapers.
#artistic / #style / #digital / #painting <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2026/jan/24/donald-trump-cartoon-martin-rowson-ella-baron>
#MartinRowson on the #Caerphilly #byelection – cartoon | Martin Rowson | The Guardian
Just a reminder, #StGeorge wasn’t even English. #Farage would have happily had him deported given that he was a #Palestinian #Turk.
#UK #Wales #Politics #Satire #EnglishNationalism #Nationalism #PlaidCymru
#Politics #Censorship #editorialcartoons #protest #AnneTelnaes #SteveBrodner #freepress #politicalcartoons #MartinRowson
We Stand With Ann
Cartoonists Unite for Anne Telnaes and the First Amendment
STEVE BRODNER
“American Association of Editorial Cartoonists decided to take a group action and finish Ann’s sketch, in our own styles.”Here is Martin Rowson:
Ref: “Two masked al Qaeda-linked gunmen with assault rifles stormed what were then the offices of Charlie Hebdo and killed 12 people.
Martin Rowson on Netanyahu, in the Gruniard https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/oct/18/martin-rowson-death-yahya-sinwar-benjamin-netanyahu-cartoon