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Rasheed Kappan and Political Cartoons from India

Alex Gallafent — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:16:50 +0000

Newspapers might be under pressure in the United States, but they’re in rude health in India. A range of broadsheets and other papers are published across the country and many feature that satirical staple: the political cartoon. I met with Rasheed Kappan in Bangalore. He’s City Bureau Chief for the Deccan Herald, the city’s second largest daily. Kappan is also a long-time cartoonist and presents a few of his works — and of other influential Indian cartoonists — here.

Global Political Cartoons: Mar 27 – Apr 9, 2010

The World — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:20:23 +0000

The World’s Carol Hills with her latest selection of political cartoons from around the globe. The sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church: still fodder for cartoonists; the Russian nesting doll just got a new addition: a hidden female suicide bomber; and techies’ latest love interest: the ipad

Global Political Cartoons: March 13-26, 2010

The World — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:30:46 +0000

The World’s Carol Hills narrates her latest batch of political cartoons from around the globe. Hot topics include: the Catholic Church under seige, Israeli settlements that are unsettling the Obama Administration, and those nice Canadians get ugly and force conservative provocateur Ann Coulter to cancel an appearance.

Global Political Cartoons with Daryl Cagle

The World — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:08:44 +0000

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Each week, The World’s Carol Hills produces a slideshow of some of the best in global political cartoons. Some make her laugh, some make her cry, and some just leave her scratching her head and going, “huh?” So this week, she gets help from cartoonist Daryl Cagle, the daily editorial cartoonist for MSNBC. Cagle also likes to look at how artists from the far reaches of the globe do their work.

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MARCO WERMAN: Before we take a break, the World’s Carol Hills to tell us about something she produces each week for the Web. So Carol, what’s up?

CAROL HILLS: Well, each week I’ve been producing a cartoon slide show. It’s political cartoons from around the world by non-American cartoonists. The idea is to kind of see what other countries find funny or amusing or their take on the major issues, and this week I invited Daryl Cagle. He’s an American cartoonist. He’s MSNBC’s cartoonist and he’s syndicated around the country. He also has a huge interest in international cartooning and travels all the time. So he walks through this week’s cartoons with me.

WERMAN: Which is very good because I tell you, there are few foreign political cartoons, no matter now long at them and study them, I don’t get them. How do you pick your cartoons, Carol?

HILLS: Well, we subscribe to a couple different services. One is Daryl Cagle’s. He represents a lot of international cartoonists, and there’s a number of them and I collect them all week, and I use tough love at the end of the week. And some of them are really funny and obvious, and others are very specific to the country. And it’s all in the captioning.

WERMAN: It’s all in the captioning and you can see this week’s cartoon slide show and their captions and also all the past slide shows we produced at theworld.org. Carol Hills, thank you.

HILLS: Thanks, Marco.

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Global Political Cartoons: August 8-14, 2009

The World — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:04:57 +0000

It may be the dog days of summer but there’s still plenty of material for political cartoonists to ponder. This week: the continued detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, a deadly typhoon hits Taiwan, the likelihood of bringing democracy to Afghanistan, and the noisy town hall meetings about health care reform in the United States. >>> Click on the image at right to start the cartoon slideshow.

Click here to see The World’s previous cartoon slideshows.

Global Political Cartoons: July 4 – July 10, 2009

Clark Boyd — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:36:50 +0000

Europe features large in this week’s political cartoons. We see President Obama and Russian President Medvedev try to flatter and dare each other into reducing their nuclear arsenals and this year’s G8 summit host, Italian president Silvio Berlusconi, appears to be preoccupied with his life outside of government. In other images, Sarah Palin has a plan to get to the White House and Barack Obama embraces his own plan to gradually withdraw from Iraq. Click on the image at right to start the slideshow.

Click here to see our other cartoon slideshows.

Global Political Cartoons: June 27 to July 3, 2009

Clark Boyd — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:48:33 +0000

Bernie Madoff’s 150-year prison sentence provides plenty of inspiration for this week’s global political cartoons. So do the mullahs behind the scenes in Iran, a coup in Honduras, a new Russian law that moves gambling to the Siberian hinterlands…and yes, plenty more visual commentary on the death of Michael Jackson. Click on the image at right to start the cartoon slideshow.

Global Political Cartoons: June 20 to June 26, 2009

Clark Boyd — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:03:08 +0000

Cartoonists note the sudden death of pop star Michael Jackson with images both respectful and, well, irreverent. Iranian mullahs define theocracy. The fly on President Obama’s arm gets a name. And even in death, Ed McMahon tries to find a new sidekick. Click on the image at right to start the cartoon slideshow.

Global Political Cartoons: June 13 to June 19, 2009

Clark Boyd — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:37:15 +0000

The post-election political crisis in Iran dominates this week’s political cartoons. The images range from funny depictions of voter fraud to very dark depictions of media censorship, and a deep uncertainty about what comes next. Click on the image at right to begin the cartoon slideshow.

Global Political Cartoons: June 6 to June 12, 2009

Clark Boyd — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:23:13 +0000

This week cartoonists around the world share the excitement and concern as Iranians prepare to go to the polls. They also respond to North Korea’s latest provocations and the rightward results of the European elections. Click on the image at right to start the cartoon slideshow.

Global Political Cartoons: May 31 to June 5, 2009

Clark Boyd — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:55:23 +0000

“A New Beginning” is the theme of this week’s global political cartoons. It was the title of the speech President Barack Obama gave in Cairo when he addressed Muslims around the world. But it could easily describe the message of the GM bankruptcy and reports out of South Korea that North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il has nominated his third and youngest son, 26-year-old Jong-Un, as his successor. Click on the image at right to start the cartoon slideshow.