BlogDiary
Norman Rockwell Museum teams up with leading cartoon artists to offer some much needed comedic relief
NewsAppointments & departures
Influential political cartoonist Steve Bell dropped by the Guardian newspaper after 40 years
Biting satirist looks to art history for some of his caricatures, such as a recent sketch of Boris Johnson as Mona Lisa
ReviewBook Shorts
Things that... provoke some thought: book of drawings philosophically questions the relationship of 'things'
Groups of pictures are assembled on the basis of word association—but not everything in this graphic novel makes good sense
NewsObituaries
Albert Uderzo, the artist behind French cartoon icon Asterix, dies aged 92
"Asterix really showed me that history could be fun and daft,” says the Irish archaeologist Neil Jackman as tributes are paid to the artist
ReviewBook Shorts
Political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe tells the story of his life and work in new book
For more than 60 years the rapier-sharp pen has wounded his enemies deeply and he has met all the great and the good of our day
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Five years after Charlie Hebdo attack, France plans centre dedicated to satirical cartoons
In honour of the victims and to promote the medium, the French culture ministry will create "a meeting, training and exhibition place"
ReviewBook Shorts
This book is an omnibus of delightfully scary Landis Blair cartoons
The devoted follower of Edward Gorey has proved himself a worthy disciple
FeatureCartoons
Badiucao: meet the Chinese artist illustrating the Hong Kong protests
China’s ‘artful dissident’ has attracted worldwide attention through his drawings of protests, but he is still little-known in the art world
PreviewExhibitions
A New York salute to Rube Goldberg and his outlandish contraptions
Queens Museum celebrates a cartoonist who seems more relevant than ever
ReviewBook Shorts
This ancient book tells you all about the people you hate
This amusingly illustrated edition of Theophrastus’s Characters is as fresh today as it was centuries ago
ReviewBook Shorts
Thomas Bernhard’s Old Masters as a graphic novel
The Austrian writer’s bilious attacks are neutralised by the cartoons
BlogFrieze New York 2019
Artoon by Pablo Helguera, Frieze New York 2019, Issue 2
"Wanna hang out with me?"
BlogFrieze New York 2019
Artoon by Pablo Helguera, Frieze New York 2019, Issue 1
"No matter how hard I try to make the worst painting possible, I am always outdone by the competition"
ReviewBooks
First book on art collection of the draughtsman and cult figure Edward Gorey
Gorey inexplicably left his collection to the Wadsworth Atheneum
ArchiveArtist interview
The reluctant comic-book hero: Interview with Robert Crumb
A major survey of R. Crumb’s countercultural cartoons opened in Paris last month, but he remains mystified by the attention
ArchiveCopenhagen
Danish museum to buy Muhammad cartoons which sparked global riots
The Royal Library is in talks to purchase the works; another Danish museum wants to put them on display
ArchiveArt market
Fritz the Cat comic drawings hot on the art market, but highly rare
Robert Crumb, the creator, is now a cult figure in the contemporary art market
ArchiveSalvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí’s forgotten Disney cartoon
After 57 years in the studio’s vaults, the result of an unlikely collaboration is revealed to the public
ArchiveObituaries
Walter Goetz, cartoonist, collector and friend of The Art Newspaper dies
Contributor to Vogue, Harpers and Punch amongst others
ArchiveBooks
Books: Spiegelman's comics come to MoMA
Maus, the highly successful re-telling of the Holocaust, uses mice, cats and pigs as the protagonists