Tomorrow, another legendary political cartoonist will be joining us: #ManaNeyestani. 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

Happy May Day! Watch DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE in the US for free from our website May 1-4: demoscracyundersiegedoc.org Featuring: @anntelnaes.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov Steven Levitsky @profmmurray.bsky.social @elienyc.bsky.social A film by @lauranix.bsky.social

2026 AWARD — The last details are getting fixed 👌 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com 🤝 @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social @cartoonistsrights.org @gvagrad.bsky.social @letemps.ch @kofiannanfdn.bsky.social @villedegeneve.bsky.social @chappatte.bsky.social

You will be able to stream Democracy Under Siege for free May 1-4. Featuring the brilliant work of @anntelnaes.bsky.social Sign up at: www.democracyundersiegedoc.org @democracydoc.bsky.social

No U.S. distributor would touch this documentary so now we're giving you free access May 1-4. Including interviews with historian Heather Cox Richardson, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and Harvard professor Steven Levitsky. www.democracyundersiegedoc.org/signup

Our friend and former laureate of our Award, #HaniAbbas, will also be in Geneva live-drawing at our award ceremony! 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

2026 EXHIBIT — L'expo en plein air vient d’être mise en place sur le quai Wilson. Venez la découvrir tout au long du mois de mai ! The open-air exhibit has been installed today on Quai Wilson. Come have a look throughout the month of May! 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

2026 AWARD — “If there were a time when press cartoonists were needed most, indeed this is that time.” ✊ A message for cartoonists around the world by 🗣️ #Gado, @rachita.bsky.social, @terrytoon.com, #MarieBarbeyChappuis, #Kak 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

BREAKING NEWS

Extraordinarily grim reading ahead of #WorldPressFreedomDay in RSF’s new index: “over half of the world’s countries now fall into the ‘difficult’ or ‘very serious’ categories for press freedom”; USA slips seven places, amid widespread lawfare against journalists. rsf.org/en/2026-rsf-...

We note that after some twenty plus months of cruel arbitrary detention, criminal proceedings will finally begin against Ashraf Omar on May 10th, in which prosecutors will portray the Egyptian cartoonist & translator as a funder and supporter of “terrorism”. almanassa.com/en/news/31618

“For all those who seek to impose fear and violence, there is no better response than defiance and mockery.” ✊ Why is this award so important in this context, according to 🗣️ #Kak, @terrytoon.com, #MarieBarbeyChappuis, @rachita.bsky.social, #Gado 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

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Jimmy “Spire” Ssentogo, winner of the 2024 EU Human Rights Defenders Award, will also be joining us on May 4. 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

I loved talking about the Jewish Bund and HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY with @chrislhayes.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvd9...

2026 AWARD — “What does the international cartoon award mean to 🗣️ @rachita.bsky.social, #Kak, #Gado, #MarieBarbeyChappuis, @terrytoon.com 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

We are delighted to welcome to our event #ZehraÖmeroğlu, winner of the 2025 award from our partner organization @cartoonistsrights.org. 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

Gado, the 2016 laureate of our award, will be with us on Monday! 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

2026 AWARD — Our big night is just one week away! We can’t wait to share with you who is going to receive the Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award! 🤝 @cartoonistsrights.org @gvagrad.bsky.social @letemps.ch @kofiannanfdn.bsky.social @villedegeneve.bsky.social @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social

We are also welcoming Kak, president of @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social, our partner association for the open-air exhibit. 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

Every story today assumes Trump was the target of the attack at the WHCD last night (which I was at). That’s the most logical assumption. But a nagging part of my brain - the bit that deals daily with attacks on journalists - knows it’s not impossible the media might have been the target too.

@cartoonistsrights.org is our partner organisation for the Courage in Cartooning Award. Its executive director will be our guest in Geneva! 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

Yikes! Monday 27th is the last one of the month! So we’ll be in The Walrus, Ship St, Brighton from 6:30pm for @panelborders.bsky.social interviewing these fine fellows about @cartoonistsrights.org Join us in person or livestream at YouTube.com/panelbordersvideo

Our president, @chappatte.bsky.social, will be the master of ceremonies at our event on May 4, alongside our co-president, Marie Heuzé. 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

We are very pleased to welcome Marie Barbey-Chappuis, from the Executive Council of the City of Geneva, to our gala evening! 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

2026 AWARD — Ground control: commencing countdown! 🚀 We’re getting very close to our big night at the @gvagrad.bsky.social. 🤝 @cartoonistsrights.org @gvagrad.bsky.social @letemps.ch @kofiannanfdn.bsky.social @villedegeneve.bsky.social @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social

#IFJBlog: 87 cas de menaces visant des dessinateur.ices ont été recensés par @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social et @cartoonistsrights.org. Kak aborde avec la FIJ la complexité et les enjeux du métier www.ifj.org/media-centre...

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Get ready for a can't-miss discussion between @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and @kennethroth.bsky.social on the state of American democracy. 👉 www.freedomcartoonists.com

CARTOONIST DEFENDERS in Sussex, UK – hear from our Executive Director Terry Anderson @terrytoon.com & board member John Curtis @jamcreative.bsky.social, head of Africartoons at the meeting of @cartooncounty.bsky.social April 27th. www.cartooncounty.com/nextguest

In less than two weeks, you are going to know the laureate (or laureates?) of our award! In the meantime, let us introduce @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, the special guest attending our award ceremony! 👉 freedomcartoonists.com

2026 AWARD — In two weeks, you are going to know the laureate (or laureates?) of our award! 🤝 @cartoonistsrights.org @gvagrad.bsky.social @letemps.ch @kofiannanfdn.bsky.social @villedegeneve.bsky.social @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social 🙌 #Gado @terrytoon.com @Monsieur KAK

2026 AWARD — In just 17 days, @kennethroth.bsky.social will be discussing the state of US democracy with @josephestiglitz.bsky.social! 🤝 @cartoonistsrights.org @gvagrad.bsky.social @letemps.ch @kofiannanfdn.bsky.social @villedegeneve.bsky.social @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social

Bonil Begins Cartooning for Primicias. www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

This one has a strong Ben Garrison vibe. And it popped up here about an hour after Melania's press conference. No way a human cartoonist to flip around a hyper-detailed (albeit terrible) image that fast.

Note how all this things look like they're drawn by the dsame "hand." The caricatures, which couldn't be duller, are almost exactly the same. Then there's the ideas, which are invariably garbage. What does this one mean? Why are Trump, Musk, etc ballerinas?

But sometimes they ARE signed, with fake names. If in doubt, just google the name to see if such a cartoonist exists. In this case, the answer is no. This one has the usual AI traits. The mini hat on the desk, the tie that is not attached. The nameplate inexplicably split in half.

Horrible computer type, pointless stealing of other cartoon characters (why the hell is Popeye here??), and there's that yuck color palette again. AI cartoons usually don't have signatures.

Excessive labels, 800 things happening at once, stylistically dull. AI generators have obviously trained themselves on Ben Garrison cartoons. Now it's pretty friggin hilarious that wackadoodle Benji is the cartoonist most exploited by AI, but the last thing the world needs is MORE Garrison.

This should be a no-brainer. For Christ's sake STOP Posting obvious AI-generated political cartoons! Bluesky is awash in this shit these days. There are tons of real live human political cartoonists here, posting terrific work. Repost those. If you're unclear, here's how to spot AI slop:

2026 AWARD — Less than a month until the 2026 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning laureate will be announced! 👇 Guess who's going to be our guest of honour? 🤝 @gvagrad.bsky.social @kofiannanfdn.bsky.social @letemps.ch @cartoonistsrights.org @villedegeneve.bsky.social

[PHOTO GALLERY] 📍 The Marathon des mots, Toulouse 📅 10 April 2026 the round-table discussion “Cartooning under threat” as part of the Marathon des mots. More info : www.cartooningforpeace.org/en/evenement...

Our Executive Director and the newest member of our board will be speaking to cartoon & comics enthusiasts in East Sussex at the end of the month, details below.

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Our Executive Director and the newest member of our board will be speaking to cartoon & comics enthusiasts in East Sussex at the end of the month, details below.

📰 [BLOG] " #Iran: Has #Trump lost his mind?" - a cartoon by @anntelnaes.bsky.social (USA) on our blog "Libérons les crayons !" via @lemonde.fr : www.lemonde.fr/liberons-les...

[LE MONDE] On the front page of @lemonde.fr today, a cartoon by Osama Hajjaj (Jordan) : www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

The Turkish government is planning to require social media users to register accounts under their real names with the goal of ending anon accounts. I really fear we are not understanding the cliff we're approaching around the world re: online anonymity. www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiye-acts...