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A New York Times decision has led to predictions of the death of cartooning. But rather than perishing, is the global art form just feeling the full force of technological and workplace change?
With sharp political commentary just as likely to be found on Tumblr as in the pages of the Times, why aren’t the best internet memes being published in the nation’s top periodicals?
The term ‘political correctness’ is often used to imply that those who resent racist comedy just lack a sense of humour. But First Nations people are using humour to speak back, especially on social media.
We’ve had 90 years of those famous ears.
With anti-semitism on the rise around the world, it is timely to consider how images and media discourses can embolden hate crimes.
A series of recent comics are trying to shift the narrative about refugees.
Depression, addiction and misanthropy in cartoon form.
The Herald Sun claims its cartoon of Serena Williams isn’t racist, but it draws on 200 years of caricaturing of African women.
Expectations were high for the latest project from the creator of The Simpsons.
The cat and mouse comedy duo have been locked in conflict for more than 78 years now.
It’s not just how characters look. How they talk and the role they play have a profound impact on kids, who are quick to categorize characters as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on superficial qualities.
Princesses are not great role models if we want to raise empowered daughters.
Killers, cartoons, and even romantic objects, the cactus’s ongoing popularity has led it down some strange paths.
Still going strong in its 30th year, The Simpsons follows a strict animation style guide based on Matt Groening’s own rules, and has much to teach young animators
It’s the 100th anniversary of the birth of graphic novel pioneer Will Eisner.
A young Iranian detained on Manus Island has won a prestigious international award for his cartoons reflecting life there. Our government should allow this young man to fly to the US to accept his award.
Bill Leak’s cartoon of a drunk Aboriginal father who doesn’t know his son’s name exemplifies a long tradition of white men’s fantasies about the inferiority of Aboriginal people.
Two recent controversial cartoons depicting people as apes have raised an important question: what are the legal and philosophical distinctions between harm and offence?
Some might say we’re in the age of the ‘priceless’ child, but The New Yorker certainly doesn’t think so.
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Professor in Modern History, University of New England
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer: Director MSc Animation and VFX MDes Comics & Graphic Novels, University of Dundee
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Director of the Animation Academy, Loughborough University
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Associate Professor of English, University of Oxford
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Politics, Policy and Global Affairs, Flinders University
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Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Contemporary Histories Research Group, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Design, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Comic Studies, University of Dundee
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Lecturer in Film Studies, Department of Liberal Arts, King's College London
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PhD Candidate, Griffith University
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Professor of Mass Communication, Media and Communication Science, Jacobs University Bremen
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Lecturer in Illustration and Animation, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
