At the invitation of the EUNIC network in Montreal, the European Union National Institutes for Culture, Cartooning for Peace is pleased to propose the second online conference, “Press cartoons, free to laugh?“. With the press cartoonists: Bado (Canada), Dorthe Landschulz (Germany), Marco de Angelis (Italy) and Daniel Jokesch (Austria). Moderator : Marie-Eve Lacas, journalist at Radio-Canada and rewarded illustrator
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 12pm Montreal
Conducted in English, it will take place online on the symbolic date of September the 21st, the World Peace Day, fifteen years after the association’s birth.
Humor, central to the critical work of most press cartoonists, has shown to be essential in times of crisis. But, paradoxically, it is not unanimously sanctioned, whether by some authorities or by part of the citizens. Press cartoons and their satirical message do not necessarily make everyone laugh anymore.