Bill Draper: U.S. News Cartoonist to Be in China Paper
From AP: Pat Oliphant will be the first American editorial cartoonist published in China by a Chinese-language newspaper, Universal Press Syndicate said Thursday. Oliphant, who won the Pulitzer Prize...
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A Cartoon for China’s New Generation – Evelyn Iritani
From the LA Times: Little P is a red-haired joker with a robot dog and a mind bursting with rebellion. She has a closet filled with tight, midriff-baring clothes. Her biggest worry is getting fat. Meet...
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Podcast: Manhua! China Comics Now
Listen in as Alex Fitch at Panel Borders interviews the next generation of Chinese comic artists, whose pages are now on display as part of China Now, a six-month festival bringing Chinese culture to...
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Dispatches from China’s Earthquake
Comic Book Resources interviews comic book artist Coco Wang, who created a series of comics about the Sichuan earthquake. Her series is reposted on this site. In the interview, she explains why she...
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Taiwan Cartoonist Captivates China: Chu Teh-yung
Chu Teh-yung. Photo courtesy of the AP Chu Teh-yung or Ronald Chu, a cartoonist from Taiwan, is getting recognition in mainland China with a new museum built in his honor, despite the tensions between...
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Ten Awkward Questions to Ask Crazy Crab, Cartoonist who Challenges China’s...
The political cartoonist known as “Crazy Crab,” who published a series of cartoons known as Hexie Farm, has gotten a lot of attention recently for his sharp, satirical drawings which take on...
View ArticleChen Guangcheng: Activists, Ambassadors, Cartoonists & Congressmen
Activist Chen Guangcheng and his family remain under house arrest in southern Shandong province, and a stream of supporters continue efforts to gain access to them. As Chen’s birthday (this Saturday,...
View ArticleLittle Rabbit Be Good
World Policy Journal profiles cartoonist Pi San, who has created numerous popular animations featuring a little boy, Kuang Kuang, including a satirical take on a children’s song, Little Rabbit Be Good:...
View ArticleSatan Lucky’s Floating World
Danwei’s Alexander Ye interviews artist Satan Lucky, whose monstrous embodiments of aspects of Chinese life like Internet censorship and food scandals were featured on CDT in July. In Red Bean Mermaid,...
View ArticleDrawing Ire
The South China Morning Post Magazine profiles mainland Chinese cartoonists and explores how they individually deal with censorship of their work. One of the interviewees is CDT’s contributing...
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Badiucao (巴丢草): Ai Weiwei’s CCTV Appearance
In his most recent cartoon for CDT, Badiucao offers a comment on Ai Weiwei’s surprise appearance on a CCTV-1 late night sketch show last week. While the appearance was brief—Ai uttered no more than...
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Cartoon: Marital Separation and Real Estate Speculation
Authorities in Shanghai have recently cracked down on rumors of tightening real estate regulations, deleting some social media accounts and ordering others to stop posting. Divorce application rates...
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Drawing the News: Xi Jinping vs. Winnie the Pooh
Images of children’s book and cartoon bear Winnie the Pooh have been used to poke fun at China’s president since 2013, when social media users noticed their alleged resemblance during a visit by Xi...
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Badiucao Launches Global Art for Liu Xiaobo Campaign
On July 12, as Liu Xiaobo was in his final hours of life and Chinese authorities had made clear they wouldn’t allow the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate to go abroad for medical treatment, CDT...
View ArticleCartoonist Unmasked Amid Twitter Emoji Drought
Chinese cartoonist and CDT contributor Badiucao was the subject of a documentary by filmmaker Danny Ben-Moshe, which aired on Australian TV on Tuesday night: Morning world，if you have not watched my...
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