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Culture Re-View: Is this really the first newspaper comic strip?

18 October 1896: The New York Journal published the first “Yellow Kid” comic, often cited as the first regular, ongoing newspaper comic strip.

18/10/2023

The Dialogue

Khalid Albaih, or the art of fighting injustice

In partnership with Media City

Khalid Albaih is a Sudanese political cartoonist and civil rights activist. He has earned international recognition as one of the most influential political cartoonists. His fight has no frontiers and his goal has never changed: using art to make the world a better place, as he told The Dialogue.

14/10/2023

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Culture Re-View: The first edition of Tintin magazine is released

On 26 September 1946, the first publication featuring the spunky boy reporter and his canine sidekick Snowy hit the shelves, launching the fictional journalist's popularity to new heights.

26/09/2023

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Royal Mail celebrates Paddington’s 65th birthday with special stamps

“It's nice having a bear (stamp) about the house."

24/08/2023

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London: New Lego set and the mural celebrate the 100 years of Disney

To celebrate the launch of the new LEGO® and honour 100 years of Disney, London based artist Lakwena Maciver has unveiled her latest artwork, Kaleidowaves, a 4.5m tall castle window.

24/06/2023

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Dilbert creator Scott Adams in the dock over 'racist' rant

Twitter’s CEO Elon Musk has defended Scott Adams, who created the ‘Dilbert’ cartoon in 1989, after he made racist comments on a YouTube video and has been dropped from numerous publications

01/03/2023

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Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

Can you name another cat and mouse pair more iconic than Tom and Jerry? Here's the story of how they were nearly known as Jasper and Jinx.

10/02/2023

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Spain’s pandemic-fuelled addiction to Manga sparks sales surge

Since the pandemic, Spaniards have listening to more music, watching more films and reading more books - especially Manga related material. Rory Armstrong has been finding out why the Japanese genre is enjoying so much success.

16/01/2023

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Charlie Hebdo enrages Iran again with new cartoons deemed offensive

France is facing fresh rage from Tehran after Charlie Hebdo published images depicting Iran's Supreme Leader in cartoons considered vulgar by Tehran.

05/01/2023

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Move over Mickey, the true original Disney cartoon star is back!

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit has a new starring role in a short film celebrating 100 years of the Disney company.

09/12/2022

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The New Yorker magazine honours Sempé, one of its favourite artists

The Frenchman became an artistic icon across the pond, designing over 110 covers for the notable magazine.

26/08/2022

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Pokémon World Championships and Pikachu's dark past

An event in 1997 nearly threatened to collapse the whole anime series and send the ‘pocket monsters’ out to pasture...

22/08/2022

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Jean-Jacques Sempé in his own words

Here is a selection of our favourite quotes from beloved French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé.

12/08/2022

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French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé dies aged 89

Beloved French illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempé, famous for the ‘Little Nicholas’ series and his New Yorker magazine covers, has passed away.

12/08/2022

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Disney to lose exclusive rights over Mickey Mouse. What will it mean?

Since 1928, Mickey Mouse has been the face of Disney. But as copyright protections over the mouse expire, the company might have to share him.

07/07/2022

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Viral cartoon showing Ukrainian tractor towing Russian tank explained

A new cartoon has emerged of a Russian tank being towed by a Ukrainian tractor. We look at the cartoon behind the new meme.

30/03/2022