Bob Moran
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Bob Moran is a British cartoonist whose work has been published in many publications, including Morning Star, The Guardian and The Telegraph and more recently The Conservative Woman. On 12 October 2017, he was awarded the Cartoon Art Trust Award for Political Cartooning.Official 2017 CAT Awards Guide, p14 He was sacked by The Telegraph in October 2021 following tweets in which he commented that Rachel Clarke "should be verbally abused" for encouraging the use of masks on public transport.{{cite news|last=Tobitt|first=Charlotte|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/bob-moran-telegraph-coronavirus-suspended-twitter/|title=Telegraph sacks cartoonist Bob Moran over Twitter posts abusing NHS doctor|work=Press Gazette|date=13 October 2021|access-date=13 October 2021}}
Career
Moran attended Wellington School, Somerset and graduated from Falmouth University in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/bob-moran|title=Bob Moran|work=The Guardian|date=1 January 2013|accessdate=7 October 2017}} In 2010, he had a short period working for The Guardian before becoming the regular weekend cartoonist for The Daily Telegraph in 2011.
In 2015, Moran's animated short film, 'Father's Days', about the birth of his daughter, was published on The Daily Telegraph{{'}}s website. The film has been screened in neonatal clinics, charities and parenting associations internationally.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/relationships/fatherhood/11772911/How-my-daughter-taught-me-the-meaning-of-courage.html|title=How my daughter taught me the meaning of courage|work=The Daily Telegraph|last=Moran|first=Bob|date=2 August 2015|accessdate=7 October 2017}}
Moran has tweeted frequently about the COVID-19 pandemic, describing those who have been vaccinated as "dangerously misguided". On 13 October 2021, Press Gazette reported Moran had been sacked by The Telegraph for tweets aimed at palliative care physician Rachel Clarke on Twitter in late September. One of his tweets said Clarke deserved to be "verbally abused" for advocating the wearing of face masks. It was removed by Twitter for breaking its guidelines.
Bob Moran's cartoons have been criticised by the Media Diversity Institute for being "antisemitic".{{cite web|url=https://getthetrollsout.org/complaints/complaint-british-cartoonist-bob-moran|title=Complaint - British Cartoonist, Bob Moran|date=2022-06-27|accessdate=2023-07-26|website=getthetrollsout.org|publisher=Media Diversity Institute}}
Awards
- Runner Up Political Cartoon of the Year award from the Political Cartoon Society (2015){{cite web|url=http://www.ellwoodatfieldgallery.com/cartoon-2015.php|title=Congratulations to the 2015 winners|work=Ellwood Atfield Gallery|date=1 December 2015|accessdate=7 October 2017}}
- Shortlisted for a World Illustration Award by the AOI (2015){{cite web|url=https://theaoi.com/wia/fathers-days-bob-moran/|title=World Illustration Awards 2016|work=Association of Illustrators|accessdate=7 October 2017}}
- Honoree, Online Film & Video, The Webby Awards (2016){{cite web|url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2016/online-film-video/general-film/animation/fathers-days/|title=Father's Days The Webby Awards|work=Webby Award|accessdate=7 October 2017}}
- Cartoon Art Trust Award for Political Cartooning, 12 October 2017
- COVID Cartoon of the Year award from the Political Cartoon of the Year Awards (2020)
References
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External links
- [http://bobcartoons.newsprints.co.uk/ Bob cartoons in the Telegraph]
- [https://www.cartoons.ac.uk/cartoonist-biographies/m-n/BobMoran.html Biography at the British Cartoon Archive]
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Category:Alumni of Falmouth University
Category:People educated at Wellington School, Somerset
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