Cartoon Movement
{{Short description|Online platform for cartoons and comics}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Cartoon Movement
| logo = Cartoon Movement Logo.png
| type = Private company, Foundation
| foundation = 2010
| location_city = The Hague
| location_country = Netherlands
| key_people = Thomas Loudon
(Founder and CEO)
Arend Jan van den Beld
(Founder and CEO)
| industry = Online media
| homepage = {{url|cartoonmovement.com}}
}}
Cartoon Movement is a business that offers a global online platform for editorial cartoons and comics journalism. Based in The Hague, Netherlands, Cartoon Movement receives between 60 and 100 cartoons each day{{cite web | last=Dave | title =Interview with Cartoon Movement | work =Spreadshirt Blog | publisher =Spreadshirt | date =May 31, 2011 | url =http://blog.spreadshirt.net/uk/2011/05/31/interview-with-cartoon-movement/ | accessdate = August 11, 2014}} from over 220 freelance cartoonists in over 80 countries.{{cite web | last =Gerbaux | first =Robin | title =The Cartoon Movement | publisher =Irenees Peace Database | date =June 2014 | url =http://www.irenees.net/bdf_fiche-acteurs-718_en.html | accessdate = August 11, 2014}} Submitted works are often purchased by corporate media publications.{{cite news | last =Cavna | first =Michael | title =Occupy Comics: Cartoon Movement journalists sketch a multi-city composite | newspaper =The Washington Post | location =Washington, D.C. | publisher =Nash Holdings LLC | date =November 15, 2011 | url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/occupy-comics-cartoon-movement-journalists-sketch-a-multi-city-composite/2011/11/15/gIQAxRvtPN_blog.html | accessdate =August 11, 2014}}
History
Cartoon Movement began in 2010 when VJ Movement founders Thomas Loudon and Arend Jan van den Beld began working with editorial cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards to promote the political cartoon as a fundamental style of journalism and to support freedom of the press and the rights of editorial cartoonists.
An early project at Cartoon Movement was a cartoon series by Royaards, Matt Bors, and others on conditions in Haiti after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The work was underwritten by a grant from the Dutch government.{{cite news | last =Cavna | first =Michael | title =‘HAITI’S SCAPEGOATS’: Cartoon Movement’s compelling video tells of LGBT abuse | newspaper =The Washington Post | location =Washington, D.C. | publisher =Nash Holdings LLC | date =January 13, 2012 | url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/haitis-scapegoats-cartoon-movements-compelling-video-tells-of-lgbt-abuse/2012/01/13/gIQALTwXwP_blog.html| accessdate =August 11, 2014}}
The Occupy movement was another early project, and Cartoon Movement received editorial cartoons from Occupy sources around the world.
Cartoon Movement supports Cartoonists Rights Network, International and human rights education in schools.{{cite web | last =Glader | first =Paul | title =Interview: Cartoon Movement’s Tjeerd Royaards Connects Students & Artists Digitally | publisher =WiredAcademic | date =March 14, 2012 | url =http://www.wiredacademic.com/2012/03/interview-tjeerd-royaards-of-cartoon-movement-digitally-connects-students-artists/ | accessdate =August 11, 2014 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210527/http://www.wiredacademic.com/2012/03/interview-tjeerd-royaards-of-cartoon-movement-digitally-connects-students-artists/ | archive-date =August 12, 2014 | url-status =dead }}
See also
{{Portal|Cartoon|Journalism}}
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- [http://www.cartoonmovement.com/ Cartoon Movement website]
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Category:Alternative journalism organizations
Category:Comics publishing companies
Category:Companies based in The Hague