censored cartoon by Ann Telnaes 

On this coming anniversary of the Charlie Hedbo cartoonist assassination, another cartoonist is censored.

Article in The Guardian by Ramon Antonio Vargas, 1/4/25

Headline:  “Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos”

Subhead:  “Pulitzer prize winner Ann Telnaes had drawn a cartoon of the paper’s owner kneeling before Donald Trump”

“The Washington Post’s Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from her position at the newspaper after its refusal to publish a satirical cartoon depicting the outlet’s owner, Jeff Bezos – along with other media and technology barons – kneeling before Donald Trump as he gears up for his second US presidency.

“ ‘I have had editorial feedback and productive conversations – and some differences – about cartoons I have submitted for publication, but in all that time I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at,’ Telnaes wrote on Friday in an online post on the Substack platform detailing her decision to quit. ‘Until now.’ ”

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/04/washington-post-cartoonist-resigns-jeff-bezos