Against the backdrop of challenges ranging from the global financial crunch to the popularity of new media, editorial cartoonists are drawing up ways to be creative in more ways than one.
Many cartoonists and artists in Asia’s media are going through a transition. The iconic image of an artist hunched over a cluttered desk in a corner of a busy newsroom still rings true for many of them except that they now hold close both their pencils and computer mice.
Technological innovations and online access have enhanced rather than ‘endangered’ their work, say these artists, who produce cartoons that go with editorials and articles in newspapers and magazines.