I love drawing cartoons of all sorts: silly, wacky, mysterious, introspective, fun, cultural, political, single panel, multi-panel, titled, caption-less, captioned. There are so many ways to go. The New Yorker has published many of them for over 20 years, some of them political. I also draw a political cartoon for Medium.com every Monday. Most every week, I create one that is about women’s rights around the world. Below is part of this week’s cartoon, which I drew with International Women’s Day in mind. I think about that subject just about every week.
This image was inspired when I read about a rapist in India who said his victim deserved it. He is in jail, to be killed by the government. He was found guilty; but the culture is guilty for perpetuating these perceptions, and I don’t mean just Indian culture. Ours is guilty of fostering tragically wrongful perceptions of others, too. To see more of this cartoon, and my others, click here. 
Liza is fortunate to frequent many international festivals as either a speaker or a guest, and many of them are French. The French adore and admire cartoons. One of the largest cartoon festivals in the world is in Angouleme, France, called Festval D’Angouleme, and it has been in operation for 43 years. This year, controversy arose when it became known that among the 30 nominees for their prestigious prize, Grand Prix, there was not a single woman. And only one woman has won in the history of the event. Liza was invited to write about this snub for the Washington Post. Here is her piece: “France’s greatest comics festival just snubbed women. Here is what the event doesn’t get.”
