The caricatures of the two finalists Víctor Solís (published in EFEverde.com) and Tjeerd Royaards (published in the Dutch media Trouw) respectively address plastic pollution in the seas and the protests of farmers in Europe to lower the environmental demands of the Common Agricultural Policy.
Víctor Solís, runner-up, with his #ViñetaVerde in EFEverde
Tjeerd Royaards, subcampeón
For Emanuele Del Rosso, deputy director of the European Cartoon Prize, “this year’s winning cartoon shows us freedom of expression, embodied in the figure of Alexei Navalny. The drawing shows a body in the warehouse, with its mouth closed with stitches, representing the free voice of Russian citizens. It is a striking metaphor that applies to so many other countries. The caricatures of Solis y royard They address, instead, a very pressing problem: the environment and how we treat it, and the need to take the necessary measures to fight pollution and climate change. I find these three caricatures to be extremely powerful.”
The winning works were selected from among 16 nominees, who were selected from almost 400 works in the press from more than 24 countries.
Honorable mentions
The jury decided to award two Honorable Mentions, to Elena Ospina and Peter Kuper, for cartoons published in the French newspapers Le Monde and Charlie Hebdo.
Elena Ospina
Pedro Kuper
The 2024 ECA Prize winners were announced during the awards ceremony held at The Hague Library. The ceremony was part of the ECA’s “Cartoon Day”, a one-day event dedicated entirely to editorial cartoons organized with the support of The Hague City Council, the Stimuleringsfonds voor de Journalistiek and Sound & Vision.
ECA 2024 Finalist List:
BJ Vonk (Netherlands), Marco Jeurissen (Netherlands), Pawel Kuczynski (Poland), Victor Solís (Mexico), Manuel Arriaga (Spain), Hajo de Reijger (Netherlands), Steven ‘Lectrr’ Degryse (Belgium), Marco De Angelis (Italy), Peter Kuper (United States), Ramsés Morales Izquierdo (Switzerland), Keyvan Varesi (Iran), Thiago Lucas (Brazil), Gustavo Caballero (Mexico), Gergely Bacsa (Hungary), Elena Ospina (Colombia), Tjeerd Royaards (Netherlands).
Judges of 2024
The jury for the 2024 edition was made up of: the winner of the European Cartoon Award 2023, Ben Jennings, from the United Kingdom, the French journalist Catherine André (president), the Dutch cartoonist Jip van den Toorn, the Iranian cartoonist Sanaz Bagheri and Dutch philosopher Stine Jensen.
Organizers highlight the importance of press cartoons and point out that more than any other form of journalism, cartoons, especially political ones, are coming under pressure from the shrinking space for freedom of expression.
The European Press Cartoon Award is supported by a series of foundations and organizations that strive to encourage journalistic cartoons in Europe: Municipality of The Hague, Stimuleringsfonds voor de Journalistiek, Bibliotheek Den Haag.
