{{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 <small><br>(Founder and CEO)</small><br /> Arend Jan van den Beld <small><br>(Founder and CEO)</small> | 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<ref name=Dave>{{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}}</ref> from over 220 freelance cartoonists in over 80 countries.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Submitted works are often purchased by corporate media publications.<ref name=Occupy>{{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}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
The Occupy movement was another early project, and Cartoon Movement received editorial cartoons from Occupy sources around the world.<ref name=Occupy />
Cartoon Movement supports Cartoonists Rights Network, International and human rights education in schools.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Cartoon|Journalism}} * List of cartoonists * List of editorial cartoonists * Caricature * Comics Studies
==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 Category:Dutch companies established in 2010 Category:Editorial cartooning