Vladimir Putin Cartoons !

Описание: Vladimir Putin is a great character for political cartoonists1 We have lots of brilliant cartoons about Russia's evil president and we have four of the best cartoonists in the world to discuss the cartoons!

Vladimir Kazanevsky has probably won more awards at international cartoon competitions than any other cartoonist in the world --he's Ukraine's most noteworthy cartoonist and he recently had an exhibition in Paris of his cartoons about the war in Ukraine. Vlad is a longtime contributor to CagleCartoons, he's a refugee from his home in Kiev, living in Slovakia now.

Rick McKee drew for many years for the Augusta Chronicle in Georgia; he draws the comic "Pluggers" and we've syndicated Rick for 20 years.

Emad Hajjaj draws cartoons for the Alaraby Aljadeed Alghad Newspaper in London. Emad is the best known Arabic language cartoonist to American readers; he's the star cartoonist of Jordan and he joins us fro Amman. We've syndicated Emad's work for nearly 20 years.

Bill Day draws for Florida Politics.com; he's worked for many years as the cartoonist for the Memphis Commercial Appeal and the Detroit Free Press. We've also syndicated Bill for 20 years.

Your host is cartoonist Daryl Cagle, the founder and CEO of Cagle Cartoons (CagleCartoons.com).

Here are some of the cartoons we discuss in the Caglecast, along with a partial transcript. See complete archives of the cartoonists' work at Cagle.com and see full transcripts and this and all of the past Caglecasts at Caglecast.com.

Vladimir Putin Cartoons TRANSCRIPT

[00:00:00] Daryl Cagle: Hi, I'm Daryl Cagle and this is the Caglecast where we're all about political cartoons. And today we're talking about Vladimir Putin. And we have four great cartoonists that we're talking to. Our first cartoonist today is Vladimir Kazanevsky, who's probably won more awards at international cartoon competitions than any other cartoonist in the world.

[00:00:24] Daryl Cagle: He's Ukraine's most noteworthy cartoonist, and he recently had an exhibition in Paris of his cartoons about the war in Ukraine. Vlad is a longtime contributor to Cagle cartoons, and he is a refugee from his home in Kiev, living in, Slovakia now. And Rick McKee drew for many years for the Augusta Chronicle.

[00:00:43] Daryl Cagle: He draws the comic, Pluggers and we've syndicated Rick for 20 years. Emad Hajjaj draws cartoons for the Alaraby Aljadad Alghad newspaper. I think Emad is the best known Arabic language cartoonist, certainly to Americans. We've syndicated Ahmad's work for nearly 20 years also, and Bill Day draws for Floridapolitics.com.

[00:01:06] Daryl Cagle: He's worked for many years as the cartoonist for the Memphis Commercial Appeal and the Detroit Free Press, and we've also syndicated. Bill for 20 years. I mean, uh, this is, this is a 20 years group. Gentlemen, it's very nice to have you all here. It's good to be here. Very nice to have you. It's good to be here, Daryl.

[00:01:24] Daryl Cagle: Well, let's start off with Vlad. I'll show a couple of each of your cartoons, Vlad, this is, an impressive one. Are these all of the, the Russians fleeing from the Russian bear and Putin? Or is this everybody in the world fleeing from the grip of the Russian bear?

[00:01:41] Vladimir Kazanevsky: Uh, yes. It's well known that, uh, the bear is a symbol of, Russia for many centuries.

[00:01:49] Vladimir Kazanevsky: And, when, Putin announce, mobilization, many, many young Russians come out from Russia. And, uh, rebuilt, uh, great empire after it. It's, stable is the, that, uh, Russia will destroy after our victory. Ukrainian victory.

[00:02:10] Daryl Cagle: Well, We wish you all the best and, I should say when, the war first started and bombs were going off near Vlad's apartment, he, left and is, uh, living near the border in Slovakia.

[00:02:23] Daryl Cagle: And, you still have your sons in Ukraine and Ukraine to us on television looks terrible. But, you're telling me that life is getting back to normal in Kiev and you've been back to visit, and, uh, you wanna tell us a little bit about how you're doing and how you see things in Ukraine?

[00:02:39] Daryl Cagle: Uh,

[00:02:40] Vladimir Kazanevsky: yes. I, I visited, uh, Kiev City 10 days ago, and, I lived in Kiev City two weeks. And, I have seen many people, Uh, look like happy people because it's spring with some and they made barbecue. Restaurant are walking, medicine is are walking, transport are walking. And yes, it, it is a real terrible war, but, Ukrainian people is strong.
[00:03:08] Vladimir Kazanevsky: Strong.

[00:03:08] Daryl Cagle: Well that's great. And, we're gonna show a bunch of your cartoons in just a minute. This is Rick McKee. Rick, one thing I appreciate about your work is that, you take every opportunity to draw lots of teeth.

[00:03:23] Rick McKee: I do like teeth. ... More at Caglecast.com