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Cartoons, cartoons and digital comics: how do artivists narrate the current world on social media?

Laerte Coutinho, Ziraldo, Angeli Filho and Chico Caruso are some of the best-known names in Brazil for the art of telling stories through drawings, comics and caricatures. Previously published in newspapers and printed media, these forms of expression have been reimagined by a new generation of artists who are going viral on social media. Check out some of the recent historical facts told by digitized Brazilian cartoonists, cartoonists, illustrators and comic artists.

Despite its simplicity, drawing is considered by many to be the most refined way of telling complex stories, whether about the political world, sport, everyday scenes or even Science.

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O Curto News curated some contemporary artists who are understanding, narrating and eternalizing the story through the production of cartoons, comics, caricatures and cartoons. For you to laugh, to get emotional, to questionair and follow:

Democracy and elections

national policy

Nando Motta – @desenhosdonando
Paula Villar – @artevillar1

Indigenous and environmental survival

Mental health

Carol Ito @ito_carol

André Dahmer – @malvados
André Dahmer – @malvados

Racism, machismo and social justice

Paula Villar @artevillar1
Renato Aroeira @arocartum
Paula Villar @artevillar1

Coronavirus crisis

João Bacellar – @thirdworld3m

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Do you want to meet more cartoonists, comic artists, cartoonists and digital illustrators?

We indicate this list, made by journalist Jeff Nascimento, which brings together profiles of artists who are on Twitter.

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