The Power of Cartoons by Patrick Chappatte

1. Patrick Chappat

2. About Patrick Chappatte
 Is a Lebanese-Swiss cartoonist
who draws for the International
New York Times
 Worked as an illustrator for the
New York Times and as cartoonist
for Newsweek
 Has worked in graphic journalism,
or comics journalism, a genre of
reporting using the techniques of
graphic novels

3. Major Concern

4. Now, Artists are publishing cartoons on Online Channels to widen their reach
Garbage Bin : Online Only Comic Cyanide and Happiness

5. How Internet and Technology have changed our lifestyle?
Depicted using cartoons

6. Cartoons are great tools of communication for :
BAD OR GOOD
“Sorry about the
long queue.
There are
thousand illegals
trying to get in…

7. Cartoons can cross boundaries
Crossed-Pens, a dialogue in the sense of a lively exchange of views and of witty observations,
reunited people from different sides in Ivory Coast, Lebanon and Kenya.
• In 2006 Ivory Coast was split in two: rebels
opposed to the presidency
• A workshop was organised involving Ivorian
cartoonists, who often were divided
Pre Crossed-Pens Post Crossed-Pens
• The two volumes of "Where are we
heading?", a satirical view of the crisis in
Ivory Coast, containing the cartoons were
produced

8. Cartoons can help us to changed and to improve the world we live in a funny way
Drug Abuse Domestic AbuseGovernment Snooping
Climate Change Space Trash Freedom of speech

9. Cartoons for declaration of war
Cartoons for solidarity
Support for Charlie Hebdo

10. After Charlie Hebdo and constant pressure from extremists ,
Akram Raslan is a Syrian cartoonist who was arrested by Syrian security forces
in 2012. No one has heard from him since, and he has very likely died from
torture.

11. Cartoons can be used as weapons
The Nazi party used cartoons and caricatures as a
main part of their propaganda regime and as an
effective way to send out their message and spread
their opinions across Germany.
Cartoons can be used for well-being
Climate change requires the world to share growth
between nations and people

12. Cartoons for spreading HUMOUR

13. Takeaways
 Cartoons put opinions on power and culture into art and commentary with the
sharp points of their pens
 Cartoons are a great means of communication, for bad and for good!
 One should try to focus on the positive aspects of cartoons, and try not to cross the line
 Cartoons can help us to changed and to improve the world we live in a funny way
 Humour illuminates the opportunity to take a fresh look at old issues and opens a window of
understanding
 In the right hands, the pencil can illuminate serious issues and bring the most unlikely
people together

14. Credits
 https://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_chappatte_the_power_of_cartoons?language=
en
 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/a-cartoon-is-a-deadly-weapon/Cartoons can help us to
changed and to improve the world we live in a funny way
 http://tedxpeachtree.com/illuminating-conflict-and-healing-the-power-of-cartoons/In the
right hands, the pencil can illuminate serious issues and bring the most unlikely people
together
 http://www.ortwin-oberhauser.com/the-power-of-cartoons/
 http://www.slideshare.net/jrschroyer/schroyer-ted-presentation?qid=f7fcfa47-1e7a-4ef6-
8fac-7c678aa4ed03&v=&b=&from_search=3
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Chappatte

15. THANK YOU!