Editorial cartooning combines caricature and lampooning to visually interpret current news and issues through illustrations. It serves as a powerful medium for criticism, entertainment, and influencing public opinions, while complementing written editorials. Successful cartoons require topicality and effective symbolism to convey ideas succinctly and universally.

1. EDITORIAL CARTOONING

2. Editorial Cartooning is derived from
two words:
• Caricature – which means a sketch or a
description which exaggerates the
peculiarities of a person or defects of a thing.
• Lampoon – which means a remark that
attacks and makes fun of a person in a more
or less negative way.

3. Cartoon
• Visual interpretation of a news or issue through
illustration or caricature.
• Similar to Editorial Writing (both discuss timely
issues)
• Similar to poster making (both use illustrations to
convey ideas)
• Difference from editorial article (medium is
artworks/illustrations)
• Difference from poster (simple, easy to understand)

4. The newspaper page reserved for the
editorial section also includes editorial
cartoons.
Editorial cartoons are actually editorials in
pictorial form.
Editorial cartoons are almost anywhere in
the newspaper (it could be in the first page
and editorial page)
Editorial cartoons depict social, political,
economic, cultural and historical conditions.

5. The editorial cartoons are primarily
designed to crystallized ideas regarding the
current affairs of a changing society.
Cartoons serve as potent vehicles for
ridicule, for criticism and also to entertain or
to exert an influence on the part of the
reading public.
Cartoons play a vital and effective function
in influencing public opinion.

6. Cartoons too play an important part in
providing a link between the news and views
of the paper over any particular story.
Cartoon must be topical.
A cartoonist is not only an artist, often of
distinction, but a news reporter and letter-
writer rolled into one.
Bear in mind that cartoons should not
compete with the text but rather supplement/
complement.

7. • Mga Hakbang sa Pagguhit ng Kartung Editoryal
• Alamin ang pangunahing isyu na nais iguhit ng
kartun.
• Alamin ang panig ng patnugutan tungkol sa
isyu.
• Gumuhit sa tulong ng pinakamabisang simbolo
na aakma sa pangkalahatang opinion ng
patnugutan tungkol sa isyu.

8. Mga Karaniwang Simbolo sa Pagguhit ng Kartung
Editoryal
• lapis, pluma, pahayagan- pamahayagan,
karapatan sa pamamahayag
• kalapati- kalayaan, kapayapaan, demokrasya
• salakot- Juan dela Cruz, karaniwang
mamamayang Pilipino
• kadena- paninikil sa kalayaan, pang-aapi o
pang-aalipin

9. • kamatayan at karit- panganib, kapahamakan
• heringgilya- parusang kamatayan, adiksyon
sa droga
• buwaya- abusado, mapagsamantala
• buto’t balat na bata- kahirapan, gutom
• malyete- husgado, batas
• babaeng may piring at may dalang
timbangan- katarungan
• mga alon- mga hadlang, pagsubok

10. mascara- mapagkunwari, pagpapanggap
agila- katapangan
bareta ng ginto- kayamanan, karangyaan
mataas na gusali- kaunlaran
susi- daan tungo sa tagumpay o kaunlaran

11. • malaking bato sa daan- balakid sa anumang
mithiin
• bungo at alawang nagkrus na buto-
kamatayan,
kapahamakan
• sumsikat na araw- pag-asa
• taong may maraming tatu- criminal,
masamang tao, dating bilanggo

12. Approaches/ Treatments
Positive Negative

13. • Predator-Prey Relationship
• Hero-Villain Relationship
• Strong vs. Weak
• Sizes of primary elements are too prominent
to indicate situations
• Presence of hindrance/s or problems
• Corruption, ignorance, opposing forces
Common Scenario in Editorial
Cartooning

23. Elements of Cartoons
Expression
Movement
Highlights

24. Cartoons should not only focus on
people as images.
Cartoonists may also use related
objects used by the subject or by the
object being interpreted.

27. For Beginners …
• Doodling
• Stick Method
• Shape Method
• Then just add expressions

28. Sketches start with basic shapes

29. Even position may be determined
using basic shapes.

30. Expression
gives life to
your cartoon.

31. Other
simple
expressions

32. Practical tips…
• Minimize the use of words. The drawing
should suffice.
• Use symbols which are somehow universal in
treatment. Something that even ordinary
viewers could decipher.

33. Exaggerate the inclusion of emotion and state of being
thru facial expression, clothing, lines, shadows, etc.

36. Sample Cartoons