Comic reporting flourishes. Illustrators are increasingly commissioned by newspapers, magazines or NGOs to areas of conflict or to other places of special interest. This kind of journalism is slow, but has depth and is reflectiv because the rather long processing time prevents their authors from drawing hasty conclusions. The exhibition by Joost Pollmann gives an overview of the various aspects of reportage drawing, graphic journalism, observational documentary illustration and cartooning.

Olivier Kugler: Refugee Camp (Source: persmuseum)

Participants include Joe Sacco, Jeroen Janssen, Jan Rothuizen, Olivier Kugler, Jan Rahiman, Aloys Oosterwijk,and Floor Rieder. Also special magazines like The Cartoon Picayune and La Revue Dessinée are represented and digital platforms like The Cartoon Movement and Symbolia.

Strip-journalism. Het persmuseum Amsterdam, 16 december 2014 to 1 March 2015

Jan Rothuizen: Refugee Republic (source: refugeerepublic)

Jan Rothuizen: Refugee Republic, detail (source: refugeerepublic)