2025: a year in political cartoons – from a Bondvillain Trump to a toppled prince | Martin Rowson, Ella Baron, Nicola Jennings and Ben Jennings
Dec 26, 2025
Our cartoonists look back at a year of covering tragedy, farce and everything in between – and having to draw far too many Donald TrumpsIn a year in which I’ve drawn too many cartoons about powerful people acting with impunity, the fall of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor stood out to me as a rare win
for justice and accountability. Dark humour feels vital to make light of everything that’s going wrong, but I’ve also been trying to draw cartoons that highlight reasons for hope, such as the fragile ceasefire in Gaza or Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York. Continue reading... ...read more read less