From March 12- 23rd I had the great pleasure to visit Amman, Jordan and Beirut, Lebanon as part of the Strategic Speakers initiative sponsored by the US Embassies in the region.  The purpose of my visit was to meet and talk with a wide array of citizen groups about issues surrounding freedom of expression and how cartoons and animation can promote social and political change.

It was an exhilarating and educational experience for me. I addressed students on six campuses, enjoyed panel discussions with cartoon and animator colleagues, met with local civic leaders and enjoyed exhibition openings in several venues.

I was left with a wide variety of impressions… I would like to share a few. Read more

Here’s the most recent editorial cartoon for The Economist… very much like an animated cartoon. On the subject of The Economist, check out this year’s April Fool’s post on their website.

I now have the link to the iTunes page for purchasing the new iKal iPhone app… only $.99 or £.59!

Click here to purchase!

Baltimore has put forward a strong bid to be one of the lucky cities chosen as a test ground for Google’s ultra-fast 1-gigabit per second broadband deployment. A grass root team of Charm city citizen’s have created a comprehensive application to Google for the project. I was asked to create a Baltimore-centric “Google Logo” for the project which you can see above.

I am delighted to announce The Economist 2010 wall Kalendar has been given some distinctions in the annual calendar of the year awards as given by the Calendar Marketing Association.

My Calendar was declared winner of the Gold Award in the Nation and World categories for Most Original Calendar 2010 ...and one of six finalists for CALENDAR of the YEAR! Way Cool!

Check out this new press release!!!

KALTOONS GET THE IPHONE TREATMENT

Kevin KAL Kallaugher, the editorial cartoonist for The Economist magazine, launches his first iPhone app

Baltimore/London: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

If you love fun and witty political cartoons of the highest quality, you will love the new iPhone application by Kevin KAL Kallaugher, the world-renowned editorial cartoonist for The Economist magazine.

Designed for the iPhone, this new application is an impressive collection of KAL’s award winning political cartoons, hand-picked by the artist himself.  Browse through 150+ examples of KAL’s work, including 29 color covers and illustrations from The Economist magazine. Store them on your iPhone, upload to Facebook or share with friends.

Kal uses his poison pen to comment on Presidential elections, the War on Terror, American politics and international affairs.

Speaking about the iKal Book app, Kevin KAL Kallaugher said:

“iKal Book is more than an assembly of individual cartoons… together, the over 150 images read like a history lesson of recent world events.”

“Among the award winning art found in the iKal-book are all the cartoons from my print collection “KAL Draws Criticism”($20.00) but at a fraction of the cost ($.99)”

Roman Grigorjev, Founder and Managing Partner of Revel Mob, comments:

“Cartoons are graphically engaging, instantaneous and fun to share with friends … making them perfect for mobile devices like smartphones and iPhone in particular”

Revel Mob and KAL are also looking into developing more interactive and engaging applications for KAL in the near future and are welcoming any ideas and contributions as to what you would like to see in the next KAL iPhone application. Make your ideas count – post them on Revel Mob’s Facebook Fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/RevelMob/296197102796?ref=ts

The iKal Book app is available for $0.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod Touch.

Here’s this week’s cartoon from The Economist. Your imput is welcome.

Here’s the cartoon from this week’s edition of The Economist.

I was told that Richard Holbrooke visited the Economist offices in London last week and expressed hope that the sentiments expressed above will come to pass.