Animated political cartoons are the evolution of the

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. The animated

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s are normally written in

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Emergence

With the

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at the turn of the

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, artists and animators were among the first to be let go at online news sites. Early pioneers such as

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stopped adding content shortly after. Others, however, have carved out a market for their trade.

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is the most notable, making Internet history with their cartoon ''This Land!'' in 2004. Mark Fiore's animations have appeared in

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for years, he appears to be the most successful animator, currently publishing his cartoons once a week. Zina Saunders creates regular animations for ''

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Examples

Innovative new

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s, such as J83 (independent), and Shujaat Ali from the

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news website, are also appearing and making inroads in this evolving medium. Australian 3d animated political cartoonist inspired by the team at India Today that produce the award winning 'So Sorry' animated political cartoons, TwoEyeHead has been one of the world's few dedicated and regular 3D animated political cartoonists since 2014. Used by many Australian news services the looping 3D cartoons, specifically developed for social media, have been viewed by millions and can be found at @twoeyehead on Twitter. Peter Nicholson, of

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newspaper, publishes a new animation fortnightly, featuring the voices of mimic Paul Jennings. In Britain, Matthew Buck (Hack) launched the first regular animated political cartoon for Tribune magazine in May 2007 and subsequently started to work, weekly, for Channel 4 (News website). After the Channel 4 work ceased with the financial problems at ITN, his work - The Opinions of Tobias Grubbe - reappeared at the Guardian during the UK General Election of 2010. In 2010, Ray Griggs, a right-wing commercial producer released a preview of "I Want Your Money","I Want Your Money"
/ref> a full-length feature film deriding President Obama's economic policy utilizing animated cartoon simulations of the President, Ronald Reagan, President and Mrs. Clinton and others. Independent animators have also entered the animated political cartoon market such as HeadaState, which uses 3D software to create its animated shorts. Kyle Gordy'
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provides unique animations that can be simultaneously provocative, satirical and funny.

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Emergence

Examples

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