13 Facts About Martin Rowson

Martin Rowson is a British editorial cartoonist and writer.

Martin Rowson's genre is political satire and his style is scathing and graphic.

Martin Rowson's cartoons appear frequently in The Guardian and the Daily Mirror.

Martin Rowson contributes freelance cartoons to other publications, such as Tribune, Index on Censorship and the Morning Star.

Martin Rowson drew original cartoons for the title sequence of the film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Martin Rowson is an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society and a distinguished supporter and board member of Humanists UK.

In 2006, Martin Rowson was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Journalism from the University of Westminster.

In June 2013, Martin Rowson became the fifth trustee for People's Trust for Endangered Species, a wildlife conservation charity based in Battersea, south-west London.

On 29 April 2023, Martin Rowson apologised on Twitter for his cartoon published by The Guardian that day, which included a caricature of Richard Sharp that was criticised as being antisemitic.

Shortly after these events, Martin Rowson took an extended leave of absence from the Guardian.

Martin Rowson said that he had been "talking to lots of people, prominent and otherwise, from across the Jewish community both to atone and to help me understand how I could have done this terrible thing".

Martin Rowson is a supporter and trustee of the Zoological Society of London, having taken an active role in the campaign to cancel plans to close the organization's London Zoo in 1991, and since serving multiple terms on its governing council.

In December 2019, along with 42 other leading cultural figures, Martin Rowson signed a letter endorsing the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in the 2019 general election.