Patrick Chappatte

Artist, Concerned citizen, Event planner, Global soul, Journalist, Parent, World traveler

Editorial cartoonist for Der Spiegel (Germany), Le Canard Enchaîné (France), Le Temps and Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland). Formerly with The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune. (See chappatte.com) Also a comics reporter, using the techniques of graphic novels to tell news stories. Reportages include the gangs of Guatemala, the slums of Nairobi and a 5-part NYT series into American death row prisons. (See graphicjournalism.com) Involved in initiatives like "Cartooning for Peace" - whose honorary chair was the late Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace laureate - and "Crossed pens", defending freedom of speech in a spirit of dialogue. Lived in New York and Los Angeles, now based in Geneva.