The cartoon’s role is to communicate. Through visual language, the cartoonist transmits fast and immediate messages to citizens. The humor, satire, and comedy implicit in the cartoons have the power to inform and promote critical thought and a deep analysis of the facts represented. However, the cartoons are not a denotative representation of the topic discussed. They represent the author’s perspective, perception, and intention and are understood according to the reader’s knowledge, beliefs, values, and tendencies about the fact. Hence, it is essential to critically read political cartoons because the audience reinterprets the cartoonists’ representations, and they should read them regardless of the author’s intentions. This paper analyses the cartoons of two Ecuadorian cartoonists who represent the daily crucial political events. The author aims to expose the characteristics of their visual representations to reveal their intentions, ways of conveying the visual message, and how the representations have impacted the audience.
