2024 from the eyes of MaltaToday's cartoonist

A selection of cartoons by Mikiel Galea that capture the essence of 2024

25 December 2024, 7:30am

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Cartoon published on 3 March: Conclusion of the Jean Paul Sofia public inquiry (Cartoon: Mikiel Galea)

Robert Abela and Joseph Muscat had an intertwined fate in 2024 with the former dancing to the tune set by the latter.

Muscat’s legal troubles over the Vitals concession came to a head this year when he was charged with corruption along with several others.

The Labour Party’s below par showing in the June European election caused the Prime Minister sleepless nights as he tried to juggle internal party friction with an increasingly withdrawn electorate.

Undoubtedly, Abela and Muscat have featured prominently in Mikiel Galea’s cartoons throughout 2024.

The Clayton Bartolo affair that also implicated Clint Camilleri was another highlight later on in the year, which our cartoonist could not ignore as was the Kunsill Studenti Universitarji's censorship of Graffitti's freshman's week stand because it contained information about abortion.

But there were also international events that caught Mikiel’s eye such as Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the immediate closure of refugee applications from Syrians just as Bashar al Assad was ousted by rebels and the US presidential election.

The following are a selection of cartoons that appeared in 2024:

Cartoon published on 4 February

Cartoon published on 24 March

Cartoon published on 31 March

Cartoon published on 28 April

Cartoon published on 19 May

Cartoon published on 9 June

Cartoon published on 16 June

Cartoon published on 7 July

Cartoon published on 14 July

Cartoon published on 28 July

Cartoon published on 11 August

Cartoon published on 15 September

Cartoon published on 29 September

Cartoon published on 6 October

Cartoon published on 20 October

Cartoon published on 3 November

Cartoon published on 10 November

Cartoon published on 24 November

Cartoon published on 1 December

Cartoon published on 15 December

Mikiel Galea has produced cartoons for MaltaToday since its inception 25 years ago. This newspaper has kept up the tradition of publishing a cartoon every Sunday.