Response to printed and digital cartoons is now pretty much instant as this tweet about a drawing by Peter Brookes of The Times shows.

What do people think of this cartoon in the Times?: http://lockerz.com/s/122196367

21st July 2011 10:12 am via EchofonReplyRetweetFavorite

@KathViner

Katharine Viner

Peter’s colleague Morten Morland (a PCO member) had a swift response below

Hilariously ridiculous mini-outrage over Peter's cartoon in The Times today. Twitter seem to think NI bosses are telling him what to draw...

21st July 2011 11:32 am via Twitter for iPadReplyRetweetFavorite

@mortenmorland

Morten Morland

The standard response of editorial cartoonists to feedback like this is

Hello @cathelliott @KathViner It's opinion. You may not share it. Offence tending to be in the eye of the beholder. End of. Surely? Rgds, MB

21st July 2011 10:20 am via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite

@mattbuck_hack

MattBuckHackCartoons

Or complete silence, but when the controversy crosses the oceans in seconds to other influential commentators…

Good God. Murdoch's troops no bounds RT @KathViner: What do people think of this cartoon in the Times?: http://bit.ly/oPeoYQ

21st July 2011 12:02 pm via EchofonReplyRetweetFavorite

@jeffjarvis

Jeff Jarvis

This speed of interaction between opinion, response and offence  pose, in Bloghorn’s view both a challenge and an opportunity to makers of drawings. What do you think cartoonists should do in the social media era?Answers welcome in the comments.

Updated: 2pm

To ppl insinuating Murdoch's wishes are behind that cartoon - grow up. It's just a bit of Fleet St tribalism, though admittedly ill-advised

21st July 2011 2:02 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@alexwalters

Alex Walters

Further response from the internet

Updated: Wednesday 27th July – The Guardian is reporting a letter from seven UK academics complaining about the publication of this cartoon. Read the story here and please comment below if you would like.