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Ali Ferzat joins prominent Syrian artists in signing resistance declaration
Ali Ferzat, whose hands were beaten and left for dead by Syrian forces to silence his work, has joined nearly 50 other prominent Syrian artists in a resistance declaration. The statement, published on the French Le Monde newspaper’s website, declares their commitment to a new political order in Syria. Filmmakers, academics, musicians, women and men [...]
Posted on: Feb 9, 2012, Section: International, Comments: 0 Comments
Botswana cartoonist kicked out of court for drawing
Botswana cartoonist Stephen Gaongalelwe was removed from a court proceeding and his drawings confescated after security officers noticed him drawing during the court session. He was there on assignment by a newspaper editor and told he couldn’t get the drawings back without a letter from the editor describing the purpose of the drawings. According to [...]
Posted on: Jan 25, 2012, Section: International, Comments: 5 Comments
Cartoon Movement to publish Haiti book project
Cartoon Movement editors Matt Bors and Tjeerd Royaards spent a month in Haiti earlier this year with the goal of finding an artist and writers for a comic journalism project to document the issues facing that country after the devastating 2010 earthquake. The first chapter of the book “Tents Beyond Tents” will be released on [...]
Posted on: Jan 9, 2012, Section: International, Comments: 1 Comment
Interviewed: Ali Ferzat determined to return to Syria
PRI interviews Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat who is now in Kuwait recouping from the being beaten by Syrian authorities who attempted to silence the cartoonist by clubbing and breaking his hands. Accompanying story also includes a slideshow of his work and descriptions of some of the cartoons critical of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad that lead [...]
Posted on: Jan 6, 2012, Section: International, Comments: 0 Comments
Ronald Searle passes at age 91
Beloved cartoonist Ronald Searle has passed away at the age of 91 on Saturday after a short illness. From the Guardian: Best known for his spiky comic drawings depicting the outrageous antics of the St Trinian’s girls, and for his illustrations of the Molesworth series, written by Geoffrey Willans and which, as any fule kno, [...]
Posted on: Jan 3, 2012, Section: Comic history, International, Comments: 2 Comments
Ali Ferzat honored with The 2011 Press Freedom Prize
Reporters Without Borders and French newspaper Le Monde have announced the recipients of The 2011 Press Freedom Prize. Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat was honored for his cartoons that “depict the abuses of Syria’s regime, which has come under growing criticism this year for its efforts to tamp down a growing pro-democracy movement” Also honored was [...]
Posted on: Dec 8, 2011, Section: Awards, International, Comments: 0 Comments
Anton Emdin wins two Aussie Stanley awards
Austrialian illustrator and cartoonist Anton Emdin took home two awards, including the Gold Stanley for Cartoonist of the Year, last weekend at the Australian Cartoonists Association’s annual Stanley Awards night. The other award was for Best Illustrator. Other nominees for the Golden Stanley include: Andrew Weldon, David Pope, David Rowe, Mark Knight and Peter Broelman. [...]
Posted on: Nov 15, 2011, Section: International, Comments: 4 Comments
Turkish cartoonist on trial for renouncing god in cartoon
Turkish cartoonist Bahadir Baruter will be put on trial for “insulting the religious values adopted by a part of the population.” One of his cartoons depicted a group of men in a mosque praying but Bahadir wrote the words “There is no Allah, religion is a lie” in the decorations of the wall. A few [...]
Posted on: Sep 28, 2011, Section: International, Comments: 14 Comments
Interviewed: Zunar and his struggles in Malaysia
Lim Cheng Tju of Singapore took an opportunity to meet and interview Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ul Haque better known as Zunar about his struggles with free speech in his country. Here’s an excerpt from the first question skipping the how he got interested in cartooning response: Q: How did you get started drawing [...]
Posted on: Sep 20, 2011, Section: International, Comments: 1 Comment
Syrian security forces beat editorial cartoonist
Syrian’s most prominent editorial cartoonist, Ali Ferzat, was kidnapped and beaten by Syrian security forces as they crack down on vocal dissidents. From the Guardian: Fame has in the past offered a measure of protection from the full force of the regime, allowing outspoken cultural figures to get away with more criticism than others. But [...]
Posted on: Aug 25, 2011, Section: International, Comments: 3 Comments
Zunar loses comic ban challenge
Malaysian cartoonist Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque (AKA Zunar) has had his day in court and didn’t come away the winner. A Malaysian court has upheld the ban on two of his cartoon books that were banned and confiscated in 2010 on the grounds that they threatened public order. Mr Zulkifli said the judge did not specify [...]
Posted on: Jul 14, 2011, Section: International, Comments: 4 Comments
Zunar suing government for book seizure and arrest
I’ve been following the challenges faced by Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ulhaque (better known as Zunar) of Malaysia who was arrested for sedition last year and his books were seized by the government the day before they could hit book shelves. The latest news is that he’s suing the government. Zulkiflee, who was also arrested during [...]
Posted on: Jun 15, 2011, Section: International, Comments: 0 Comments
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