Some of Steve Benson‘s friends have written about him on the occasion of his passing. From editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman, like Steve a former president of the AAEC: I heard Steve Benson died yesterday, in the late afternoon, as I was about to go into the grocery store—the banal things we all do. The news […]
Twelve cartoonist and free speech organizations have signed a letter protesting the arrest of four individuals associated with publishing a caricature in LeMan magazine officials have interpreted as depicting Moses and Mohammed fraternizing in heaven. According to Reporters Without Borders, the Istanbul prosecutor’s office opened a judicial investigation on June 30 against cartoonist Dogan Pehlivan, editor-in-chief Zafer […]
I don’t know that things seem quite as grim from the inside as Wuerker suggests, though those on the outside have long questioned whether Dear Leader was genuinely accomplishing anything. A Cult of Personality, on the other hand, tends to be fairly steadfast and myopic. The term originated with Stalin and while the Hungarians and […]