Prominent South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (“Zapiro”) has launched an internet satirical news show called “ZA News.” The show uses life size puppets of South Africa’s most prominent figures including Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu and South African president Jacob Zuma. The show was originally created for television, but the pilot was never aired after the […]
I’m a day late on this one: To mark the fourth anniversary of the first printing of the Danish Mohammad cartoons, the International Free Press Society has named September 30th as International Free Press day. In an era in which the act of speaking out in the Western world has become increasingly subject to the […]
The British daily comics about football entitled Striker finished a 24 year run by its creator Pete Nash, but The Sun, which published the cartoon apparently never informed the readers that it was ending and abruptly filled the space with “funny pictures from the internet.” The result was a large amount of questions and complaints […]
Ironic that two of the artists behind the infamous Mohammed cartoons would be speaking at Yale, whose publishing house that bears its name, refused to include the cartoons in a book about the cartoons. Kurt Westergaard and Lars Hedegaard will speak to Yale students on October 1, three days after the book, “The Cartoons That […]
Yoshito Usui, best known for his Japanese cartoon series “Crayon Shin-chan,” was found dead from an apparent fall from a cliff. The artist had been missing since September 11. He had told family that he was going to hike in the mountains north of Tokyo but never returned.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is teaching a course on Faith and Globalization at Yale University, has stated that he thinks Yale Press made the right decision to not include the infamous Muhammad cartoons in a book about the cartoons. When asked how he would have approached the matter, he replied: It’s certainly […]
Canadian cartoonist Claude Robinson has been awarded C$5.2 million in a 14-year legal battle over alleged plagiarized animated work. Cinar, which was sold in 2004 and relaunched as Cookie Jar, has been ordered to pay cartoonist Claude Robinson C$5.2 million (S$6.8 million) for using his cartoon series Les aventures de Robinson Curiosite as the basis […]
Rob Tornoe spotted this story regarding the Malaysian government seizing the premiere issue of “Gedung Kartun” (translated: Cartoon Store) : Officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs seized over 400 copies of the inaugural issues of “Gedung Kartun” (Cartoon Store) from the publisher’s office in Kuala Lumpur. Zainal Abidin Othman, the home ministry’s chief enforcement […]
A new exhibit to promote peace and reconciliation will be opening in Israel on September 12. The exhibit entitled “The Parents Circle” features original cartoon art by Pat Oliphant, Jeff Danziger, Liza Donnelly, Jim Morin and Palestinian cartoonist Baha Bukhari of Ramallah. The exhibit will also travel to the United States and Europe.
Pittsburgh will be hosting this year’s international G-20 economic summit and the ToonSeum will feature an international exhibit entitled “Drawn to the Summit: A G-20 Exhibition of International Political Cartoons” featuring editorial cartoons from the leading cartoonists from those countries. Exhibit opens September 18 and runs through October 18. The cartoons will provide an alternative […]
Editorial Cartooning» JD Crowe gets roasted by “a death panel of peers and disgruntled politicians.”» Dick Locher is immortalized in a mural in his hometown of Naperville. The wall is “being painted on the outer wall of the Naperville Art League and depicts famous artists creating their well-known works.”Interviews» Sandra Bell-Lundy interviews Stephanie Piro about […]
A new book entitled “The Cartoons That Shook the World” about the infamous 12 cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad will not include any of the 12 cartoons. Yale University Press consulted with “two dozen authorities, including diplomats and experts on Islam and counterterrorism” who all agreed that the cartoons should not be included.Religion scholar and […]
Editorial Cartooning» Another animated editorial cartoon by Ted Rall and David Essman. » Daryl Cagle is posting video from his panel at the San Diego Comic-Con. This video features the cartoons of Glenn McCoy. Keep checking is blog for more videos throughout the week.Graphic Novels» Steve Duin of The Oregonian reviews “You’ll Never Know” a […]
From Daryl Cagle we learn that the The Jerusalem Post has dropped Dry Bones by Yaakov Kirschen. Yaakov has drawn the strip for the Post for the last 35 years.
According to Michael Cavna over on his Comics Riff blog, more than 100 Iranian cartoonist will boycott the upcoming Ninth Tehran International Cartoon Biennial scheduled for October. According to Nik Kowsar, an exiled Iranian political cartoonist now living near Toronto, many of his colleagues have decided to boycott the Ninth Tehran International Cartoon Biennial, scheduled […]