Original Asterix comic book page raises $160k for Charlie Hebdo families
Astérix co-creator Albert Uderzo donated a storyboard from the 1971 Astérix and the Laurel Wreath for auction. From The New…
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Denmark debates whether to put Muhammad cartoons in textbooks
From the Washington Post: Yet the debate about whether to publish depictions of Muhammad ? a practice generally prohibited in…
Another Lars Vilks speaking event cancelled
Sputnik News is reporting another Lars Vilks speaking event has been cancelled. An earlier lecture was cancelled at Sweden’s Karlstad…
Lars Vilks speaking event cancelled for security reasons
From Sputnik News: Sweden’s Karlstad University cancelled a lecture by Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, author of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons,…
“The cartoonist has become a fighting heathen whom it is permissible to kill.”
From the NY Times: Najmaddin Faraj Ahmad, known as Mullah Krekar, was arrested Thursday in Oslo on preliminary charges of…
Ann Telnaes: European cartoonist conference cancelled due to security concerns
Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes writes: ??we unfortunately have decided to cancel?? That was part of an email waiting for…
ISIS calls for death of Moraccan Charlie Hebdo cartoonist
From International Business Times: Isis supporters have called for lone wolf terrorists to target Franco Moroccan cartoonist Zineb el-Rhazoui, who…
Palestinian cartoonists suspended, investigated after favorable depiction of the Prophet Muhammed
It’s almost as if this story was written for The Onion. From the Independent: But such are the popular and…
Cagle: Lars Vilks is not a cartoonist
From Daryl Cagle: Vilks is a ?conceptual artist? who had been known for building towers made of sticks before he…
Lars Vilks may have been target in Copenhagen shooting
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks may have been the target of the shootings this weekend in Copenhagen. There have been two…
Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Bernard (Tignous) Verlhac’s coffin was covered in cartoons
From the New York Daily News: One of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists killed in a bloody rampage against the Paris…
Cagle.com hit by hackers, presumably over Mohammad cartoons
I will be upfront. The headline insulating a Mohammad/Charlie Hebdo connection is my conjecture – not anything Daryl Cagle has…
Charlie Hebdo hits stands, sells out. If you can’t find a copy, I have a downloadable PDF version
The first edition of Charlie Hebdo hit the stands today. The print run was 3 million and I’m already seeing…
The first Charlie Hebdo cover after the attack revealed
A fitting cover in my opinion. Print run has been increased to 3 million.
Charlie Hebdo developments round up: The crass, intelligent and not so intelligent responses
My feed is overflowing with so many articles about the Charlie Hebdo tragedy that I’m combining several of interest in…