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The Non Sequitur you may not have seen
Last week I reported that several papers were opting to run a substitute Non Sequitur because it merely mentioned the word Muhammad. You can see the “offending” comic here. I can report that the Salt Lake Tribune ran the substitute. I believe that the joint operating agreement between the Trib and the Deseret News covers [...]
Posted on: Oct 4, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Controversies, Mohammed Cartoon, Comments: 16 Comments
Controversial college strip wins press award
Back in January a Delta College comic strip upset the community of Saginaw, MI because it painted the town negatively as a place of drugs and violence. The cartoon, created by Rashad Baiyasi and David Ferrier, was honored with a first place win in the division three colleges of the Michigan Press Association. According to [...]
Posted on: Sep 30, 2010, Section: College cartoonists, Comic strips, Controversies, Comments: 1 Comment
Papers pulling Non Sequitur because of ‘Muhammad’ mention
Universal Uclick has confirmed that several papers (upwards of 20) have asked for a replacement for this Sunday’s Non Sequitur because it mentions the word “Muhammad.” The cartoon by Wiley Miller depicts a lazy, sunny park scene with the caption, “Picture book title voted least likely to ever find a publisher… ‘Where’s Muhammad?’” Characters in [...]
Posted on: Sep 28, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Controversies, Mohammed Cartoon, Comments: 35 Comments
Purdue ‘Sex Position’ comic causes outrage
The Purdue University’s student newspaper, The Exponent, has issue an apology for running a cartoon that many viewed as promoting rape. The comic feature, Sex Position of the Week, depicted a male character (all in silhouette) having sex with a female (from the rear), then allowing another male to also engage in the position without [...]
Posted on: Sep 27, 2010, Section: College cartoonists, Controversies, Comments: 58 Comments
Censorship growing for Muslim related cartoons?
The fear of greater censorship or self-censorship when it comes to issues related to Islam has been a contention for many free-speech advocates. Perhaps those sounding that alarm have one more case to cite. Nathan F. Elmore, a pastor and director of the Holy Books Conversation, a Christian-Muslim interfaith friendship venture in Virginia is calling [...]
Posted on: Sep 27, 2010, Section: Controversies, Editorial cartooning, Mohammed Cartoon, Comments: 11 Comments
Zunar released under police bail
Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee Anawar Ulhaque, better known as Zunar, has been released under police bail. He was freed from the Sepang police station several hours after police obtained a one-day remand extension order Saturday. Sepang police chief Supt Zahedi Ayub confirmed the 6.30pm release. The remand extension was earlier granted by the Sepang magistrate’s court [...]
Posted on: Sep 27, 2010, Section: Controversies, International, Comments: 0 Comments
Muslim group condemns threats to Molly Norris
The American Muslim, a North American organization dedicated to the promotion of peace and justice, has come out in defense of free speech and specifically for Molly Norris, Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The organization issued the following statement and is signed by over 80 individuals. A DEFENSE OF FREE SPEECH BY AMERICAN AND CANADIAN [...]
Posted on: Sep 23, 2010, Section: Controversies, International, Mohammed Cartoon, Comments: 5 Comments
The deafening silence of support for Molly Norris
Ever since it was reported that Molly Norris has had to move and change identities, the story has spread out through the internet and into the main stream media. What hasn’t spread is a chorus of support, or even outrage that in America – the birthplace of codified free speech – a cartoonist has had [...]
Posted on: Sep 22, 2010, Section: Controversies, Mohammed Cartoon, Comments: 86 Comments
Gregorius Nekschot will not be charged after all
Reuters reports that Gregorius Nekschot, the Dutch cartoonist arrested in 2008 for posting cartoons on his website that were deemed offensive by an Islamic group, will not be charged with a hate crime. . Nekschot, a pseudonym meaning ‘shot in the neck’ in Dutch, was arrested in May 2008 following an investigation that started in [...]
Posted on: Sep 22, 2010, Section: Controversies, International, Comments: 0 Comments
Westergaard opposes Koran burning
Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard has come out against the US church that plans on burning the Koran on September 11. “Satire is provocation. Picasso painted the town of Guernica after it was destroyed by German bombers (in 1937),” Kurt Westergaard told the Die Welt daily in Germany, where he won an award last night. “Provocation [...]
Posted on: Sep 9, 2010, Section: Controversies, Mohammed Cartoon, Comments: 0 Comments
Video: Cagle on CNN discussion Mexican Flag cartoon
Daryl Cagle’s cartoon depicting the eagle on the Mexican flag shot dead in a stream of bullet holes has raised complaints from the Mexican community in and out of the United States. Daryl has appeared on CNN (see below) to discuss the cartoon and the reaction its received.
Posted on: Sep 9, 2010, Section: Controversies, Editorial cartooning, International, Comments: 17 Comments
Controversial Cagle cartoon hits front page of Mexican papers
MSNBC editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle’s has managed to upset many in Mexico with a recent Mexican Flag cartoon. At least two Mexican newspapers have published it on their front page. The cartoon in question depicts the eagle featured on the Mexican flag gunned down (the whole flag is bullet ridden). Regarding the controversy, he writes: [...]
Posted on: Sep 3, 2010, Section: Controversies, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 27 Comments
Sergio Aragones v Mark Waid on free content
Via Tom Richmond’s blog is a story on Comics Beat detailing a heated exchange between famed MAD cartoonist Sergio Aragones and Comic book writer (and Harvey Award Keynote speaker) Mark Waid over free content – the topic of Mark’s speech. It was mostly pep talk, partly an entreaty “not to be afraid of the future [...]
Posted on: Sep 1, 2010, Section: Controversies, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 31 Comments
Randy Wicks collection to leave Santa Clarita
Randy Wicks, the cartoonist for “The Signal” (Santa Clarita, CA), until his untimely death in 1996, has had his life’s work in the city’s library, but the city has voted to secede from the Los Angeles County Library system and the Wicks family is wary of how the collection will be treated. The family wants [...]
Posted on: Aug 30, 2010, Section: Controversies, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 10 Comments
Norris under FBI protection, reaches out to Muslims
Pete Jackson has interviewed Molly Norris, the accidental creator of “Everyone Draw Mohammed Day.” He reports that she is under FBI protection after radical Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki placed her on a execution list. He also details how Molly has reached out to members of the Muslim community and has received a cold shoulder from [...]
Posted on: Aug 27, 2010, Section: Controversies, Mohammed Cartoon, Comments: 0 Comments
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