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Dutch cartoonist arrested for Muslim cartoons
A Dutch cartoonist was arrested and released this week for “suspicion of publishing work that is discriminatory against Muslims and people of colour.” The cartoonist, who goes by the name “Gregorius Nekschot,” is an established cartoonist whose work appears in magazines, but publishes most of his cartoons on the web because Dutch print media refused [...]
Posted on: May 16, 2008, Section: International, Comments: 6 Comments
Hagar picked up in Switzerland (again)
It’s not often that I get to report on comic page changes outside of the United States, but Hagar the Horrible was recently picked up by a free daily called “.ch” When the Swiss newspaper “Blick” redesigned the paper, it dropped Hagar for lack of space and .ch picked it up. .ch is a free [...]
Posted on: May 9, 2008, Section: Comic strips, International, Comments: 4 Comments
African comic strips gaining popularity
The uniquely American art form of the comic strip is gaining popularity in Africa. The Africa News website has posted a sampling of some of the cartoons now showing in an exhibit in the Netherlands.
Posted on: May 6, 2008, Section: International, Comments: 1 Comment
French editor fired for running Mohammed cartoon
A french editor has been fired for running a cartoon on the front page depicting Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy figures sitting on a cloud with the caption reading “Don’t worry Mohammad, we’ve all been caricatures here”. The editor, Jacques Lefranc, was dismissed by the paper’s owner as “a sign of respect.”
Posted on: May 5, 2008, Section: International, Comments: 3 Comments
Simpsons deemed inappropriate in Venezuela
“The Simpsons” were taken off the air in Venezuela because of several complaints by viewers that it was inappropriate for children. The station replaced Matt Groening’s show with Baywatch Hawaii and hasn’t fielded any more complaints.
“It had to be taken off,” Televen TV station spokeswoman Elba Guillen said. “They consider it to be a [...]
Posted on: Apr 8, 2008, Section: Animation, International, Television, Comments: 7 Comments
London Police Pull Down Oliphant Cartoon
London Metropolitan police have removed an anti-gambling poster featuring an Pat Oliphant editorial cartoon depicting former President Bill Clinton. The poster, meant to warn of dangers of street gambling, were originally produced and hung by police officers in the Green Street Ward.
“The poster was intended to tackle the issue of illegal street gamblers in [...]
Posted on: Apr 7, 2008, Section: Editorial cartooning, International, Comments: 1 Comment
Atlantic Journalism Awards nominees announced
The Atlantic Journalism Awards nominees have been announced. The finalists in the editorial cartooning category are: Michael de Adder of The Daily News, (Halifax, NS), Bruce MacKinnon of The Chronicle Herald, (Halifax, NS), and Greg Perry of the Telegraph-Journal, (Saint John, NB). The awards will be presented on May 3rd. The AJA is a [...]
Posted on: Apr 3, 2008, Section: Editorial cartooning, International, Comments: 0 Comments
Westergaard wants to auction off Muhammad cartoon; nobody wants to do it
Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist behind the now iconic Danish Muhammad cartoon would like to be rid of the cartoon, preferably through an auction, but no auction house will touch it. The proposal to sell the drawing also creates another issue - how much is it worth?
“I would like to think that it has some value,” [...]
Posted on: Feb 29, 2008, Section: Cartoons, Controversies, International, Comments: 1 Comment
Mexican cartoonist attempts to change Mexican policy regarding U.S.
Newsweek has an interesting article about a Mexican editorial cartoonist, Francisco “Paco” Calderon, who works for the Reforma newspaper and his struggle to influence Mexican policy in regard to its relationship with the United States. His contention is that Mexico has played the victim role far too long and that it should work to strengthen [...]
Posted on: Feb 20, 2008, Section: Editorial cartooning, International, Comments: 0 Comments
17 Danish papers reprint Mohammed cartoons igniting another round of woldwide protests
After the arrest of three men for suspicion of plotting to kill famed Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, 17 Danish papers have reprinted the 12 Mohammed cartoons “vowing to defend freedom of expression” and in doing so, igniting another round of worldwide protests. Pakistani youth rallied in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and other places burning the Danish [...]
Posted on: Feb 19, 2008, Section: Cartoons, International, Comments: 21 Comments
Another Mohammad cartoonist murder plot discovered
Last September I reported that Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks had a $100,000 reward on his head after one of his cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammad’s head on the body of a dog was published. It’s now being reported that the Sweden’s Economic Crimes Bureau conducted a raid of a home back in November and found [...]
Posted on: Feb 13, 2008, Section: Cartoons, Controversies, International, Comments: 1 Comment
Plot to kill “Mohammed cartoonist” foiled
Several readers sent me links to the news that Danish police arrested three Muslims who had “concrete murder plans” to kill Kurt Westergaard, one of the 12 cartoonists who drew the Prophet Mohammad back in the fall of 2005. According to MSNBC, the three suspects (two from Tunisia, and one from Moracco) will most likely [...]
Posted on: Feb 12, 2008, Section: Cartoons, Controversies, International, Comments: 37 Comments
Editor sent to prison for publishing Danish Cartoons
Tom Spurgeon has the best coverage of all Danish Cartoon residual news. He reports that Aleksandr Sdvishkov, who was the editor of the Zgoda weekly newspaper in Belarus has been sentenced to three years in a high-security prison for “incitement f religious hatred” after publishing the famed Danish Muhammed cartoons in February of 2006. [...]
Posted on: Jan 22, 2008, Section: Controversies, International, Comments: 0 Comments
UN hosts special exhibit of political cartoons
The United Nations has opened up a special exhibit of editorial cartoons in Rome Italy yesterday to call attention to human rights issues, war, hunger and religious extremism. The exhibit contains over 40 cartoons and includes the artwork of Jeff Danzinger among its list of international cartoonists.
The exhibit will stay in Rome through January 10 [...]
Posted on: Dec 11, 2007, Section: Editorial cartooning, Exhibits, International, Comments: 0 Comments
James Kemsley passes at age 59
James Kemsley, cartoonist of Ginger Meggs, and a celebrated Australian cartoonist passed away today at the age of 59. James has been drawing the Ginger Meggs cartoon since 1984. The feature was first published in 1921 and is the most syndicated Australian comic strip. James is a former Australian Cartoonist Association president as well as [...]
Posted on: Dec 3, 2007, Section: International, Obituary, Comments: 3 Comments
