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Brazilian cartoonist Glauco Villas Boas shot in assault
Brazilian cartoonist Glauco Villas Boas and his adult son, Raoni, were gun down by two assailants who entered his home demanding money.
To keep his family from being harmed, Glauco negotiated with the assailants and agreed to go with them to withdraw money from the bank if they would leave the place and free his wife [...]
Posted on: Mar 15, 2010, Section: International, Comments: 0 Comments
Second American tied to Vilks assassination plot
Another American woman has allegedly been tied to the plot to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. The Colorado woman, identified as Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, was one of the seven arrested in Ireland, though she was not charged. CNN reports that she was released on Saturday.
Posted on: Mar 15, 2010, Section: International, Comments: 0 Comments
Pennsylvania woman tied to plot to kill Lars Vilks
I reported earlier that seven people were arrested in Ireland for allegedly plotting to kill Swede cartoonst Lars Vilks. A Pennsylvania woman who calls herself “JihadJan” has also been arrested in connection to that assassination plot.
Ms. LaRose, 46, was arrested in Philadelphia in October, but her case was kept under seal. Although the indictment [...]
Posted on: Mar 10, 2010, Section: Controversies, International, Comments: 0 Comments
Another plot uncovered to kill Danish cartoonist
Four men and three women were arrested in Ireland for allegedly plotting to kill Lars Vilks, one of the infamous Muhammad cartoonist. Lars’ caricature featured the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog. Islamic militants put a $100,000 bounty on his head.
Posted on: Mar 9, 2010, Section: Controversies, International, Comments: 1 Comment
Saudi editorial cartoonist form pro association
Twenty Saudi editorial cartoonist have formed the Association of Saudi Cartoonists and Caricaturists to “protect its members against unjustified layoffs and oppression by appointing lawyers to defend them before the courts.” Founding member Hana Hajjar says there are 38 editorial cartoonists working Saudi Arabia.
The association’s chairman, Abdullah Sail, an editorial cartoonist at Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper, said [...]
Posted on: Mar 5, 2010, Section: Editorial cartooning, International, Comments: 0 Comments
Danish paper criticized for issuing apology
The Daily Plitiken printed an apology for running the Mohammad cartoon along with other Danish papers in a show of solidarity after the New Year murder attempt on cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. But not all are happy with the apology for reasons you might not expect.
Politiken said that it was apologising for the offence caused and [...]
Posted on: Mar 1, 2010, Section: Controversies, International, Comments: 2 Comments
Zapiro’s satirical puppet show to finally air
Two years after being pulled from the South African network line-up, Jonathan Shapiro’s (“Zapiro”) satirical puppet show will finally hit the air tomorrow night. The show was set to air in 2008 and the pilot was partially funded by the SABC, but the network pulled the show before it could debut citing “sensitivity of viewers.”
When [...]
Posted on: Mar 1, 2010, Section: International, Comments: 0 Comments
Daryl Cagle reports on his trip to Columbia
The ever traveling Daryl Cagle returned recently from a trip to Columbia to attend a conference of cartoonists.
I gave lectures at colleges, to the public and to groups of journalists in Bogota, Medell’in and Cartagena. I was impressed with the audiences; they understood everything and laughed at all the same things an American audience would [...]
Posted on: Feb 25, 2010, Section: Editorial cartooning, International, Comments: 1 Comment
Sri Lankan journalist/cartoonist still missing
Prageeth Eknaligoda, who went missing about a month ago – two days before the presidential election – is still missing and his wife is pressing police to do more to find him.
His colleagues say during the presidential election campaign, Mr Eknaligoda wrote articles in favour of the defeated opposition candidate, Gen Sarath Fonseka.
The wife of [...]
Posted on: Feb 22, 2010, Section: International, Comments: 1 Comment
Brussels exhibit celebrates 20 years of comics
The Belgian Comic Strip Center is celebrating its first 20 years of operation with an exhibit the explores the “medium of comic strip art over the past two decades and highlights the considerable changes it has experienced.” Exhibit runs through March 28.
Posted on: Feb 11, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Exhibits, International, Comments: 1 Comment
Zapiro revives Zuma shower head imagery
South African editorial cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (“Zapiro”) has reinstated the shower head above President Jacob Zuma’s head. In several cartoons, the shower head was present but floating above the presidents head slowly inching closer. Zapiro affixed the plumbing fixture as more criticism is leveled at the president for his sexual behavior.
In an interview [...]
Posted on: Feb 9, 2010, Section: Editorial cartooning, International, Comments: 1 Comment
Cartoonist, Journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda missing
Reporters without Borders is reporting that Sri Lanka journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda has been reported missing.
Eknaligoda, who writes political analyses for the Lankaenews website, left work at about 9 p.m. but did not arrive home and has not contacted any family members or friends. He had told a close friend he thought he [...]
Posted on: Jan 26, 2010, Section: International, Comments: 1 Comment
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