A new collection book will be coming out on March 12 entitled Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression
David Wallis, the author writes,
“(R)easonable motives sometimes inspire editors to kill,” Wallis writes in the introduction. “But too often … they suppress compelling illustrations, editorial cartoons, and political comics out of fear — fear of angering advertisers, the publisher’s golf partners, the publisher’s wife, the local dogcatcher, or the president of the United States, blacks, Asians, Hispanics, homophobes, gays, pro-choice advocates and anti-abortion protesters alike, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, and midwestern grannies — especially midwestern grannies.
“[I]n this age of fearful editors, over-zealous government censorship, and media consolidation, controversial editorial art is frequently killed before publication, and the situation is getting worse.”
Cartoonists whose works appear in the book include: Clay Bennett, Matt Davies, Ted Rall, Milt Priggee, Rex Babin, Mikhaela Reid, Mike Lukovich, R.J. Matson
, Joel Pett, Bob Englehart, Steve Kelly, Mike Keefe, Steve Greenberg, J.D. Crowe, Randy Bish, Paul Combs, Godon Campbell and Daryl Cagle.
The book is priced at $15.95, but can be had through Amazon for $10.85.
While I understand that no one likes to be censored or edited, the title is incorrect … Casualties from the War on Free Expression … the internet is free expression, newspapers pay for what they print so it is not a first amendment violation for them not to print a cartoon.
Catchy title though, I truly wish you all well at the bookstore!
Here’s an altnate title “If you don’t buy this book you are violating the first amendment.” In fact, there may be a way to make it a manitory purchase.
Tounge-in-cheek (or foot-in-mouth) from a one whose cartoons are 99.9% Dead On Arrival ! However, I can still express them freely. Hmm freely becomes the problem then … oh well, enough is already too much. I shall now sit in preparation for a water landing.