Posted on: April 9, 2013

Palestinian cartoonist sentenced to 5 months in Israeli jail

by Alan Gardner April 9, 2013

The Palestinian cartoonist Muhammad Sabanah, who was detailed by the Israelis in February as he crossed to the West Bank, has finally been sentenced. He was charged with contacting “enemy entities” according to his attorney. He was sentenced to five months in jail and ordered him to pay a 10,000 shekel ($2,755) fine. From FARS […]

New Yorker cartoonist Ed Fisher passes at age 87

by Alan Gardner April 9, 2013

Sad news from Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor of the New Yorker: Ed Fisher, who drew cartoons for The New Yorker from 1951 to 2000, died the other day, at age eighty-seven. Ed, on the other hand, did?all told, he contributed over seven hundred cartoons. Bob has posted several of his favorite Ed Fisher cartoons. The […]

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