I haven’t heard any news in a couple of years about Colleen LaRose, AKA “Jihad Jane”, who plotted to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. The New York Times reports that federal prosecutors are seeking a “very lengthy” prison sentence citing, “her punishment should serve as a deterrent to ‘other lonely, vulnerable people who might be […]
I’ve heard of stories where cartoonists find themselves on the phone with the president. In this video Zapiro recounts the time he found himself taking a complaint from South African President Mandela. Watch the video. I won’t tease/spoil it any further.
Michael Maslin: Michael Maslin : You know, it?s funny, but I realized this evening while looking up your work on The New Yorker?s database that tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of your first appearance in the magazine, the issue dated December 13, 1993. What was that moment like for you, selling that first drawing, and […]
Matthew Sparkes at The Telegraph: Google has been awarded a patent for what it humourlessly calls “a system for electronically creating comic strip communications” which can be integrated into social networking websites and apps. The search giant noticed that many sites were offering an automated way to create short comic strips, allowing users to enter […]