Iranian artist Atena Farghadani in precarious condition from hunger strike
From Cartoonists Rights Network International: Iranian artist-activist Atena Farghadani, who has been on a hunger strike in Gharchak Prison south…
March 2, 2015
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8-year old calls newspaper “shitholes” for dropping his favorite comics
Oy! Sometimes you can’t make this stuff up. Here’s a voicemail posted by The Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN) from an eight-year…
Kevin Kallaugher awarded Herblock Prize for 2015
The Herblock Foundation has announced that this year’s winner of the Herblock Prize is Baltimore Sun and The Economist editorial…
Zunar’s second book launch event disrupted by police
From Malaysian Insider: Police have disrupted the second attempted launch of cartoonist Zunar’s latest book, ROS in Kangkongland, and will…
Lars Vilks speaking event cancelled for security reasons
From Sputnik News: Sweden’s Karlstad University cancelled a lecture by Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, author of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons,…