South African cartoonist protest media restrictions
Twenty-nine South African editorial cartoonist have signed a declaration protesting all political and religiously motivated threats against the media. The…
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Paper sends cartoonist to game after photo ban
The Plymouth Herald sent in their cartoonist to illustrate the Southampton vs. Plymouth game to get the visual story after…
Malaysian cartoonist gains support after book ban
The Centre for Independent Journalism is throwing its support behind a legal challenge to book banning by the Malaysian government….
Is naked manga child porn?
The Comics Journal delves into recent news stories regarding a manga translator being arrested in Sweden for possession of manga…
Kimihiko Tsukuda, the Japanese Charlie Brown, passes
The Mainichi Daily News reports that Kimihiko Tsukuda, the creator of the longest-running serialized comic strip in Japanese newspapers, has…
Mahmood settles with Air Canada over no-fly list
Canadian cartoonist (and architect) Shahid Mahmood was barred from flying on Air Canada because his name was a no-fly list…
Graphic novel of life of Anne Frank available today
If you’re in the Netherlands (and I do have a couple of readers there according to my web analytics) you…
Terrorism charges filed on Somali man for murder plot
The Somali man who is accused of attempting to kill Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard back on New Year’s Day has…
Iranian recongnized for courage in cartooning
Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani was honored last Friday by the Cartoonists Rights Network International for courage in editorial cartooning after…
Westergaard to retire after 27 years with Jyllands-Posten
Foxnews is reporting that famed Danish Mohammad cartoonist Kurt Westergaard is retiring. Westergaard says he hopes his retirement might help…
Pakistan opens up Facebook; Bangladesh blocks it
Pakistan has re-opened access to Facebook, but only after Facebook assured the Pakistani government that the offending material has been…
Cartoonist buys bill boards to mock PM who is suing him
Earlier in the month, Daryl Cagle posted news that Slovakian cartoonist Martin “Shooty” Sutovec was being sued by Prime Minister…
Rall, Bors, Cloud heading to Afghanistan
Ted Rall, Matt Bors and Steve Cloud are leaving for Afghanistan the second week of August for one month. Rall…
Mexico’s Gabriel Vargas dies at age 95
The AP is reporting that Mexican cartoonist Gabriel Vargas passed away yesterday at the age of 95. Gabriel was the…