Archive for October, 2009
Local Sports Cartoons to Appear in Chicago Tribune
Drew Litton, the former sports cartoonist at the non-defunct Rocky Mountain News, has been picked up by The Chicago Tribune to provide local sports cartoons as part of their retooled sports section named ‘Chicago Sports.’
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That #&$!ing Cartoonist: Fishing for Converts
A reader of the Casper Star-Tribune didn’t approve of a cartoon, penned by Atlanta Journal-Constitution great Mike Luckovich, which depicts Pope Benedict XVI trying to lure Anglicans into the Catholic Church.
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2 Charged in Attempt to Kill Danish Cartoonist, Editor
Two Chicago men have been arrested for allegedly plotting to kill a Danish newspaper’s cartoonist and cultural editor for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad back in 2005.
Censorship in Morocco Over Two Cartoons
Moroccan authorities have confiscated two-days worth of the French newspaper Le Monde over a cartoon protesting the sentence of a Moroccan cartoonist accused of anti-Semitism.
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Can Free Distribution Work for Indie Artists?
American cartoonist and animator Nina Paley discusses why she chose to make her animated feature Sita Sings the Blues available for free online through a Creative Commons license.
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Iranian Cartoonist Hadi Heidari Arrested
According to Reporters Without Borders, Heidari was one of several participants in a religious ceremony in honor of political prisoners, held in the home of Shehabeldin Tabataba, one of the prisoners close to the reformist party.
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Cartoonist Zapiro Targets University’s Reinstatement of Accused Racists
Jonathan Shapiro, know throughout the world as “Zapiro,” is the brilliant South African cartoonist at the Mail & Guardian, who is best known for his cartoons targeting South African president Jacob Zuma.
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When is a Cartoon Not a Cartoon?
Tt seems to always be an uphill struggle for cartoonists to get their work recognized and exhibited in museums and art galleries. So when another artist makes a print of your cartoon, displays it at an art fair and sells it for £150,000, you can understand how a cartoonist would get upset.
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Cartoon Explains Both World Wars in Five Minutes
Wish you knew more about both World Wars? Angus McLeod has provided us with two comic strip breaking down the defining moments of the two major conflicts of the last century, World War I and World War II.
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Troubled Alabama Mayor Turns to Cartoons for Defense
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, accused of accepting bribes while serving as president of the Jefferson County Commission, is turning to an unlikely ally to prove his innocence - former Birmingham News editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis.
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