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BP spills coffee
All the action, caught on video.
More…DON'T BURST OUR SPEECH BUBBLE!
Inviting you to sign our petition for free speech for SA cartoonists
More…Cartoonist uses oil spill as a medium
AFRICARTOONS.COM
TWO-TIME PULITZER PRIZE WINNING CARTOONIST STEVE BREEN (for the newspaper San Diego Union-Tribune) was so incensed by the oil spill in the Mexican Gulf that he decided to use the pollution against the polluters.
More…AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF CARTOONS
'ZUMA'S ROAD TO VICTORY'Reviewed by JOHN CURTIS
QAP'S (Mqapheli) MNGADI is the only cartoonist in South Africa whose work is published regularly in an indigenous African language - unless one describes Afrikaans as such a language. This fact alone makes Qap's collection of just over 100 cartoons (in both English and isiZulu) a very important work.
More…Local Cartoonists Present a Picture of Cartooning Today
BY VC WILKINSON (for SA Art Times)
Incisive wit combined with skilled technique - a lethal combination and essential prerequisite for successful political cartooning. Some of South Africa’s best political cartoonists presented their takes on reality and cartooning history at the Iziko South African National Gallery Annexe in July and August.
More…Cartoonists take a stand against media restrictions
BY JOHN CURTIS
South Africa’s top editorial cartoonists have banded together to protest against the government’s intended press restrictions.
In rejecting the proposed Protection of Information Bill and Media Tribunal, they have warned that these restrictions will erode the right to freedom of expression achieved by the country’s hard fought struggle for democracy.
More…Zapiro sports a fresh theme
Best renowned for his hard hitting political commentary, editorial cartoonist ZAPIRO (Jonathan Shapiro) has sifted through some 4000 cartoons to extract the best of his sport themed cartoons for a presentation he made this past week at the Cape Town Book Fair. Africartoons was there to take notes.
More…Cartoon Events at the Cape Town Book Fair
This year's fifth anniversary of the Cape Town Book Fair has some exciting events on offer for cartoon enthusiasts. The fair will be held once again at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, from Saturday 31st July through to Monday 2nd August. Friday, July 30th has been set aside for the trade.
More…Cartoons for Mandela Day
Iziko Slave Lodge has invited visitors to see the ground-breaking exhibition entitled Mandela – Leader; Comrade; Negotiator; Prisoner; and Statesman – for free on Sunday, 18 July, from 10:00 until 17:00, in celebration of International Mandela Day on the icon's birthday. Also exhibited is a collection of Zapiro cartoons about Mandela, entitled 'Drawing on Mandela'.
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